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therere is evidence of corrurupn like no o other country. high ranking officials have political and economic interests. questions have been raised about an announcement that was made through twitter yesterday. a lot of interest is being put into middle and low ranking officials in the military. all of this could change within a couple of days. we are in the middle of a dramatic standoff. we will have to see what happens after the 72 hours go by. helena: thank you, oscar. in the last couple of hours, u.s. secretary of state, mike pompeo has delivered remarks on venezuela. here is our correspondent in washshington, my. -- maya. maya: this is a triumph for the trump administration. they took a very hardline against maduro from the moment that he came into office. we heard a doubling down of what we heard president trump saying. mike pompeo was supported the new president. -- supporting the new president. he denounced authoritarian regimes around the world. he said that the u.s. is going to be pledging u.s. dollars and a. he called maduro an ill

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newspaper headlilines and it has been reported eveven though it is not exactly headline news b because therere is so much g going on in teterms of brexixit and it iss a chaotic situation where the u.k. is trying to f figure out whehee wants to go, it has bebeen n nod , for example,e, the financialal times saidd it r reflects a risg anxiety in berlin in terms of ththe cost of business. it is the fear of a hard breaks it and this is a a reaction to . wewe have the sun, the biggggt tabloid, they report germrmany s begggging us to stay in the eu d similar, the express and other tabloids a are leaning toward brexit, they say it is a desperate bid for britain to stay in the eu. i have not seen a lot of scatathing criticism, but it iss seen as something as political and it is a political intervrvention. it is nonot stst a heart-to-o-ht by leading german figures, but it is something that comes from the center of german politics. brent: the appeal from germany comes at the end of a roller coaster week in british parliament -- politics with the defeat of the braves a deal and mays government narrowly su

so therere was meant to o be a celebration here in the square where the attack happened.ou can popossibly see behind me there is a stage set up that was meant to be e a show. however, the mayayor came out ad he''s cancnceled the celebebrat, saying we do not want to celebrate while people are suffering. helena: alastair walsh, dw correspondant, thank you so much. let's take a look at some other stories making news around the world. north korea's leader has used his annual new year's address to warn his country may change direction on its promise of denuclearization if the u.s. continues its sanctions. kim jong-un also said he remains committed d to workingng towards lasting peace on the korean pepeninsula. a group ofof revelers in f frane rang in 2019 trarapped 50 meters up in the air after a fairground ride malfunctioned. it took firefighters eight hours to free the passengers. they were eventually lowered to safety, cold, but unhurt. a 10-month-old baby has been found alive, 35 hours after an explosion destroyed a russian apartment complex. rescuers found the boy in free

. >> are therers sec that you think are good -- are attractive right now in the corporate bond market, for p who may be looking for income right now? >> oh, gee, the positive side of interest rates moving higher is that income levels will move higher too and that's great for savers and people living on a fixed income. but we're coming off of what was essentially theboero d. what the fed is trying to do is just get the leveler of it rates at the short end, which is basically the price of money. what does it cost to borrow in the corporate bond market. and getting back to n amal level, which would reflect a healthy level of inflation and a healthy growth rate. >> right. >> is where they're headed. we have a ways to go before we get there. there is still amo fairt of stimulus being provided. i won say that the fed is ting to tighten. >> right. >> it just means the cost of money is going up. >> kathlee gaffney, thanks for joining us tonight. appreciate it. ,> thanks. >>> we a few days after netflix announced that largest price hike in its history, it reported a mr.ed quar earnings out aft

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amemern publicic right now this wasa a very public disagreement that we still have cameras were not therere in the in e situation room in the white house. but we hahave now heard from participants all of them confirming a very tempestuous meeting where the president decided to get up and leave the room and leave those negotiations and date it makes a great headlines for that does that but what happened to those people who are waiting to b. paid for instance those people whose salaries have been blocked by this government shutdown what's likely to happen next. well the bone day is friday that is the day when it seems pretty clear at this point they will not be getting that paychecks that's the day those paychecks should be coming in. around eight hundred thousand federal employees are currently not working that means that they've either been furloughed that means that -- ththat thehey're stayiying e they've beeeen deemed nonessential by the government some have also been asked to come in and still continue doing that work as usual budge without pay. now what to what tends to happen with a go

i think therere specific things that people are doing when they make resolutions that aren't helpful. mayby're choosing something that doesn't resonate with them, that your do something that someone else wants themo do. or they're doing something that's too vague. in order to make lasting changes, you probably need to make cenges in multi other areas of your life. you can't say yex're going to cise more without carving out the time to do that. what am i going to give up, et cetera. >> you say using theym acr smart is a good talstart. >> so s, you say iant to get in better shape. be specific. y i am going to go to the give a half hour to an hour a week. and "m" do something that is measurable. how am i going to track that? how am i going to measure that? you also want it to be something achievable. you don'tant to from being a couch potato to saying i'm going to do an iron man. no, that's not going to happen. pick somethi you have a decent chance of succeeding in and you want toreak it down into small pieces. the r is for relevant, pink some relevant to you and the "t" is for time limi

we're going over the cliff anyway, and automotiveve emissions really don't add much to this, so therere's no point cutting them back. the assumption of the department is that everyone in the world is as criminally insane as we are, and isn't going to do anything about it. and since -- on the assumption, yeah, lelet's just rob while the planet burns, putting nero into o the shade. he onlnly fiddled while rome b burned. i cacan't think of anything like this in human history. you just can't find words to describe it. and at the peak of the monstrosity is, in f fact, the trump administstration. we should recall t that trump himsmself, as i mentioned, is a a firm believer in global warming. recently, he applied to the government of ireland for permission to build a huge wall, one of his famous walls, this one to protect a golf course of his in ireland, which, as his plea indicates, is threatened by sea level rise as a result of global warming. you take a look at the big banks, jpmorgan chase and the others. they're increasing their investments in fossil fuel development. the energy corporation

that therers know can be something in government to look out for their interests.e want to restore their faith in that possibility i'm making sure we undo the harm that mulvaney has done. neera: that's great. thank you so much. obviously, that has been a real concern over the last several years. i'm not sure how many jobs mick mulvaney has at this point, but it is like five to many. to focus on a few pieces. you outlined a rich housing agenda. i noted one area you discussed, which is rental housing and lack of affordability. california, the governor has addressed housing affordability as a major issue. that is obviously a real crisis in cities around the country. breath it is also just a of fresh air for the house financial services committee to in ally focus on housing way that's helpful to consumers. how do you see this specific that of rentals, ensuring middle-class families can afford rent and mortgages? thingsters: one of the we discovered after 2008, while on what was lot happening with big banks and financial institutions and the foreclosures that were takin

real be careful maryland state highway crews says it has more than 2,500 tr tks out therereating the roads around the state. if do you have to drive, be sure to drive slowl and give yourself plenty of time to get to your destination. no rushi for sure. our team coverage continues in prince george's county. >> that's right news 4's amy cho is live at the beltway plaza in green belt. how are thingski l? >> reporter: good morning. why we don't have any mounds like david mentioned, we do have several inches of snow on the ground already. pretty much covers my boots. pretty soft snow. not great for snowball make, but just to give you an idea of how much snow is on the ground this. whole thing is a parking lot, all of it, but you can't even tell. can't even seat lines where the parking spaces are supposed to be. that or there is a driveup atm, but it's all covered in snow. just looks like a sea of white, and over here you can see the lights are on at the restaurant, boston market, silver diner. es braving theo snow to come on in. earlier we saw some plows. peopleere working toet the parkin

. >> therere quotain the nd. truly elosive aegations >> ty'reoming fr police office owhat is ingalled the nypd 12 who filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court. you are not going to get this again for 100 years. amy: we will speak to the director of "crime + punishment" and a new york and a new york police lieutenant who sued the nypd. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. as the shutdown enters its 18th day, president trump is planning to address the nation tuesday night, that is tonight, from the oval office. p is also set to visit the border thursday. trump requested the primetime broadcast slot of 9:00 p.m., which all major networks agreed to accommodate. networks are not required to satisfy such requests. in 2014, networks declined to air an obama address on immigration policy. shortly after trump's announcement, democratic congressional leaders released a statement demanding equal television time. the statement read -- "if h

therer, everybody thought would be three tightening's in 2019. -- tightenings in 2019.h is slowing globally. it will put pressure on the u.s. eventually. t to tighten wan two more times before this is over. you want to be in the intermediate sector of the curve getting ready for the steepening that's already begun. corporate credit is still way over leveraged. the rating agencies and wall street have pushed a lot of leverage into investment grade companies. we will see a big wave of downgrades. david: is that the risk we are running with the fed responding in the marketplace? thatu ease conditions, encourages corporate credit as a practical matter. the white line shows the tightening -- they tighten substantially back in december. now, they have come up quite a bit. is that it? laird: it is hard to stay with this fed, they don't seem to have much conviction. it seems like -- hear that corporate leverage is an absolute number. it's actually not that high. what should we be looking at? laird: leverage versus earnings. earnings will allow you to pay your debt down. i'm sti

this target was not a surprise, they made clear they would do this and have emphasized that. 1.5%, thererateyear window. this morning, there was no real surprise. with all things china, many investors find the economy opaque and even though this was well planned, well targeted, well discussed in advance, many investors will see a surprise. we will find a little bit of -- positive sentiment. china is easing policy and support the economy. it is important to put this in context, the cut we got, 50 basis points, rrr cut will come into effect friday. tomorrow we will have 100 billion yuan of treasury options, there is many different tos that china is trying provide funds into the economy. this was not a surprise but it will be sentiment. the pboc we heard could be looking toward more stimulus and china could be buying u.s. wages to ease tensions. what is going to be key here? trade talkshinese dominate everything we are talking about. we are on tenterhooks for next week and how those trade talks go, we are getting close enough to the end of the 90 day window that we need something concrete am a

article, therer is a chart that shows the -- hedge fundunch theatically outperformed standard & poor'ssking too much of these? that is the beauty of communication and marketing from hedge funds. when market rallies, they forget about relative performance. when it crashes, they talk about relative performance. we know that they are not immune to chaos in stock markets but they should not lose more than markets. int is what happened december, many hedge funds lost more than the s&p 500. that should not be expected. by thewas sobered underperformance. because underperforming they are undiversified? i think of the movement of 300 holdings in a mutual fund down to 100. is the poor results because of a lack of diversification? nishant: we do not get much visibility on hedge fund allocation. they should be well diversified. be diversified on both a long and short side if they want to be called a real hedge fund. results show that is not always the case. tom: we saw yesterday on the buy side, rationalizations, state street and america with rationalizations. we have seen bodies move out the doo