i was like i think sergey has this mutation. is that what that means? his mom has two copies, is that what this means? they were surprised. they had not seen a lot of people that had two copies of that mutation and sergey had one. getting that information definitely catapulted us onto a new journey of being really involved with michael j. fox and starting the 23andme parkinson's committee. emily: you say you have found new incites about parkinson's, for example, that could lead to a cure. anne: we made some interesting genetic discovering about parkinson's. we have somebody that leads the parkinson's team. we have some projects we are talking about doing. really understanding the genetic mutations specifically that sergey has. he has something called dirk 2. we are talking about some of the big things we are going to do. emily: sergey has been a critical part of your story. you guys are now officially divorced. you have two kids and two companies between you. when there is so much wealth involved and you're under so much scrutiny, how do you go through

we have projects that were talking about understanding the genetic mutations specifically that sergei haswe're talking about what we can specific case. kidsu are not divorced, and companies between the two of you. how do you even go through a process like that? >> it's complicated. part of it is that divorce is never easy. we are very good friends. we see each other on a daily basis. we are very supportive of each other. is the new reality of relationships. >> you have any advice for other single, working moms? >> do the best that you can. call, it's 10:00 and were eating ice cream. i think there are moments where it's hard to you do the best that you can do. you also have to be gentle on yourself, you can't do everything. you really optimize finding the best and everybody, and focus on the friendship. >> you live in the silicon valley bubble. you seem so normal. normal -- stay normal? >> i volunteer at the school. i make sure the kids do their homework. i see my family all the time. i see my friends. active on theally issue of women in technology. have you seen,ss and still needs to be d

emily: sergey has been a critical part of your story. you're divorced. have two kids and two companies. when there is so much wealth involved, and you go through so much scrutiny, how do you go through a process like that? anne: it's complicated. divorce is never easy. we are very good friends. we see each other almost on a daily basis. we are supportive of each other. it's the new reality for relationship. emily: do you have any advice from this time of your life? anne: you just have to accept that you do the best you can. my mom would call and ask what you doing? i would say, it is 10:00 at night and we are eating ice cream. we just needed ice cream. there are moments when it's hard. you do the best that you can do. part of it is being gentle on yourself. you can't do everything. part of what i think we have done really well, you optimize finding the best in everyone and focus on the friendship. emily: you live in the silicon valley rubble. you seem so normal. how do you stay normal? anne: you stay focused on the things that are important. i volunteer

russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has already said that we cannot achieve the results we want, aefinitive political resolution in syria in if the pyd is excluded. and the leader of the pyd he has always said we expect to be invited. he hasn't received an invite yet, and they represent a large section of syrian society. there are a lot of syrian kurds living in the country, and he says we should be represented around those tables, and if we're not, then these geneva 3 talks could fail he suspects like the geneva 2 talks that failed, because he says not every -- every aspect of syrian society was represented around the table. >> bernie sanders reporting there. >>> the united nations has not yet revealed a full list of who will attend the talks. >>> the u.n. envoy to libya warned that the political process is taking too long and that is allowing further expansion of isil. that concern has the u.s. and itself allies looking at expanding their military campaign against isil to include libya. jamie mcintyre joins us live at the pentagon. so jamie what are military officials saying? >>

. >>> the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has said it's impossible to reach an agreement in syria without inviting kurds to take part in the negotiations. >> the fighters which the u.s. supports and who are fighting isil, they're trying to prevent them from participating in the syrian talks. this is our common problem. it's not simply unfair and counterproductive, it's a problem with the u.s. the u.s. believes the kurds are one of its closest allies in the fight against terrorism. i hope the u.s. will not leave this problem unsolved. >> talking about who will be invited and who not, the invitations have been sent out. james bays joins us live. what are you hearing with the invites? >> very short notice being sent to correspondents who cover the u.n. confirming simply the news that invitations to the syrian participants have been sent out. interestingly it adds in accordance with the outlines in security resolution 2254. why they are saying that, it's about the controversy of who should send out the invitations and who decides who should be on the opposition delegation. this is the

sergey brin has made it clear that google's intention is to offer transportation as a service. a great model. imagine downtown san francisco having a lot of empty parking spaces. car was yourriving original moonshot. the first one we know about. you have moved on to education. successful, what changes about the world? sebastian: it will truly democratize education. it should be a first amendment kind of right. it is so uneven. we talk about stanford and harvard as the best places to educate, but almost nobody can get in. i think education is the empowering thing. if you catch a man a fish, he has dinner for night. if you teach a man to fish, he has dinner for the rest of his life. , as always,tian great to have you on the show. out, watson.tch ibm takes the crown for the most u.s. patents for the 23rd year in a row. we will take a look at the next big ideas in technology. ♪ emily: ibm has received the most u.s. patents in 2015 for the 23rd consecutive year. coming in first in front of samsung, google, and sony. does quantity translate into quality? joining me from new york is b

has been a miserable for markets across asia. leaving stock markets falling more than 6%. >>> more now on the diplomatic efforts ahead of friday's talks on syria. sergeiv has said the kurds must be allowed to take part in negotiations. >> translator: the fighters which the u.s. supports and who are fighting isil, they are trying to prevent them from participating in the syria talks. this is our common problem. it's not simply unfair and counterproductive. it's a problem with the u.s. the u.s. believes the kurds are one of his closest allies. i hope the u.s. will not leave this problem unsolved. >> and rory challands has more from moscow. >> reporter: in recent weeks the fighting in syria has been going in assad's favor, and the russian foreign minister, i think is well aware that russia's air campaign has had at least some sort of impact in that. he said that russia's bombing had drastically altered the situation in the country, and has allowed the syria army essentially to narrow the amount of territory controlled by as lavrov put it, terrorists in syria. there was an indication, though, that the russias are aware that increasing reports are coming o

has been working with them for a long time supplying them with small arms, supplying them with logistical assistance to fight isil. they were wanting some sort of representation at these talks. sergey lavrov has said we cannot achieve the results we want in syria if the p.y.d. is excluded. the russians have made their views clear. the leader of the p.y.d. has said we expected to be on the table, we expect to be invited. he hasn't received an have it yet and they represent a large section of syrian society. there are a lot of syrian kurds living in the country, and he says we should be represented around those tables and if we're not, then these geneva three talks could fail, he suspects like the geneva two talks held back in february, 2014 and failed because he says not every aspect of syrian society was represented around the table. >> bernard smith reporting. the u.n. has yet to reveal a full list of who will attended the talks. >>> there is criticism over a law in denmark designed to make the country less attractive to refugees by seizing their valuables. human rights groups say that is a dangerous precedent. the lawmakers in copenhagen see it differently. >> the mood was subdue

kerry has also been speaking to sergei lavrov on the telephone.en up to the opposition to decide whether to attend on the basis of the list that's been agreed by the international community. i know they'll come under a great deal of pressure, because i think they will be told. if the syrian government is there and you are not there, it will look like the opposition is the one that doesn't want peace. so i think it's more likely than not that some sort of talks will take place later in the week. i am told initially those will be so-called proximity talks. the opposition in one room, and the syrian government in the other. with the u.n. an voir shuttling between the two. i am told initially they will be looking at possible ceasefires in syria and trying to alleviate the humanitarian situation, in particularly those areas of syria under siege. ♪ >>> around 15,000 protesters have rallied in the mall dolan capital demanding early elections after the point of a prime minister who they claim is taking orders from business tycoons. robin forester walker i

kerry has been speaking to his russian counterpart, sergei lavrov.will be up to the opposition whether to attend on the list that's been agreed by the international community. i know they will come under a great deal of pressure because i think they will be told that if the syrian government is there and you are not there, it will look like the opposition is the one that doesn't want peace. so, i think it's more likely than not that some sort of talks will take place laudser in the week. i am told those will be proximity talks. the opposition in one room and the syrian in the other with the u.n. envoy shuffling between the two. i am told initially, they will be looking at possible cease-fires in syria and trying to alleviate the humanitarian situation and particular those areas of syria under siege. at least 20 policemen have been killed in ramadi. suicide attacks hit the headquarters of the police. isil killed 72 soldiers in three separate suicide attacks in ramadi. the iraqi army says the latest fighting was in isil's last stronghold in the area. i

. >>> secretary of state john kerry has been in zurich meeting the russian foreign minister sergey lavrovboth disagreeing who should be at the negotiating table to bring an end to the crisis in syria. scheduled talks are expected to focus on the set up of a transitional government. they were due to take place in geneva on january 25th. there are doubts over whether or not they will go ahead. >> we discussed a number of measures which have to be taken in order to provide a ceasefire. obviously apart from i.s.i.l. and al nusra, they are our enemies, they cannot be subject to a ceasefire. >> paul brennan has been following developments in zurich, in talks lasting three hours, the outcome was inconclusive. john kerry left without commenting, and sergey lavrov gave a brief statement that was general in his content. all he said was he hoped talks would take place as soon as possible. he didn't say he only said they could take place before the end of the month. it doesn't bode well for the prospects of geneva convening on january 25th. and it looks likely that the geneva talks will be postponed.

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has called for meeting of all 26 countries involved in the fight against isil. >>> meanwhile the u.s. secretary of state john kerry and the russian foreign minister sergeisay there are no plans to move the date of next week's talk over the fight in syria. >>> and a splinter group of the pakistani taliban has claimed responsible for an attack on an university which killed at least 20 people. >>> police in turkey and germany say they have broken up a sophisticated human smuggling ring. officers say syrian refugees were sent across the mediterranean in freight ships into europe, 35 people were oar rested during early morning raids. they said the traffickers would be directly responsible for the deaths of any refugees. >> translator: those who cram more than 1,700 people into the holding space of a run-down cargo else have that is ready for the strap heap and then set the autopilots for the it tailian coast a line and get themselves to safety, those people risk or accept in case of an accident the death of those people on board. >>> and the dutch prime minister has called for more action against people smugglers. he also had harsh words for the migrants and

signal his opposition sent by those guiding the authority, he has been shot just meters from the kremlin's walls. in 2009, a lawyer called sergeiied after an alleged beating in a russian prison. he had expose add $230 million tax refund fraud, only for the authorities to turn the tables and jail him for the very same crime. >> same year he was killed 2006, journalists was gunned down in her moscow apartment building. often highlights the human rights abuses there. >> the full list is much longer. journalists lawyers activists opposition leaders, all murders all had in one way or another sided against the political elites. >> russia may be a modern state, but according to some, there are aspects of it's repressive past that it still clings to. >> it tells us that russia governed the company during 70 years of soviet rule. the regime symbolized by ex-kgb, is a continuation of the kremlin rule of the kgb, and one of the instruments is a political murder. a rather circumstantial and interpretive and yes mrs. a strong body of opinion but everything is very little even indirect evidence of that. >> regardless, criticizing the kremlin

he has been shot just meters from the kremlin's walls. in 2009, a lawyer called sergei died after an alleged beating in a russian prison. he had expose add $230 million tax refund fraud, only for the authority to turn the tables and jail him for the very same crime. the same year he was killed journalists was gunned down in her moscow apartment building she reported the years on the blooddy wars often highlights the ha human rights abuses there. they all sited against the political elite. >> russia may be a modern state, but according to some there are aspects of the repressive past, that it still clings to. >> it tells us that russia is for the same power during 70 years of soviet rule, that they symbolize the deputy putin, is the continuation of the kremlin rule in the kgb, and one of the instruments is the political murder. >> so did putin approve the death? this analyst is unconvinced. >> i think it is rather here nor there, it is circumstantial, and interpret retive, and yes there is a strong body of opinion in britain, including, but everything is which goes wrong

pakistan taliban has claimed responsibility for an attack on a university that killed at least 20 people. >>> u.s. secretary of state john kerry and the russian foreign minister sergeisay there are no plans to move the date of next week's talks aimed attending the war in syria. >>> in syria itself people trapped in besieged areas close to the capitol are burning rubbish to try to warm their homes. al jazeera's correspondent reports. >> reporter: winter is harsh here. scraps of wood, pieces of garbage, in fact anything that burns are pushed into the homemade stove. >> translator: my dad and i made this heater. we use garbage to make sure my brothers and sisters stay home. >> reporter: she and her father use pots and pans, old pipes and bits of metal to build the family's only source of warmth. the things they would normally burn now cost far too much. >> translator: you see this? the charcoal? we can't even use this. it is too expensive. every now and then, we use some so we can keep everyone warm. >> reporter: bargaining and haggling used to be common at the local wood market. now among the resulting wreckage of air strikes by russia and the syrian air force, there'

deraa providence with help of air strikes and sergei fedorov addressed russia's role in syria this morning. >> translator: key direction of our efforts hasn moving forward with the initiative of president vladimir putin the creation of a broad antiterrorist coalition. actions by russian airforces have substantially helped to turn around the situation in the country and help control the territory controlled by terrorist forces and we have a clear picture of what is acting and trying to use them in their ogetistic, one sided goals. >> increase in fighting could but because of up coming face and al jazeera james base editor explains. >> reporter: over nearly five years of warfare in syria whenever there has been the prospect of a diplomatic initiative we've seen an increase in the fighting on the ground. we saw it two years ago when last time there were talks here in geneva. and i think the reason you are seeing military initiatives right nowadays before talks are about to start is because staffan de mistura the u.n. envoy who is going to deal with these talks, convene these talks has said one of the first things on the agenda is trying to

has got some added problems was not him but the u.s. and russia. it was very much an initiative of the u.s. secretary of state john kerry and sergei lavrov, his russian counterpart. they forced this new initiative on syria, and i think if it's going to be rescued it will be down to the u.s. russia already saying it is prepared to play a mediator role between saudi, and secretary of state john kerry has been on the phone to try to resolve what is a very difficult situation with a big regional impact for the middle east. >> well, i know you'll be following all the developments for us. james bays live in new york. thank you. >>> well, at least two sunni mosques have been attacked in just south of the iraqi capital of baghdad. the dome and several walls of the mosque had been destroyed. it's been reported that the attacks are in retaliation of the execution of the senior shia cleric in saudi arabia. we're in baghdad with the latest. >> they did not elaborate, but they said one of the mosques located inside the town, and one to the north, the iraqi prime minister condemned today in a very brief statement put on his page on facebook abo

has more from our news desk. mark: david, thanks. looking for a break in the upcoming syrian peace talks, u.s. victory of state john kerry and sergeymet in zÜrich, switzerland. figure outying to which groups should be labeled terrorists and which should be barred from peace talks when negotiations began next week. and the air pollution in china is getting better according to a new report. despite catastrophic levels of smog in northern china this winter that shut down schools and roads. a spelling error landed a 10-year-old muslim boy in error in london. the child mistakenly wrote that terrorist house. areschool says they required to report any possible link to terrorism. their investigation and said there is no reason for concern. republican front runner did donald trump continues to lead his rivals by a large margin in the polls, seeming to be the strongest challenger to hillary clinton according to a monmouth university poll. he is backed by 36% of republican voters in that poll, followed by texas senator ted cruz. meanwhile, a new gallup poll says more americans are pessimistic than optimistic about a trump presidency. global n

sergey lavrov and john kerry face here today. they haven't got long, probably only a couple of hours before john kerry has to move on to davos.of picking exactly who has legitimacy to attend on behalf of the opposition those talks which are scheduled to take place in geneva next monday is very difficult. there was of course a conference in riyadh to opposition leaderships. it appeared that they had formed the group which would be taking to the table across the table from the u.n. and from president assad negotiators. now russia put forward a proposal that it wants a totally separate opposition group to run in parallel to the riyadh group. pulling all those sides together is going to be very difficult indeed and the fact that they haven't even scheduled a statement to be made, they haven't informed the press that there will be a statement at the end of the talks in the hotel behind me, they are not expecting a conclusive outcome, but moving slowly forward progress, but no actual breakthrough. >> russia saying it conducted more than 6,000 airstrikes over syria since it joined the fighting there last september. >>> new questions