flights come over our house, as they do, a lot of them, we have one track over our house, they have a track over visitation valley, brisbane, and i saw a flight the other night, i can watch it on my computer, going to new jersey. came over san francisco, went down the peninsula, down past san jose, and then headed east. there's no reason for that. not at 11:00, 12:00, 1:00 in the morning. and flight typically go to miami, flights that go to washington, d.c., they come over san francisco. there's no reason for them to come over san francisco. not unlike what supervisor safai said, it's not just san francisco airport, it's oakland airport. they are all coming over. so, you know, i don't think a flight at any height is acceptable. i know a lot of the things are fly higher, you know, fly less frequently and stuff like that. you know, a flight at 13,000 feet is still annoying if they are coming over every few minutes, so, you know, if they didn't come over before for 48 years, i don't know why in the last two years we have to be bombarded like this it. thank you. >> good evening, my name i

he is just crossing over baghdad.e satellites that pick up heat from the lead rangers white red nose which gives of infrared signals which are similar from of infrared signals which are similarfrom those of of infrared signals which are similar from those of a missile launch so those are the very latest movements of santa, courtesy of the north american aerospace defence command. he is over the middle east and looks as he could be on schedule for deliveries across the uk later tonight. now, let us catch up with the weather. hello there, fog is the only hazard tonight for travellers, including santa and his sleigh. we are expecting fog to develop more widely across in the northern and eastern parts of england and into the midlands. 0ut towards the west there is more cloud coming in, a little drizzle in the north west of scotland. clear skies for east of scotland, north—east england, a touch of frost here, minus three or minus four. always going to be chillier across the east. milder underneath the cloud in the west. th

it was sparked over green taxes. that those that are governing france have a no comprehension. of the struggling lives of ordinary people. in the french are very extraordinary company. because all through the history you see these violent demonstration that led to the president losing the position. you get the impression sometimes that it's just paris. it is a. it's happening in every major city. they realize when he's in trouble. he is he's good to come back with some tax concessions for the lower paid. it feels like it's more than that. a lot of middle and lower class communities. it's getting harder and harder to get by. financially. everything gets more and more expensive. how do we combat that. >> those people out there working our struggling. >> my own view is that we've gone in the western world for an economic model that is so heavily regulated every single level that we drive business towards the big companies by making it so difficult for men and women to try to run their own little companies. we have to do

over my. knees changed there are. the level of the physiology that is at the level of the brain the brain as a form of plasticity can rewire itself and not just the brain but also the rest of the responses. i've been saying the numbers. matter the us has over one trillion dollars and. more than ten times champion each day. eighty five percent of global wealth to the rich eight point six percent markets thirty percent. some with four hundred to five hundred three per circuit. and when rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building a two point one billion dollar a i industrial. but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only number you need to remember is one does not show. org to miss the one and only. quarter past the hour here in moscow while millions celebrate the festive season in the united states the government is in the midst of a shutdown of a cash for trump's border wall the president claims to stalemate is not about funding the anti immigration beriah at all. this isn't above the wall everybody knows that a

zoe ball will take it over in the new year as he moves over to virgin radio, before returning to the019. will gompertz, bbc news. now a story about 9—year—old olivia leggett from poole. she decided she wanted to help people who are less fortunate than her this christmas. tom hepworth has the story. you have your toothpaste, toothbrush. olivia is wrapping christmas presents for people she doesn't know, and has never met. she and her dad are delivering them to homeless in bournemouth. this is my daughter olivia and i would like to give you one of the packages, and we put together quite a few of these and are given out today. thank you. she used her pocket money to buy toiletries and socks and treats.|j was thinking i could save my pocket money up to december and give it out to the homeless instead of buying it for myself. it was really sweet and he gives you faith in humanity. hi this is my daughter olivia, and we got a christmas present for you. thank you. and she's young. you don't get a lot of young people come out here. it makes a difference. thank you. ijust out here. it makes a d

government shutdown continues over funding. projects with the media fanning the flames of discontent and even using outdated video to drive its agenda a destroyer water supplies that are left in the desert everyone in the trumpet ministration has done everything possible. to make the trip more dangerous. to. welcome to the update from the first starting in syria where according to the military government forces have entered the northern city of beach at the request of civilians and kurdish fighters in the area it comes as an offensive against the kids that considers them to be terrorists. and certainly tensions are increasing on the ground syrian government forces have ever entered the province of mondays and they've raised the syrian flag there now this comes after a request from the locals this is an area that is in the hands of kurds and those kurdish both the fighters and both the civilians are now fleeing this is what the y.p. the syrian kurdish fighters had to say we invited the syrian government which we belong to to sen

the next bash over the last 15 yea rs over the next bash over the last 15 years is the polarisationing replaced. thank you very much for taking us through your research. five years. plastic, it's got us all talking this year. in fact, single—use was collins dictionary‘s word of the year. many credit the bbc‘s blue planet 2 series for the increased awareness, but how much of the stuff is going to be coming into our homes over the festive period? tim muffett is in alnwick for us this morning, where he's hoping to find out. good morning, where are you? good morning, where are you? good morning, where are you? good morning from alnwick northumberland. even if you are a household concerned about the environment, how much plastic rubbish do you generate and what about christmas? this is the bbc brea kfast about christmas? this is the bbc breakfast in making its tv debut this morning. an experiment of running this month and the easiest way to explain is this. hello. this is your breakfast bin. amazing. alnwick, northumberland. a new bin and a family up for new challenge. we decided to acce

government shutdown continues over funding. in the media. even using. just royal water. everyone. has. to make a trip. to the image of a typical. white. morning. to your top stories that the news team has been. the co-founder of online networking site linked in has apologized for funding a. democrat party operation it created more than a thousand fake. designed to look like they backed a republican rival. the operation was in the us with tracking fake. the very create instead details now with. well that was embarrassing to say the least and here i thought you could get away with blaming russia for anything nowadays apparently not but it does set a new low for democrats making think russian boughts to win elections is the irony i find the tactics that have been recently reported highly disturbing for that reason i'm embarrassed by my failure to track. the organization i did support more diligently as a medicine decisions to perhaps fun projects and i would rejects the recap reid hoffman co-founder of linked in contributed wittingly or unwittingly money one hundred thousand dollars

he sold well over 100 million albums over a career spanning over three decades.overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon said that it's failed in its principle objective to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. in its place, the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day broke slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am's maid of the seas nose down in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. business has returned to albania after a communist ban lasting more than 20 years. thousands went to midnight mass in the town of shkoder where there were anti—communist riots ten days ago. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: at least 62 people have been killed by a tsunami in indonesia. it came ashore in the sunda strait near the kra katoa volcano. donald trump has said he'll stay in the white house over ch

seven injust over two years. indicate that about 40,000 retail jobs have either been lost or put at risk this year. 20,000 people have lost theirjobs, while a similar number are approaching christmas under the threat of redundancy. a change in shopping habits and rising business costs have been blamed for the difficulties facing retailers. according to research from lancaster university, of those that have lost theirjob, only a third went back into the industry. john brailsford was made redundant earlier this year by carpet right. this is his story. i'mjohn. i've worked in retail forjust over 42 years. i've been made redundant five times, most recently this year with carpet right. very first thought, "uh—oh, here we go again". wasn't foreseen, it came completely out of the blue. and i just learned to take a step back. i couldn't affect it, find myself another job, dust myself down, carry on. watch that rug. i'm still working in retail because somebody once likened me to stick of blackpool rock. they said if they

the summer politics was top what it means over the summer recess politics was top what it means overly to be quieter. but the market will be quite nervy, and many visitors are stuck on the sidelines, waiting to see what will happen. —— many businesses are stuck on the sidelines was not quick round up of other stories: apple will invest $1 billion — about £800 million — in building a new campus in texas. it'll be making investments in a number of other cities across the us, despite growing concerns about iphone sales. the tech company employs about 90,000 people in the states but the majority of the company's products are made in china. in september, president donald trump suggested apple should move its product manufacturing to america to avoid new tariffs being imposed on chinese imports. hamleys has stopped selling a children's slime toy a chemical that can impair fertility. tests by consumer group which? found that frootiputti slime, made by goobands and sold at hamleys, had four times the eu limit for boron in toys. sir richard branson‘s virgin galactic is hoping to reach the edg

if we were to take just a small amount of fuel duty over a period of five to ten yea rs we duty overy creates over £20 billion a yearfor fuel duty creates over £20 billion a year for the fuel duty creates over £20 billion a yearfor the government fuel duty creates over £20 billion a year for the government which is charged for every litre of petrol and diesel we buy at the pumps. surely more of that should be dedicated to local roads. funding from the vehicle tax from 2020 will be ring fenced for the funding of major roads. wejust be ring fenced for the funding of major roads. we just need the equivalent for local roads. what advice would you give to motorists knowing this is a big problem in many parts of the country? we would encourage everyone to go on to the rac website and report potholes that they see. councils are obliged to carry out their own inspections but you can only claim compensation from a pothole the council is aware of. the best thing of all would be for the council to fix the roads so they we re the council to fix the roads so they were fit for purpose so there is

lorgat backdrop forjapan, over 3% lower. —— look at that drop. dow closing at its lowest level in more than a year. we start in washington, dc, where the us central bank, the federal reserve, has raised the cost of borrowing for the fourth time this year. it has upped its main interest rate by 0.25% to a range of between 2.25% percent and 2.5%. the move comes despite recent turbulence on financial markets, and signs that growth is slowing, not to mention ongoing criticism by president trump, who wants cheaper borrowing to support the economy. the fed has now raised rates nine times since 2015. it says it expects to raise them again twice next year, not three times as it was previously predicting. this has been thejustificiation, as far as the fed's concerned. us growth has been recovering strongly since the financial crisis, with unemployment now the lowest in almost half a century. but the recent slowdown means there is a growing debate about where interest rates should be, as michelle fleury reports from the federal reserve in washington, dc. t

over there. >> no, it's okay >> it's super 301. unfair trade policies with japan and clinton put on trade sanctions with japan. >> bottom line, tony, you think this is a world of issues in our face and it's almost extreme why wouldn't that be a region for more negativity ahead? everything you said there doesn't seem like it would resolve itself. >> you wait for those indicators, the reversal on the s&p from a minus 9 to where it's at to a minus five in a ten-week rated change on the vix goes from up at 80 to ten those are your signs for the viewers that don't want to play with day-to-day volatility that over the last major corrections this cycle it's time to get back in. >> capitulation, you don't think we've had capitulation >> we've been doing this as technical guys for a while, carter sure doesn't feel like it. earlier somebody was covering the put call from strategis. we've all been doing it for a while. has it ever paid to sell a down 10% tape when you're in the in the purview of a recession

my words my grandmother just play it over and over again. and those words with the guy i was going to buy me my dog and. you know what i realize who are which really was what i kept hearing because saying and i am at. my lowest. and. i think right there i realized i had reached my lowest point in life. only on the way for me to go from here. i know that crime and other criminal. already have fed up with both freedom is right politician for the solution is simple crackdown the reason the criminal justice system isn't working is that we're not sending enough people to jail and keeping there long enough that people are saying general way that they want to lock these rascals up and keep them there for a long time during the one nine hundred eighty s. there was a major shift in the congress and in state legislatures have thout how long sentences should be the public was a long term by increasing rates of crime from the one nine hundred seventy s. and early eighty's and they wanted longer sentences they wanted cracking down and that's what happene

i got my stuff so you guys can fight over the rest. >> and ofkn course w there will be many tussles over those sales. experts suggest you know your return policy in termsf knowing how many days you have left to make that return and h alsoe your receipt in hand. erika and aaron, back to you. >> i have to make a couple of returns. maybe i snag an extra 50% item or two. thank you, nicole. >> the mega millions jackpot is growing. >> now it stands at$348 million. the next drawing is going to be this friday. since this game started in 2002, rawings have only been held on christmas four times. keeping up with the tradition, nobody won the jackpot this past christmas or any of the others. >> a team wrestler was given 90 se to either cut his locks or face disqualification. >> we're following new developments in the hair cut scene all over the world. stick around. it's not the holidays until... all your streams come true. [ kids laughing ] that jerk is ours. play home alone. watch your holiday favorites however you want and find them faster with the x1 voice remote. now that's simple. easy. awesom

stretches over pleasanton. rain over your area. mount diablo, diablo rain, antioch still look few scattered showers scattered over there. there is a call for scattered showers at least for the first part of the day. snow advisory for travel though because were just not expecting much accumulation. here's a look at the fog and where we are seeing visibilities this morning. over the east bay we are seeing visibility down to mild, the livermore, tough drive over 80. along the peninsula.it's the south bay, not too bad. highway 101, nevada less than a mile visibility there, santa rosa reporting 1.5, napa reporting 2.5 miles so be prepared. we've got poor visibility in some spots. temperatures this morning are too bad. low to mid 50s with all the cloud cover in place. winter solstice arrives this afternoon, to: 53 to be exact, and as we get into 2:53 to be exact, and as we get into the low 50s and 60s. there is rated the extended forecast. it comes on christmas eve. i will have a look at what you can expect at 8:31.

>> long over due.y difficult for kids to learn in a school that is in chaos.and that is what obama guidelines have done. schools were fearing the federal government would slap them with a civil rights lawsuit. they feared the expense, the reputation cost of it. if they did not stop suspending more black kids. so that is what schools did. the administrator wanted more racial clarity and who is going to suspend peer. paul: under discrimination laws -- quickly using -- statistically, if you are expelling or suspending more groups in one racial group more than another is racial animus. and that is the fault in the reasoning. different groups behave in different ways. we see it inside school, outside of school peer blocks are suspended at higher rates than whites. whites are suspended at higher rates and agents. it doesn't necessarily mean that these groups are being discriminated against. and out and quickly come many of the schools teachers are black, the principles are glass, split ministries are black.

in the us government shutdown continues over funding donald trump's anti immigrant project with the media fanning the flames of discontentment even resorting to outdated video to drive its agenda. they just strongly water supplies that are left in the desert of free one in the trunk has done everything they possibly can to make that trip more dangerous to. live worldwide on t.v. and online this is r.t. international with the hourly updates now four pm this friday afternoon in moscow first for you the syrian military says government forces have entered the northern city of man beach at the request of civilians and kurdish fighters in the area it comes as the kurds try to strengthen the city's defense amid an upcoming offensive from the turkish side considers kurdish fighters to be terrorists let's go live to our middle east correspondent paula slater who's across developments paula tension seems to be building over any potential turkish military action how real are those fears. i think the fears are we see happening is that the conflict in the northern. news to escalate now we are receivin

the sun might be coming over here for work, but some are coming over here to bring drugs.man traffic, to prey upon their young children. they are clear examples -- again, last year alone, our eyes agents saved over 900 kids from human trafficking. there is a legal way to come to this country. if you want to seek asylum, or if you want to stand in line like millions of other people that are willing to come here legally. america is a nation of immigrants, but we are also a nation of laws. let's stand up for the rule of law and keep america safe. >> harris: house majority whip steeps the least, this holiday season. thank you for your time. merry christmas. >> merry christmas, harris. >> harris: a federal judge declaring obamacare unconstitutional. so, what will be the effect of that ruling? will congress be able to pass ia better health care law question at a live report with reactions. stay close. his good yeah!? i switched to geico and got more! more savings on car insurance!? they helped with homeowners, too! ok! plus motorcycle, boat and rv insurance! geico's got you cove

democrats take over the majority. a source in the house, this is out of their hand, up to the senate to mass will funding and democrats to work out deal with blake. blake: hillary vaughn at the white house. merry christmas to you. reporter: merry christmas. blake: the president's comments added to ongoing government shutdown are they adding to fears? to "wall street journal" assistant editor james freeman. how are you doing merry christmas. >> good to be here. >> what do you make of what the president said yesterday, and what we heard from kevin hassett. >> this is right on from kevin hassett, not a major economic event. this is not much of the government shuts down of the most of us don't notice it when not operating at full, fearsome capacity. also probably not much of a long-term political impact either. look at history of shutdowns, they generally get forgotten fairly quickly. blake: here's my read what heard from president trump yesterday. he is taking aim at jay powell. we heard from the president who said yeste

will we see the shifts going over and over again? mark: i think we will see this happening in the next several months or years. these four companies will be vying for the top spot. emily: apple also facing an antitrust case in the supreme court which could have wide reaching implications for the entire tech industry. the class-action suit accuses apple for a monopoly. over at distribution on iphones. u.s. supreme court justices on monday appeared to allow the case to continue. i want to bring in greg stohr along with mark gurman. this wasn't good news for the stock either, greg, but what did the supreme court justices signal about their position on this apple case? greg: the general sense was that they were going to let the lawsuit against apple going forward. one vote on apple's side is chief justice john roberts, while as many as seven justices might be inclined to allow the lawsuit to go forward. that would be bad news for apple. obviously, it adds a source of pressure on them to reduce the 30% commissions that they charge to app

over one hundred eighty thousand people in dollars employing over one hundred eighty thousand people the chinese smartphone cost almost one third less than the cheapest american counterpart from apple take for example while ways made s e sixty four gig you can buy that for just over two hundred bucks and it's specs are comparable to i phones x r which will set you back a whopping seven hundred fifty bucks but the u.s. views qual way as a possible front for spying as well as a commercial competitor to the american tech industry and this comes at an odd time as washington and beijing have agreed to something of a cease fire from the tariff spat that came across the summer now the background that led to these tariffs tensions come from china's tech laws which the u.s. allege allow for them to steal american technology without any consequence and although the chinese are unhappy about ms maines detention beijing wants to avoid disrupting the progress being made to end the trade war. we're so pleased with that report we now turn to hillary for which the c.e.o. of straw mark hillary this i

volume was higher than it had been over the last 30 days. 2%, theet was up over rally has faded and soe volume. we are below them. you might see an above average story coming through the auction. the market feels like it has faded from the early sugar high. i will use that again. will be interesting to see how long the rally last. this is what the u.s. markets look like. only me.t is i will tell you it's going on. dow,ve the s&p 500, the the nasdaq are all higher. wynn resorts are doing very well. there is a general optimistic tone. we don't have the optimism that we had this morning. the vix is at 17. it was as low as 16. the 10 year yield is back to 3%. it is up five more basis points. the spread is now 18.5 basis points. crude oil is up. we will look at commodities in a moment. gold, there is a safe haven going on. gold is up 1.1%. you can see it is green across the screen for commodities. they are getting a bounce off the trade news. opec newsquities, the is helping. this, 8.688.nt to steve mnuchin said that china pledged to work on the weakening currency. that is obvious today. gu

among is often viewed as a national hero in china so her release after over a week in detention was a relief to many in beijing. ok i feel happy about monk's release on bail it's a victory for the national enterprise although it's only pale i still hope all the sanctions on could be cancelled it's important that we have fair international competition on sanctions only on china and not fairness. here still the prospect of monk being used as a bargaining chip in trade negotiations between china and the us increased as us president trump said he would intervene in the case if it was in america's interest . hours before the bail hearing a former canadian diplomat was arrested in beijing presumably in retaliation for among the rest canada's government is still collecting details. we are aware of the situation of a canadian detained in china we have been in direct contact with the chinese chinese diplomats and representatives we are engaged in the file which we take very seriously and we are of course providing consular assistance to the family markets in asia closed higher after among was

killing over two thousand palestinians including tens of thousands more. the overwhelming majority of these casualties were civilians. being bombarded from the sea and land israel launched at least one hundred sixty strikes on the gaza strip. and there's one less hospital in gaza now israel today a latin want for hospital. the sheer scale of the attack spoke outrage and condemnation around the world israel's month long pounding of gaza shocked many people around the world mass demonstrations have been held in many of the world's major cities. but in the united states the story was different polls showed the american people holding firm in their support for israel this is the latest you know or see poll of american shows fifty seven percent of those polled say israel's action in gaza justified thirty four percent say unjustified these numbers were striking but they were news of the course of a conflict in which palestinian casualties so far outnumbered israeli casualties the american people have consistently shown from zero sympathy for israelis for palesti

i retained an attorney to go over and meet with him in germany. seven months after sandy has been arrested and i pull into the garage of my car is rushed by law enforcement people who are screaming and have a gun out and they're pointing it at my face i'm being told you know you're in hot water we know that your husband was arrested we know you know we know you visited him in germany and they said we know you have information and all you have to do is just tell us what you know and i wasn't going to say anything because i'm literally watching these people destroy my mom's isn't somebody that i really want to confide in so i have it wasn't very long after that that my lawyer explained to me exactly what it is that my prosecutor want to say wanted her to wear a wire. and try to employ a other people people she didn't even know and. she what she refused to do it she said i don't know they speak on i'm not going to do this and this prosecutor said new year around paraphrasing you know to cooperate or will ruin your life. so what we've got to do is ide

millions have died in the country's civil conflicts over many decades, ina civil conflicts over manyued instability and a broken infrastructure. un peacekeepers were first deployed in 2000, to help maintaina first deployed in 2000, to help maintain a fragile ceasefire between rival factions. maintain a fragile ceasefire between rivalfactions. since then, as maintain a fragile ceasefire between rival factions. since then, as their mandate has grown, they have greatly helped the peace process in the country. but despite this, violent incidents continue. the cost of the peacekeeping mission has also risen dramatically, and currently stands at well over $1 billion a year. it is also costing the lives of peacekeepers. in order to fully understand what's going on in the country, though, you have to look below the surface. the drc is a country rich in natural resources worth trillions of us dollars, and much of the conflict is centred around mining areas. both government and rebel forces seek to maintain control of the most lucrative areas. and foreign mining operations extracting minerals

most of them are over by now as it is one hour ahead and so the day is nearly over.main cities affected by a ebola outbreak. a transit centre was ransacked and thatis transit centre was ransacked and that is did or where ebola cases wait for results. the health ministry said that 21 people fled from the transit centre and the angry mob was demonstrating that today, following a decision by the electoral commission to postpone the vote in the city and in three other locations across the country. the tension is high in the street. in goma, masses of people came out on the streets to protest against a new delay of elections by the electoral commission. this morning, people who came in the street barricaded it with stones to block circulation and express their anger. most voters i speak to say they are upset that these towns were removed and they said asa these towns were removed and they said as a tactic by the current regime to cling to power. so far no casualties have been registered by the we are still monitoring the situation to see how it goes. that he now from the

the dinner was for over three hours. [inaudible] >> speed to >> yes there was. >> what do you think americans will feel as a result and are you confident in the long-term china will make good on their word or do you suspect there could be more volatility in the relationship come january? >> in a ver very short term, the will be changes in agriculture, so that's probably the easiest thing that you're going to see, very specific changes right away. i am taking him at his word and commitment to president trump, but they have to deliver on this, so the president has been very clear that he expects to move forward with the agreement and reserves his ability to do additional terriffs if not successful. >> these are major structural issues, stuff you've been talking about for months. what happened at the dinner when they said these major things okay we're ready to talk with go forward, what happened? >> i think the strategy of terriffs was effective and created a change in the willingness to address certain issues and they deve

trust is and yet that trust has been violated over and over again.is year is death by a thousand leaks, death by a thousand revelations. because it is free, you and i are the product that's being sold by facebook to advertisers. so that's why we're seeing the attorney general in washington, the local attorney general sue facebook. that's why we're seeing democratic lawmakers call for new hearings and possible regulation. i think we're going to see a very busy time for facebook in 2019 as they try to adjust to the new-found concern in washington. >> brian stelter, thank you for bringing us the latest. >>> just moments ago president trump firing back at republican senator lindsey graham as graham is blasting him very publicly, urging him to change his mind on pulling troops out of syria. back in a moment. >> ordinary eggs? not in this house. 'cause that's no ordinary family. that's your family. which is why you didn't grab just any cheese. you picked up new kraft expertly paired cheddar and swiss for eggs. beat that! kraft. family greatly. with a $500,

over the issue of the irish backstop well a lot of people would say that she didn't. yes and that she should of those in her own party will say she should have postponed the spoke earlier others say that this wasn't a deal that they wanted a toll and that's what the leader of the labor opposition party jeremy corbyn had to say he says that the government has lost control and is in complete disarray take a listen to what jeremy called then had to say the government is in disarray. is building for business people are in despair at this stage of these failed negotiations the prime minister is trying to solve one last chance to save this deal if she doesn't take long board the fundamental changes required then she must make for those who can. and german corbin's criticism is that she's not changing the deal she's essentially going to paper over some cracks and bring it back so he says it's still a bad deal that people are going to reject an m.p. i asked the employee after to reason my statement lined up desperate to get in that ostensibly that questions to the prime minis

it was total destroyed. sandy bottom and flipped over.as obviously some sort of rescue operation to get those out who had been injured. just before i arrived at the scene, i was overta ken before i arrived at the scene, i was ove rta ke n by before i arrived at the scene, i was overtaken by a police car with flashing blue lights, high—speed, and there were two police cars when i got there. i got out of my van and went to see if i could help. there we re went to see if i could help. there were just two police officers and me to begin with. we were trying to assess the situation, find out who was alive and who could help, and so on, and try to get people out of the car. very difficult, and i appreciate you talking about it now, on the happening a few hours ago. how difficult was it to get the people out? how far down from the bridge was it where it came to rest? the fold from the bridge that estimate is something like five or six metres. so about 15 or 20 feet. the car was a total wreck. when i got there, four people were out of the car, on

the guy just came over to this room he gave me this book. hello and welcome to cross talk or all things are considered i'm peter lavelle welcome to unique edition of cross talk we answer questions from you the viewers some of you sent some very interesting questions. cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst and we have dmitri bobbitt he's a political analyst and sputnik international hi gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it we're going to do with q. and a all of these questions here were sent by viewers over the last couple of days or so first question for more than a decade of preparations for the so-called arab spring western institutions organizations and research centers where the tool to sabotage the middle east and other areas now are we on the verge of a failure of western projects for syria and ukraine will we see a european spring soon. well i think that indeed there is a real

so we are going to see a quieter time over the next couple of days.nting that has been going on in the run—up to christmas, how is that likely to affect the post—christmas sales? is that likely to affect the post-christmas sales? that is a really interesting point. 0ver post-christmas sales? that is a really interesting point. over the past few years at springboard we have been seeing the post—christmas period, particularly boxing day, we have seen footfall drop on boxing day over a number of years. the allure of what we used to be the big sale date is really waning, thus because we are getting discounts continue with the —— continuously over the period of months before christmas, particularly now that we have black friday in our trading calendar. it is likely to be slower, we are likely to see more discounting by retailers in the coming weeks to clear the stock that they would have hoped to have sold before christmas. it is going to be a soft trading time over the next week or two because they need to clear that stop and get it ready for spring, but

it is no secret that you and i have disagreed over many issues over the years. i have appreciated the times we have worked on important bipartisan legislation. on behalf of our democratic colleagues, i want to say that we will miss you, and i hope everyone will join me in a round of applause to thank you for your service. [applause] i yield back. >> i thank the gentleman. i would note that one of those bipartisan efforts will be on the floor of the house today. the first step back. i hope that is the first step in what is badly needed for criminal justice reform in this country addressing major parts of prison reform and sentencing reform. thank you for your kind words. i will now begin by recognizing myself for opening statements. when president obama's department of homeland security jeh johnson first testified in front of this midi, i told him he was not responsible for the dangerous and irresponsible decisions made by dhs before he was sworn in. i could only hope you would bring back a level a little response ability to the enforcement of our immigration law

democrats have wanted that over and over, but we said just to build a wall without any plans.n the armed services committee. we spent $700 billion we would not allow the air force to build a hangar unless we knew where was going to be built, what its purpose was and what the cost was. the president simply demanded $5 billion for a wall or a fence or whatever it might be without any definition of where went and how. that is just irresponsible and certainly for the taxpayers of america a major problem. we do want border security. the president talks about drugs flowing into the united states. yes they are. and if you want to go after drugs, fund the coast guard or the coast guard interjects 10 times the amount of drugs at the border patrol does. mike: thank you so much for your time, sir. look forward to seeing you back up the hill whenever. thank you. the partial government shutdown and if they will last at least until thursday when the senate back in session. the president has warned it could last that much or perhaps much longer is much longer as the white house and democrats

and over and over again and yet the warning has gone unheeded let's talk about some of the issues where politics and economics meet so medicare for all will that solve any other financial drains on the u.s. economy can it happen chris sure it could but you know it won't pass through because the united states doesn't have a democracy and by the way i always say that if your want to export something you ought to have some of it first so the united states attempts to export democracy are probably failing because we don't have one here in the united states we have a corporatocracy the will of the people does not factor into anything at this point time money rules everything citizens united was the worst supreme court decision ever and it has some tough competition so with that i don't think that we're going to be able to get past the. insurance companies they put way too much money into senate and congressional coffers to just simply go away but let's be clear by the numbers the united states has on a dollar just a basis the worst health care system in the world terms outcomes for dollar sp

time in afghanistan every prince co-founder of the original blackwater now that everyone's fearful over trumps of ghana's stalin withdrawal erik prince sees an opportunity the option i was pushing the options that were considered by some in the white house in irregular warfare option that would use a capability some special forces capability some contract a capability to strengthen to give a skeletal support structure to the afghan security forces prince is selling a new kind of war private war war waged not by governments but by corporations the plan is simple six thousand mercenaries backed up by a few thousand u.s. special forces guys give them a small air force private their force and lulu cost about five billion dollars a year a year for reference the afghan war has cost on average five billion a month for seventeen years but the pentagon is reluctant you just can't trust national security priest these reputation to merck's to guys willing to kill for money when the american put to put their mission credibility on the line privatizing it is probably not a wise idea every prince has

custody over the last month. for more i'm joined by annie carney, the white house reporter for "the new york times." ben rhodes is a former deputy national security advisor to president obama. and david frum is a former speechwriter for president george w. bush and a senior editor at "the atlantic." thanks for joining us. annie, let me start with you just on the basics. that threat from trump today via twitter to close down the southern border, his chief of staff there, new chief of staff mick mulvaney saying, hey, this is serious. what is your sense, what is your reporting? twitter bluster or is there a potential plan that could be implemented here that would actually close that border? >> for now my reporting shows that this is the latest sign that he is just not backing down from his demands. this is just putting his foot on the pedal trying to get the democrats to agree to money to fund the wall. the latest sign that they are just in this intractable position and aren't planning to move from it. other adminis

sport is over. we have to recognise each other because i support two main principles, one, there should be no monopoly on sport, of course it's better to arrange and respect each other and those who interfere with each other. one of the major draws is the prize fund, £10 million, more than double the price for any of fina's international competitions but athletes insist it is notjust about them but future generations. it's really important for future generations of swimmers coming up through the ranks, their careers could be different to ours. fina are yet to respond to the latest developments with the isl but the organisers of the new competition are adamant that they will launch it in august next year and it will culminate in a grand final in las vegas in september. last night, manchester city and league1 burton albion made it into the league cup semi—finals. tonight sees the other quarters, both taking place in the capital. let's start at the emirates, where we have a north london derby, arsenal

and all over the place. i met many irish diplomats. the consequence now, we managed to hold 27 countries together against the british. realize the pride that for the diplomats. benefits have been look at the if you counties on their own. you know where the money has come from. it is not just the economic. ireland has changed over the of the eu. and we have been forced to in with othere concepts. been an advantage on that level as well. -- brexit, thet better. >> one more thing. i think it is important to recognize areas the civil rights unit -- movement. processl part of a long of openness, which we have benefited from. to some extent, the last number of years has seen a reaction project oft 50 year opening out and embracing change and so on. brexit is part of that reaction because brexit is an exercise. it is a narrowing. closing things down rather than opening up because opening up has come to be seen as risky and unpopular. it happens in some parts of europe where you have seen the trend. you can see prim

democracies all over the world. first part of this century, we're seeing the death of democracy. in part, it's because of the example we are not setting. aristotle said in a civil discussion that there has to be respect, moderation, thought, and he said the participants in the discussion in a democratic society must have kindness and respect. i disagree with you on proposition x, but i respect you immensely, and we must restore that to our public discourse. david: final question i'd like to ask you is this, what would you like american people to know about the united states supreme court? justice kennedy: that it is dedicated to finding what the law is, and the law has a moral foundation. the law is interested in truth. truth is often the facts, and you begin there. and this isn't a partisan exercise. you're not a democrat who thinks the gun was smoking, or a republican who thinks it is. or the democrat thought the light was green and the republican thought the light was red. that's crazy. we want to show that facts

sea branch, very light rain over at st. vacaville, it's foggy there. just a little patch of mist drizzle down arounndd a san francisco. we're keeping an eye on wave heights. 8 to 12 feet right off the coast, but you notice the darker shades getting closer to those very, very heavy an dangerous waves. 20 to 35 feet. even perhaps isolated sets of 50 feet, so the energy from the ocean moving from west to east we've seen in about two years. it is 57 in hayward, 51 in vallejo, santa rosa at 55. the wind gusts 35 to 40 miles an hour, mt. diablo, mt. tam. so it looks pretty calm here in san francisco, several hours away from the very heavy rain. maybe about 2:,003:00 here. scattered showers this morning. wind increasing for everyone and then sunny and warmer for much so we have a 2 on our storm impact scale. a half inch to over an inch of rain. 30 to 40-mile-an-hour winds and rough surf. as we look at our timeline, you'll notice that the showers throughout the first part of the day are up in the north bay for the most part. then b

but those days are over now. it's winding down everywhere and that hurts. but. it's thanks to the coal mines that the rural valley region became the most densely populated area in germany the pit head frames the coking plants and the steel works have left their mark the kiosks and miners housing next to the pits are testament to that there's hardly a city or town here in the region that doesn't boast a foreman street or pittman street works manager you're going croaker has already had to close down two mines the prosper honeywill mine will be his third and last. three big events take place in my life this year as i close my last mine germany stops producing black coal and at the end of the year i'll retire i don't think anyone can experience more emotions in one go than that. the curtain has fallen on coal mining and fifteen thousand locals have turned out to give it a fitting send off there's plenty of melancholy in the air as traditional clubs miners choir's pick men mine rescue teams and foremen march by. the whole tradition of mining itself the royal region

turn on nuclear energy over the fukushima disaster in japan. by then her vaal as party leader and her role as chancellor had long become inseparable merkel's political brand as the one who guarantees stability was born. in the midst of the greek debt crisis she defended risking billions of german taxpayers' money by claiming there was no alternative. there is no alternative to supporting greece to secure the financial stability of the euro. vision merkel's noel turnitin also saw her keeping germany's borders open during what became known as the migration crisis in twenty fifteen the political challenge that still defines her leadership. yes get caught if we were to ned to have that we can do this considering our european responsibility our humanitarian responsibility and our responsibility for germany then we wouldn't be the christian democratic union of germany but we are and that's why we can do this. so was long seen as a conservative party leader without an alternative to replace the fact that there are now several credible candidates is al