the ceo of suntory, takeshi niinami joins me now revenue is up over 15% for suntory over the year. about what is driving the strength right now in this increasingly uncertain global growth environment >> the strategy of the premierization has been so successful to bring attention of t the -- we've been working on premium brands that's the key factor. even though the headwind is ahead and we are under way as well and the supply chain is affected, but we can go through those difficulties >> i want to talk about those things to your strategy around premiumization what are you seeing right now from the consumer as far as trading down to brands that are less expensive in how much is it happening and where? >> i think consumers still want to enjoy the premium brands. even they do not sell -- or buy like that. i think the dependency has been staying around plus, we've been increasing quality. and we could have investment in distilleries in kentucky and uk. that is, i think, appealing for consumers. they get the improved quality. i think that's our strategy. >> what about the supply chain

left their post at the end of the trump administration, and that means texts that might have been suntoryuary 6th have all been deleted. our watchdog group is seeking january 6th data from former acting secretary of defense chris miller, former chief of staff cash patel, and former secretary of the army ryan mccarthy among other pentagon officials. cnn is learning this from court filings. let's discuss now with cnn senior law enforcement analyst andrew mccabe. andrew, what is up here? what is going on? >> well, don, apparently, what we have is an instance where, not one, not two, but three separate government agencies are all allowing senior officials to leave their post, walk out the door, and not preserving their communications, their records on their cell phones, in a way that is required by the federal records act. it is an extraordinary coincidence, maybe, maybe not, one that also speaks of, potentially, and intentional effort to destroy records of senior officials as they are walking out the door, we don't know what we have yet. >> andrew, there is no suggestion these officials them

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