simon: what the differential between u.s.y rates and swiss policy rates does for the material.ugely swiss could get more bang for the buck. they don't need to intervene quite as much in the currency markets. the problem for thomas jordan is , the real challenge for swiss exports comes from the weakness of the euro. whorly it is mario draghi can do more favors for thomas jordan than janet yellen can. anna: is there any sign that the role of the swiss franc as a safe haven currency is low in times of crisis? risk comespolitical closer to the borders in france and with germany and not so much with the netherlands. , this putsty of this the swiss national bank in a position where they might have interventions. matt mentioned concerns over a real estate bubble. free capital movement has been the cornerstone of swiss national finance with banking. it becomes febrile again in 2017, whether they have to give into that toolkit. anna: more from the snb later. about thelking reaction in currency markets to the fed yesterday. relevant to

simon: absolutely.ually, the polls have moved against her since the referendum vote, partly because the fiscal position in scotland will be very dire in a world of $40, $50, $60 barrels of oil. the first time around, when oil was at those numbers, she could make the arithmetic stack up. much harder to do. most estimates suggest a percent to 10%, were they to go it alone. mark: the economy has weathered brexit so far. to what extent will it continue to do so in 2017? simon: i'll pick you up on the fact brexit hasn't happened. has navigated the post-referendum uncertainty well. areg into 2017, indicators a little softer. labor market was a little softer india last week. nothing suggests a real collapse in sentiment. the timing of article 50 being in march. the government, i think, will come forward with a big fiscal package which will, i think, try and offset any real nervousness is for realhat this and the government is going to go through with it. very much >> it is a slow deterioration in the u.k. comp

simon: thank you. brent: u.s.sident-elect donald trump has taken to twitter to announce he plans to separate himself from his business interests. he tweeted to say it would be visually important as president to not have a conflict of interest with his. his businesses, adding that -- his various businesses, adding that legal documents will be crafted taking him out of business. he emphasized the role of president was a far more important task. the epiphany of trump. let's pull in our political correspondent richard walker in washington. just a week ago an interview with "the new york times" donald trump explained that would not be a conflict of interest between the businessman trump and president trump. so, now we have another flip-flop. richard: that is the question, is this really a flip-flop? we need to be as clear as we possibly can about what donald trump said in the interview. often with trump you are dealing with multiple meanings, sometimes within the space of a few minutes. certainly he did try to downplay

simon: just a few details, christopher.is a 40-year-old tunisian citizen, and the federal prosecutor here is saying that they believe he may have been involved in the attack. it is not clear exactly what that means, but obviously, they think he might have information about the motives behind the attacks, the planning of it, if anyone else was involved. this is one of the key things the police are focusing on right now. did anis amry have supporters and helpers to carry out his attack, and if he did, where are those people now? christopher: simon, what is the latest on the police investigation into last week's attack? i believe one or two new details have been emerging. simon: yes, several details, new details, have emerged in german media today. focus magazine, for instance is quoting unnamed security sources as saying that anis amry was texting messages and sending photos from his phone just after 10 minutes before the attack and they say he was sending them to islamist contacts, people the police will be wanting to talk t

so let's bring in simone sanders, a hillary clinton supporter and a donald trump supporter: simone, let how does a discussion in a place like harvard of all places get down to this level? >> well, you know what? when tensions are high and emotions are still high. i think on both sides, it was a really nasty general election campaign. we have to -- from all sides, we were having conversations and still are about white supremacy, and racism. we didn't get to have any real policy conversations. donald trump tried it out. the women who had accused former president clinton -- >> i don't want to rehash the issues. how did this setting devolve into what was a verbal fist fight? >> for all the reasons i just listed. the tensions were so high -- >> emotions are still there. >> there are real questions -- real disagreement from both sides as to how donald trump actually ascended to be the 45th president of the united states of america. >> let me bring in betsy. before i do, i want to play a little bit more sound from this forum. >> listen, listen, you guys won. that's clear. you won the electoral

thank you so much evan and simon. >> thanks. trish: the famed mormon choir that you all know so well, has the great honor i should say to perform for president-elect donald trump's inauguration but not all choir members are so happy about it. this is kind of like the rockettes, right? one woman out there is so distraught and quit choir and comparing donald trump to hitler. i have to say when you use that comparison that is something that is disrespectful to history, disrespectful to everyone that died. it is unbelievable. we've got todd starnes on it for you next. ♪ your insurance company won't replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says you picked the wrong insurance plan. no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with liberty mutual new car replacement™, you won't have to worry about replacing your car because you'll get the full value back including depreciation. make the switch and find out why 96% of our customers are satisfied with liberty mutual. call for a free quote today. liberty stands with you™. libe

simon start weatherbug.s president obama using a scorched earth exit strategy from the white house? >>. no and you know, he is still the president. i think donald trump can handle all of this. i have been a little surprised at the whining coming from the trump campaign. i mean, this is minor stuff compared to what he is going to be dealing with as president. he can't get this upset when people -- when things don't go his way and whether we. [talking at the same time] >> i have got to grab you and pull you back in here for a second. >> yeah. >> i think donald trump if anything has been down playing it whereas most of us on the right have been watching this happen. you talk about israel and russia and talk about the oil and gas banning all drilling, it seems like he is throwing a lot of stuff at trump right before he leaves. >> yeah. but he is still the president. this sparst the pace of governance. this is how it all works. look, the real issue here, right, all the stuff is going to go away in a few weeks. jo

but simon cope is coming down... but simon cope is coming down...wn there on a logistics matter anyway and he also took stuff back with him and i grabbed a lift back to the airport with him. so when you say you authorised the delivery, you didn't really authorise it, you just told doctor freeman that simon cope could deliver a package? yes, simon was coming down to the finish and therefore he could bring the package. did doctor freeman tell you that presumably if he was asking for it, it was some sort of medical supply? he didn't actually relay anything regarding what was in the package or what it contained. did doctor freeman tell you that he had administered any kind of medical treatment to bradley wiggins after the race had been completed that day? sorry nice? -- sorry what? so you were day? sorry nice? -- sorry what? so you we re aware day? sorry nice? -- sorry what? so you were aware the package had been requested, he is a doctor, could have been a medical supply, you don't know for sure. did doctor freeman, as team doctor, did he tell you as c

my name is simon watson and i'm a sperm donor.urdles you have to go through, they make people sit through counselling sessions and they make you do huge amounts of tests and then they charge huge amounts for the service, but realistically, if you've got a private donor you can go and see them, meet them somewhere, get what you want, just go, that's it. it's all sorted. i charge them £50, that's it, for the magic potion pot. then i give them a syringe with the pot and then leave them to it. most of the people i help out tend to be from facebook. when people join the site, i see their name and i send them a message explaining the service i provide. it's like artificial insemination only, and they like the fact i do that, and they're not going to get anything funny out of it. because i charge people for my service, there's a lot of people who would be happy to provide the service with no charge. but then they want a bit of fun out of the customers. so i'm not knocking them, it's up to them, some ladies are looking for that, too. some

simon: it has been a shocking your politically for britain.e anything out in 2017. but the power seems to be with theresa may at the moment. she willment, she says not pull a general election one do by 2020. perhaps, she will be forced -- teresa they it's here to stay for a while -- theresa may is here to stay for a while. vonnie: this is simon kennedy from our london bureau. the ftse 100 is now unchanged. it is at a record though, and also have the british pound trading pretty much flat on the day. this is the "european close." in new it is 11:00 a.m. york. midnight in hong kong. i am vonnie quinn in new york. this is "the european close" on bloomberg market. s. ♪ we will start this hour with breaking news on the energy front. we are waiting for the department of energy to release -- there they are. i bill with 614,000 barrels. we were looking for a drawdown of 1.2 billion. that is a big difference. inventory fell 1.9 billion barrels. the american petroleum institute showed a bill of 2 million barrels yesterday, reinforcing that we have more

and gop strategist mike lane and simone path from congressional quarterly roll call weigh in on this one thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having us here. >> what's your take rex tillerson as secretary of state. to learn more about lex. i don't know him and never heard of him. a lot of americans have not heard of him. the only thing we know at this point in time is sken sivr track record of successfully negotiating great complicated big deals with russia and with other countries to the benefit of his interesting. he looks like a big pick but there's clearly more information to learn. >> simone he doesn't have a background in formal diplomacy but we heard him talk about making business deals and he ahas experience reaching across international lines does that substitute for not being a diplomat at some point. >> for a lot of democrats and republicans it doesn't substitute because there's fear of conflict of interest and deal makings were with rush yaps and all of the news about hacking into our political system it's not a great time to have your name floated if ceo of exxon mobile

simon is said to be in court next week. news4's justin finch has a live report coming up. >>> and right now police in gaithersburg are stepping up patrols as students return to the bus stop following the attempted kidnapping. a teenager from maryland says someone tried to she was walking to school. this happened monday morning near the cider mill apartments. she said a man tried to put a bag over her head and she screamed and he took off. a letter was sent home to parents from the girl's school. >>> and a woman has life-threatening injuries after a crash in rockville. woman was crossing chapman avenue and bouic avenue. the cause of the crash is under investigation. >>> and the nominees for d.c. school chancellor will greet students he's expected to serve. he will be at tubman elementary school at 8:30 this morning. wilson still needs to be approved as the new school chancellor. wilson was hired in 2016 as superintendent of the unifed wilson was thanked for raising achievement scores. >>> i'm proud to announce today my inten

simon admits his family has had to get used to the idea of being monitored.buchanan says that is not surprising. what is different about this situation is that you are aware of what is going on, where as in our everyday life, these things are in the background and become pa rt are in the background and become part of the furniture. even if the bathroom has been touched by technology. the family liked listening to music but they would drop things into the bathwater. by wiping the rubber duck over different parts of the bus, you can pause, change music. it is proof you do not need to be a picture to create smarter home. it needn't cost the earth. fascinating stuff. india's tata sons is suing its ousted chairman, cyrus mistry, for breach of confidentiality, media reports say. the conglomerate accused him of causing "irreparable harm and damage" by making sensitive documents public at a companies' dispute hearing last week. these included the minutes of board meetings, financial information and data. mr mistry has been in a public spat with tata since he was sack

by simone senore. and etf mon and. he knew simone by the student riots. he watched television with her and drank a lot of booze until all hours of the night. simone and he both lived in the hotel in separate rooms. so, he was in simone's room for all these encounters. and, she said, you have to stay here and i will help you find a place to live. and the place that they, she came up with was a very elegant, 17th century big home in virtually one kilometer from the heart of the city but really very elegant and the only problem was that the owner was a, someone who hated blacks. she came from algeria where they were dispossessed during the algerian war, were a very rich family. even though she was only go years old and she kept this hatred for anybody black. but simone and the woman owner of the hotel, convinced her to do it. so what did she do? she built a big, brick, thing, blocking her doors, her part of the house. almost, well, actually, she put an armoir there, a big wardrobe and so he couldn't, never come into her space. but slowly, slowly through the

and back live, we do know that simone is due back in court on december 16th. police also looking for other possible accusers out there who shared this same story. back to you. >>> we're getting a clearer picture of the incident that sent four people to the hospital in fairfax county. police say three of the victims were women and one was a girl whose age has not been released. they say it began around 5:00 yesterday evening near annandale high school. no women were shot. at last check they are in stable condition. police recovered the gun but have not said who fired it. >>> and the man facing murder charges in the lyons' sisters case is facing brand new charges rape and sexual battery for a girl in 1996. he was indicted on new charges earlier this week. and welsh is awaiting trial in bedford, virginia, after murdering sheila and katherine lyons in 1975. the two sisters were last seen walking from their home in montgomery to wheaton mall. their bodies have never been found. >>> and new video continues to come into a live desk from that already. you can see what

simone biles and beyonce. norenda modi as well. >>> tom kierein, we had an ugly, cold, soggy day yesterday. >> glad that is behind us. >> it was nasty. >> it was that cold chill that got us there yesterday. but now the rain has ended. we did get over an inch of rain. we did need the rain. we have been in a drought, but now it's gone. however, we are still rather damp this morning. 4 tower camera on this wednesday morning. you're going to notice the damp chill still in the air, but at least you can put away the umbrella. temperatures are hovering near 40 in nearby suburbs. right in town, the low 40s. mid-40s around the bay. and the mid-30s near the shenandoah valley and out into the mountains where they did get wet snow yesterday. while the rain is now exited the eastern shore, just a few lingering sprinkles along the atlantic. hour by hour into the afternoon, we'll stay hovering right around 8:00 to 9:00. then it will start to jump into the mid-40s as we get sunshine later in the morning. then into the afterno

simon: you are right.ngs are changing slowly and you are right to say that aleppo is on the verge of falling. the rebels cannot hold out much longer and there is a huge asymmetry in terms of military capabilities, so they will not be able to hold eastern aleppo. all that is happening now is rebels are putting up a fight, but it is the people in the city that are paying the price, the city is destroyed. brent: ok, simon. on the story for us, thank you. and here is a look at some of the other stories making headlines. media professionals from several countries meeting and the danish capital, copenhagen, but one of the largest news conferences. at the top of the agenda, the growing problem of fake news, they are discussing how to address the issue which they say is becoming a threat to the stability of democracy. fake news and a cyber attacks the police in 10 countries have it shut down one of the worlds biggest networks of computers used to hijack other computers. they are suspected of being used to attack o

simone: husband's gut-shot. wife and baby, 2 bullets to the head. only neighbor heard anything thought it was a war movie. husband gonna make it? he's all right. they're gonna release him a little later on. we're gonna look into him a little bit. the d.o.a. wife's mother's coming in. see what she thought of her son-in-law. sounds like you like him a little. this gentleman says he's a friend. he's not lying. harvey! it's great to see you. it's great being seen. how you been? i'm doing good. last time i saw you, face, you just got your first chest hair. aw, get in my office and stop telling stories. hi. morning. how you doing? i--i--i brought you something. tape. i sell 'em at my gigs. i want to buy this from you. naw, face... it's a gift. so, harvey... everything ok with you? d i have been married 15 years. 2 girls and a boy. that's great. yeah. pretty much i got my music. that's good. so, harvey, how about i get you a glass of water or something else to drink? naw, to tell the truth, face, i was just pretty much about stopping to say hi. must've jus

dan simon is in oakland. what more can you tell us, dan? >> reporter: well, i guess the thing that set out to me and you made mention of it is that they are preparing for this a mass casualty event. at this point i think it's safe to assume that they don't know what really they're looking at. they can't even get inside the building. they were able to get basically a few feet inside, but as for rest of it, it's deem today unsafe at this point. so we're talking about 25 people who are unaccounted for, and you know, so that adds up. you're talking potentially 34 people dead. but you know, they're obviously being cautious about it. there's a coroner's trailer here. presumably they can remove the bodies. just a tragedy that unfolded here. i want to make mention of a phone number that people outside of the area can call if they're concerned about their loved ones. that number is 510-382-3000. that's 510-382-3000. if you fear that your loved one is missing or you haven't been able to get in touch with your family member or friend, that's the numbe

simon: we need to get on with it. if we are going to trigger article 50 in march, and personally i think that is the right thing to do now because i think we need to get on with it and trigger. the only way to move forward is to get on with it and trigger. but we have to know what the objectives are, what the agenda is and what the process is going to be for negotiations and we have to sort of pre-organize some of that. with the eu negotiators. e need to know our own osition and then we need to prepare the ground to actually embark on a negotiation. hannah: the first thing will be to establish what is on the table for the various negotiations. the divorce, if you like, what is it that we can negotiate in the process and what will we need to wait for a subsequent negotiation about our future relationship, or could we do the two together? which there would be certain advantages to doing. host: presumably behind the scenes, various different departments are scrambling to make sure their particular pet issues on the top o

let's speak to simon hatch. he's a spokesman for the charity, carers trust.om our studio in cardiff. so an long field is saying four out of five young carers are not getting the support they need, are those the figures you recognise? absolutely, sadly they are because we recognise, possibly even worse than that. we know there are thousands of carers going without the support they need, very often because of the cuts that councils have faced over recent yea rs, councils have faced over recent years, and things are getting worse. is it the case that councils can't afford to do anything to help them although they simply don't know about them ? although they simply don't know about them? it's both. many of these young carers, as young as four 01’ five, of would recognise or identify themselves as carers. that can be a massive problem, young carers are being bullied at schools, missing out on crucial school time well. so carers trust have projects to help them. councils to try but they need to focus their efforts on this area for very vulnerable young people. what

nice to see you, simon. how are you? i'm very well. full of the festive spirit?f the festive spirit. what about the markets? i think they are full of the festive spirit given the that fa ct the festive spirit given the that fact that we are approaching 20,000 on the dow. 12 months ago, the federal reserve had hiked rates. oil prices, everything going on. we have just had the federal reserve hike rates again and nobody cares! all we are talking about is politics and what donald trump is going to do. a huge shift this year in what the market focus is on and probably a good thing as well. we have stopped focussing purely on interest rates, politics and the spending partners of governments have become a big story, we are having to re—think everything about the way we look at markets. the joy, you know, investors are markets. the joy, you know, investors a re not markets. the joy, you know, investors are not looking really at interest rates and policy anymore, they are all looking at trump, it makes a change that we don't have to look at them for a while either. that'

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simon: an international board has now been issued. the suspect has been identified as anis amri, a 24-year-old tunisian national. he traveled to germany in 2015 where he applied for asylum. his claim was rejected earlier this year. his deportation had been requested. he had already spent at least one night in a detention center, but it had not been possible to determine his identity. amri has reportedly used different identities trying to pass himself off as lebanese. he may have links with a preacher who was arrested last month. authorities have confirmed he was under surveillance for several months this year over alleged plans to purchase automatic weapons. >> police had launched an investigation on suspicion of preparing a serious crime endanger national safety. investigation was taken over by the state prosecutor in berlin. is believed to have lived in berlin since february of last your. his family still lives in tunisia and were questioned by antiterrorism police on wednesday. they warn he could be armed and dangerous. , we are g

simon, thank you very much for your time this morning, simon calder, travel editor at the independent,000 police officers will be on duty across central london tonight as crowds gather to celebrate the new year. greater manchester police and other forces say they've also stepped up crowd protection measures. scotland yard says extra resources have been brought in to keep people safe following the terror attacks in berlin and nice earlier this year. donald trump has praised russia's president putin for his decision not to engage in a row about the expulsion of diplomats. in a tweet, the us president—elect said he always knew the russian leader was " president 0bama has ordered 35 russian diplomats to leave the country after accusing moscow of interfering in november's presidential election. from midnight tonight, anyone who owns an air gun in scotland will need a licence. the legislation was introduced after a toddler was killed by an air—gun pellet in glasgow in 2005. people in england and wales can own the weapons without any kind of documentation. it's the time of year for charts an

simon carefully picks this juvenile swan up and carries it away. >> thank you very much. these nice people, look, thank you very much. >> what's really cool is what wildlife aid does. he takes it back to the center, gets his own cage, an enclosure for the night. the very next morning he puts it in the straight jacket, actually it's a swan coat, and carries it back to his car, takes it to be with other swans because he says this one was at the age parents are kicking it out and it needs to make its own way. this video is just plain funny. watch and behold the majesty, the beauty of an egret on ice to show this probably is not going to. >> it's like a woman in high heels in winter. >> yes. >> i can't argue against that. that's exactly what it's like. >> i have to say, ten points for not falling. >>> this woman's about to take on a steamy challenge. >> she is going to eat eight bowls. >> see what happens when she gets to slurping. >>> and puppets are breaking down. >> one of the things you shouldn't do while on the plane. >> on, off. on, off. >> why avoiding some of their su

simon explains. simon: each time a star wars film is released, the fans are ready.his time, no luke skywalker or r2-d2. story, but the star wars world remains the same. >> imperial flags reign across the galaxy. simon: another two episodes are scheduled for release in 2018 and 2020, alternating with the sequel set for release in 2017 and 2019. therefore, one star wars film will be in theaters for the next four years. and wars is now a business cinema tickets are not the main money earners. toys, dolls, and mask bring in lucrative amounts of cash. films scooped up three times less at the box office. toymakers have used the release release new to toys. star wars, that is the price if you want to control the force. richelle: you're watching live from paris here on "france 24." a reminder of our top stories this hour. fierce fighting continues in deal todespite a release rebel fighters and civilians caught in the crossfire. stay out of our business, the saudi king sends a warning to foreign countries he accuses of interfering in yemen. the kingdom has led a coalition th

simon: no. that is one of our anti-consensus trades in 2017.he euro to appreciate against the dollar. we see inflation picking up in the eurozone. remember, the ecb's sole mandate is deflation. support the oil price. so that headwind will reduce pressure. you have ongoing trade surplus, purchasinguations, power is around $1.25. positioning,ssed finally. it seems every man, woman and dog is on the dollar. while you have been speaking we have been listening to our chancellor, and he is talking about brexit negotiations. on sterling, where are you on your sterling trade for 2017? simon: we don't have a strong conviction with respect to cable. it is not overweight or underweight. manus: great, that is philip hammond speaking. a very important sector for the u.k.. we want to keep all of our options open. and the u.k. will keep all its options open with the eu and he wants brexit negotiations with flexibility. one could say that is having one's cake and eating it. that is the chancellor, this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ matt: welcome back to the european marke

so he was in simone's room for all these encounters. and she said you have to stay here, and i'll help you find a place to live. and the place that they, that she came up with was a very elegant 17th century -- [inaudible] a big home. virtual virtually about one kilometer from the heart of the city but really very elegant. the only problem was that the owner was someone who hated blacks. she came from algeria where they were dispossessed during the algerian war from a very rich family, even though she was only 2 years old, and she kept this hatred for anybody black. but simone and the woman opener of the hotel -- owner of the hotel convinced her to do it. so what did she do? she built a big brick thing blocking her doors, her part of the house. well, actually, she put an armoire there, a big wardrobe and so he could never come into her space. but slowly, slowly, slowly through the years she learned to love him. and she wanted him to have the house. and all her forlorn years of loneliness and so forth, she passed on to him. and she wante

. >> married to paul simon for about a year, but here's the thing.r they divorced, they continued to date for eight more years. >> well, they were the original, like, uncouple. >> not just uncoupled. >> a beautiful couple at the time. >> recoupling. >> something along the lines. in her book, fisher wrote, if you get pall simon to write a song about you, do it because he's brilliant at it. she claims she inspired two songs, hearts and bones, and she moves on. >> >> that's about somebody fisher almost married dan. they were engaged, aykroyd apparently saved her life while choking. >> their relationship lasted two years. after her death, aykroyd tweeted oult, our beautiful, brilliant; funny, wide kind generous blues sister, so ironic, christmas favorite thing next to babies. reacting to the death of someone he knew so well. who knew they had that sort of relationship. >> she was able to keep a very high level of affection with her exs. paul simon so much they kept dating, and dan, with positive things to say about her although they did not get married.

. murdering his escort girlfriend georgina simons. in mexico, at least 29 people are killed and many more injured after a huge explosion at a fireworks market. a european court ruling preventing the government retaining internet data, under a law critics describe as a "snoopers charter", is to be challenged by the home office. the number of victims of historical child sex abuse in football has grown — 155 suspects are being investigated after 400 people alleged they're victims. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. reports from germany say police investigating the attack on a christmas market in berlin on monday are now hunting for a tunisian man. officers are said to have found an identity document in the lorry that was driven into a crowd of shoppers. an operation is said to be underway in the north rhine—westphalia state. our crrespondent robert hall is in berlin. aire property developer peter morgan is found guilty of murdering his escort girlfriend georgina simons. yes, the scene here still sealed off by police, as investigatio

and simon rosenburg former bill clinton advisor. >> to you first, government subsidies are typically not a popular republican policy. donald trump it could be said is not a typical republican candidate. what do you make of the idea that carrier will stay with help of tax credits. >> it is good optices for trump. he's not even president and saved american jobs. that is the short talking point on it. a lot of americans are looking at. he went in and fought for their jobs personally. it shows he means business. trump touted the fact that he would govern on lower tax and less regulations and he's showing that with doing this. the interesting thing to me is that he is in a way forcing the democrats to take up for the corporations and it looks like he, donald trump being representing the republicans, you know, standing up for the working man and the american jobs that were lost and forcing bernie sanders and other democrats that are against the idea and almost like they are standing up for the corporations which is strange. >> simon, republicans have been accused of being in the pocket of

paige and simone. she is wearing it in the honey brown. it's a 3.5-inch heel. the deal, $33. >> i know what a shooter is. >> i can feel al's energy change. >> that's a shooty. >> that's one of you did the other day that nobody knows. they're great, right? >> the other thing is a shoe, right? >> a shoe and a booty. >> thank you so much. the malia. we missed the black patten.

joining us is olympic champion simone biles.he wraps up her amazing year in her new book "courage to soar." hi, simone. >> hi. >> how are you doing? >> i'm good. how are you? >> i'm doing well. your book is a memoir, and you deserve it because you've packed a lot into those 19 years and you -- you know, you reveal a lot of personal details in this book. >> yes. >> about your life. why did you you want to write it? >> i figured it would be best to hear my story. i think it's pretty unique from me rather than everyone reading it online. >> yes. it's nice to tell your own story certainly. some of the things that you revisit in this book are that your biological mother struggled with drugs and alcohol. you were put into foster care at a young age and you spent time there and then you were adopted by your grandparents. was it hard to go back and re-live all of that for the book? >> not necessarily because i was so young when everything happened so i don't remember a lot of the details, i just remember vague stories. but other than th

according to john's gospel, then simon peter came and went into the tomb.w the linen wrappings lying there. but the bible doesn't mention what happens to the linen cloths next. more than 1,300 years later, a shroud showing the crucified body of jesus appeared from out of nowhere in a small village in northeastern france. when it was moved to turin, 40,000 people were there to welcome it. then centuries later, in 1898, it became a global phenomenon, when italian secondo pia took the world's first photograph of the shroud. >> all of a sudden, a negative image of the man of the shroud pops out at him. it's like staring at the face of jesus. it suddenly turns the shroud from an object of religious devotion to an icon of scientific obsession. if you prove that the shroud of turin is real, you're proving that jesus christ existed. >> in 1978, former u.s. air force physicist john jackson from the shroud of turin research project was given unprecedented access to study the relic. >> you see the image of a human man. we can see, for example, the head, crossed arms,

we'll ask terry, who was with the bush and cheney and simon, former advisor to it bill clinton on. terry, are you nervous that the guy who represent the top of your ticket might not become president? >> no, i am not at all nervous. this is a terrific opportunity for the high school social study teacher ares to explain how the electorial college works. it is a vast exploration of sour grapes. democrats lost the election because hillary clinton was a flawed candidate and failed to campaign in the states that mattered. she anyhow the rule and could have campaigned in michigan and pennsylvania and ohio and she dpaled to do that. and heree are about to ratify the election of president trump. >> simon, was it a bad election run by a bad campaign run by a bad p candidate. >> i think it was a complicated election and i have been critical of the campaign for having made unforced errors. there were significant mistake and trump out hustled her and we got beat fair and fair and square. the fbi and russia was not enough to throw the election. trump goes into the transition president more unpop

so, all in all, you know, i would say that he has good prospects for success. >> woodruff: steve simonchael gordon, as we learn who general james mattis is and he has confirmation. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> woodruff: even as temperatures in north dakota are plunging into the single digits, the fight over the dakota access oil pipeline is only intensifying. william brangham is here with more. so, william, i understand there's a deadline coming? >> brangham: that's right. starting on monday, anyone at the large protest camp in north dakota will be considered trespassers and could be arrested. that's according to the u.s. army corps of engineers. for months now, thousands of people calling themselves "water protectors" have gathered to stop the pipeline. they say it's destroying lands that are sacred to the standing rock sioux, and that a leak could threaten the tribe's water. despite the army corps order, and a similar one from the governor, protestors say they're not going anywhere. david archambault ii is the chairman of the standing rock sioux. i spoke with him earlier tod

they are still actively looking for both simons and ortega.>>> henry lee live. >>> santa clara county has settled a lawsuit filed by the family of a mentally ill inmate that was beaten to death in his jail cell, the family of michael tyree was awarded $3.6 million in most of the money will be given to his seven-year- old daughter, his two sisters will be given a smaller portion of the settlement. the three guards are now charged with murder and they are out on bail, a trial is set for early next year. >>> one of the inmates that escaped from santa clara county and the main jail last month had time added to his sentence today. lauren campbellÃloren campbell pleaded no contest to escape charges in 16 to 18 months have been added to his sentence, last month campbell and 3 other inmates got out of there jail cell after cutting and removing ourselves and then using blankets to repel to the ground, two inmates were cut immediately but campbell and rogelio chavez were on the run for a week . >>> police at san jose university arrested a man suspected of sexual battery on a female student in

simon littlewood from asia now.are suing barclays for allegedly deceiving investors over mortgage—backed securities in the run—up to the financial turmoil. the justice department claims the lender sold more than $41 billion worth of loa ns sold more than $41 billion worth of loans that were catastrophic failures. ba rclays loans that were catastrophic failures. barclays said it rejects the claims made by. nokia is bilingual suits against apple for alleged patent infringement. they claim they violated 40 patents. —— filing lawsuits. there are concerns about profits. italy's the oldest bank will be bailed out by the government for a third time. they failed to raise more than $5 billion in fresh capital from private investors. it had tried to sell new shares and conduct bonds for equity swa p shares and conduct bonds for equity swap but the money is needed to get rid of its bad loans. more than 80 garment factories in bangladesh have shut down due to strikes. the workers have been demanding a three fold hike in wages b

simon french is with us this morning. slight revision to the upside quarter on quarter figure in the uk. data in general post-brexit vote has been stronger than anticipated? >> it has. this shouldn't come too much of a surprise given retail data, bounce back in construction. luke at the basket of economic indicators, you conclude most households, most businesses have done what we have done, looked at what has changed since june 23rd, and nothing has changed. actually not getting much clarity on what the new world will look like. you probably carry on broadly as you did before. uk had a lot of momentum going into the referendum vote. a big supply side expansion, labor force continuing to grow, and devaluation of sterling which in the short run before inflation coming through is stimulative. >> how much of it -- the not having changed bit, how much is down to companies, corporates versus the consumer holding up? >> it's mainly led by consumers. corporates have taken a slightly more cautious stance on investment intentions.

you're watching bbc news channel with simon mccoy. more now on the announcement that a ceasefire will come into force in syria at midnight. the russian president vladimir putin said that the syrian government and the armed opposition are ready to start fresh peace talks. three documents have been signed. the first document, between the syrian government and armed opposition on cessation of fire on the territory of the syrian arab republic. the second is a set of measures on control over the ceasefire regime and the third document is a statement on readiness for the start of peace talks on the settlement. and the turkish foreign minister said that turkey and russia will serve as guarantors of this ceasefire. let's here that statement. we are thinking of enforcing this ceasefire before the new year. the leaders have expressed their wheels. we are working on it. we are always in touch with the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. we have brought the russians together with the opposition and we will be the guarantor of an agreement tha

she lived the life, if you think of her romances, as well as harrison ford, she was married to paul simone of the most talented world renowned musicians of the era, engaged to dan ackroyd, these were not people who at home watching tv. she was right there in the thick of it. just partied like the rest of them. and paid the price certainly with health later on. one of the things that she did as well, she said herself that she has got to write everything down because this quite harsh treatment she was having to have. she was worried she would forget things and of course these stories of her life growing up in hollywood and the star wars aspect, not something anyone would want to forget. what do you think carrie fisher would like to have been remembered for. obviously she knew the legacy of star wars was never going to escape her but i think in addition to that she would have carried that likely and would like to be remembered for her writing and right observation of the hollywood bubble. caroline frost, thank you very much for your time. just to remind you if you are joining us, the news th