this year is really challenging. >> despite the heavy emotional toll, deborah and mark tice have never given up hope for their son's safe return. we last spoke with them in 2019. >> my expectations are very high right now. >> reporter: secretary of state antony blinken recommitting today we will continue to pursue all avenues to bring austin home >> words are easy. we are really measuring more by action, which is what we don't see and the only thing, lester, that we have asked since 2012, nine years, three administrations is direct diplomatic engagement with the syrian government. >> and what do you think the obstacle is to seeing that happen? >> well, right now what -- what we need president biden to do is to tell the national security council, tell the state department that austin's freedom is a priority >> reporter: state department officials say they believe tice is alive, and that syria's president assad has the power to free him but the syrian government has never publicly acknowledged having information on his whereabouts. >> you stay strong, son, and we're working really hard t

miss tice, you have 12 minutes. miss tice? she's here. okay, but we can't hear you. if you could take yourself off mute. if you click on the icon in the lower left... do you have head phones plugged in possibly because it might be a head phone issue. >> commissioner chang: maybe she can try pressing the space bar. >> clerk: do you want to try pressing the space bar? okay. you're still muted. >> commissioner chang: press and hold the space bar. >> great. thank you. >> clerk: thank you. you have 12 minutes. >> really quickly, once again, thank you to the neighbors for tolerating this during covid. it was never -- and i never did lie to them. i've always been transparent and open to communication. it was and still is my understanding that backyards and parking spaces were allowed for shared spaces. if i'm wrong, okay, but i don't think i am. we used it until the 15, but after that, we didn't use it at all. we shut it down completely because we were able to open indoors. i would like the opportunity to make whatever building we have done in compliance with building code.

it's the 40th birthday of austin tice, a journalist who went missing in syria nine years ago this weekand his family put out a statement today. i was going to read just a short portion of it for you: we are now imploring a third president to communicate to his administration that austin's secure release and safe return is a priority. there are many capable people working in our government who are eager to see austin walk free; they must have president biden's authorization for significant and relevant diplomatic engagement with the syrian government. what has the president done, publicly or internally, to communicate that this is a priority? and when will we hear from him directly? ms. psaki: well, i would note that, first, this week, as you noted, marks his ninth year in captivity in syria. i talked about the detainment of austin tice when i was in a prior administration, two administrations ago, and that tells you how long his family has been waiting. we'd certainly reiterate our call for syria to help release -- on syria to help release austin tice and every u.s. citizen held hostag

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joining me now a vocal advocate for jason tice, writer for the "washington post."osely, you and i. you were held captive in iran for a year and a half. what can you tell our viewers about what he may be experimenting and the urgency of this situation? >> well, ayman, first and foremost, thank you for shininging a light on austin's plight right now. we do this every year at this time as it coincides with his birthday and his abduction. i wish we talked about him on a daily basis until he comes home. i can tell you that, you know, when austin was abducted i've been working at "the washington post" for just four months. when it happened my editors, our editors were obviously extremely concerned and not a day has passed that we haven't stayed concerned and on top of this issue. you know, i worked for the post for another two years while austin was in prison. i was in prison myself for a year and a half. i've been free for five and a half years, and all that time austin has remained detained and it's a horrific experience. one day in captivity is a nightmare and draw th

alix: for more, jonathan tice, bloomberg intelligence senior analyst.your biggest take away from earnings season? jonathan: most people were aware we were going to get upgrades on the back of revisions being lower. there is a disparity between the haves and the have-nots. yesterday decent revenues, good job on cost. you look at commerzbank, it is messy but we knew a lot of that was coming. down 5% or 6%. it is becoming a stock pickers market and that is reflected in valuations. a lot more difficult to see with the catalysts are for the sector. guy: what are the catalysts for the second half going to look like? what happens next? jonathan: definitely caps will return. it is a big unknown. we have seen a number of buybacks. you have some banks like hsbc saying we will let you know at fourth-quarter earnings. that is one thing where we can see winners and losers because standard chartered, yes they have a buyback but while we are still struggling to see any growth that stock has been one of the big underperformers. hard to see anything changing that. comme

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jonathan tice joins us. nice to speak with you. standard chartered announcing a buyback.aways? >> the morning. pretty disappointing. if you look at standard chartered, they missed on costs again and had the stock not been down 3%, it would be down today. ne hat --net. this is an emerging market bank. anna: let's contrast that with sociÉtÉ general. something is going well for them in terms of the share price reaction. what did you make of socgen this morning? >> they have really turned the ship around. they are taking all the boxes. decent capital. you have two stocks -- one is returning to growth. they are both giving buybacks but the buyback is far more meaningful for socgen. they have more capital now. something i thought i would never be saying. two completely different investment thesis. anna: we look back on a lot of the earnings season which has now happened. what -- one of the themes that is emerging, what has been the story for you? >> we all knew that provision buybacks would be coming though we did not know the size. that has played out nicely. 2021 profits are

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