and 5 member of the security council, including tom west, owed the special envoy of the united states for honest on so indeed, it is an extraordinary meeting. and all i'd really be on that maintain because what bar guest on expected a consent says the bug, assigning foreign minister of god. shaw, founding, confident nor king that day will be able to reach a convent consensus in order to address the issue of honest on and stave off a huge humanitarian crises death. so all eyes will be on that conference, and it will be important to see whether these countries, which of course, the 2nd largest group of nations after the united nations, will be able to come up with a tangible solution to help of honest on. and it's tracy, a camel. let's address the elephant in the room without a lifting of western sanctions and a change in the western position on afghanistan. how effective can any aid plan by oh, i see states really be but that's an excellent question. however, tom west, who is the special on war of the united states, no one has done that already said that this is an important and timely

tom west, welcome to the newshour. the u.s.ing hundreds of millions of dollars in humanitarian aid, but it has frozen all other assisnce and captain place pre-existing sanctions that have become defective sanctions on the afghan government. why? >> thank you for having me. let me say that the humanitarian crisis worsening afghanistan is that the center of policymaking. you mentioned hundreds of millions, it is $474 million in u.s. humanitarian assistance, that is in addition to $4.1 billion since 2002. we have issued general licenses that aim to provide for humanitarian actors, and geo's to scale up and meet the needs of the crisis this winter throughout reach to particular corporations. we have managed to stitch together in operation that is tracking in many millions of dollars explicitly to help humanitarian organization scale up. we talked to the taliban about the magnitude of afghanistan's dependence on foreign aid in the months leading up to their takeover. they chose a military takeover. i think they knew the consequences

tom west, welcome to the newshour. the u.s.ing hundreds of millions of dollars in humanitarian aid, but it's frozen all other assistance and kept in place pre-existing sanctions on the taliban that have beco basically de facto sanctions on the afghan government. why? >> nick, thank you for having me. let me first say the humanitarian crisis unfolding and worsening in afghanistan is at the very center of policymaking. it's $474 million in american humanitarian assistance, that's in addition to 4.1 billion since 2002. we have issued two general licenses that aim to provide for u.n. organizations, humanitarian actors, n.g.o.s to scale up and meet the needs of a coming crisis this winter through outreach to particular corporations, we've managed to stitch together an operation that now is trucking in many millions of dollars explicitly to help humanitarian organizations scale up. we talked to the taliban at great length about the magnitude of afghanistan's dependence on foreign aid in the many months leading up to their takeover on

jonathan: i will watch arsenal-west him. tomook forward to that. -- jonathan: i will watch arsenal-west ham. tom: right now, alan ruskin, chief international strategist at deutsche bank. congratulations on your note on the terminal rate. what is the terminal rate and why should jay powell focus on it? alan: the terminal rate is seen as the peak rate in any particular cycle. it is critical at this point because the market is expecting a very low terminal rate, 1.5%. if you think the fed's peak will be 1.25%, if the 10 year yield is not backup particularly sharply, conditions will not tighten very much and the equity market will prove resilient, as well. asset markets are tied together with were the terminal rate is. tom: it has been one of my great themes. alan ruskin, do we underestimate the overlay of technology on engaging where the terminal rate is or should be? do we know the technological path of the next decade to try to get to in the terminal rate? alan: i don't think so. i distinguished terminal rates and the long term.

i would point you to the state department, tom west had some discussions with the taliban but our policy has not changed that i am aware of. reporter: -- over 29 trillion dollars, more than double a decade ago, and then vice president biden went across the street and had discussions with blair house. you said that leader schumer and later mcconnell are discussing the issue, is he having any engagement himself? is there a scenario where the president tries to strike a bargain like president obama and john boehner did? sec. psaki: i think you're combining a few things here. the debt limit is about paying the bills already due. our preference is always to do that to regular order and just raise the debt limit to ensure we are protecting the faith and credit of the united states government. as it relates to what the debt looks like, we agree. that's why the president was opposed to the $2 trillion in tax cuts for the highest incomes that contributed to that, that's why build back better is entirely paid for by asking corporations and higher income americans to pay more. the debt limit i woul

as you know, tom west, our special representative on afghanistan recently held a team meeting with the taliban in doha. we did it immediately after the european union held a round of talks, so that was very useful because we could compare notes and talk about what our expectations are. the international community, wide-ranging, many, many countries believe the taliban need to show they have an inclusive government, that women and girls can go to school, that it will not become a safe haven for terrorism again, and that everyone will have a chance to move forward in society, that human rights will be respected. there are other things we are looking for as we move forward so everybody is moving up by -- step-by-step in this regard, and i think that probably goes for the chinese as well. tom: thank you. mr. secretary-general. secretary sannino: i think wendy summarized a good position on iran and we want iran to be serious and to negotiate seriously. we are not, let's say, waiting for failure. on the contrary, we want success, and we want to be sure there is no proliferation in the region

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tom symonds, bbc news, west london.ine to pay their final respects to the late archbishop desmond, tutu, whose body is lying in state for a second day, ahead of the state funeral tomorrow. the archbishop, who played a leading role in the battle against racial segregation and the apartheid regime, died on sunday at the age of 90. this report is from our south africa correspondent, nomsa maseko, in cape town. the clergy, anglican churchwardens and a marching band lining the streets as a guard of honour for archbishop desmond tutu. the outspoken priest who became one of the world's great moral voices lying in state for a second day in a plain, pinewood coffin, in accordance with his wishes. thousands of people have been flocking to st george's cathedral to pay their last respects. one man hitchhiked for more than 1,000 kilometres just for this moment. it's a memory that i will live for for the rest of my life and ijust hope, as he said, in his words, he said, south africa, you must be careful — if you don't live according

our home affairs correspondent tom symonds is in west london now. what's the latest, tom?ide of where those detectives and search team officers are standing. they've been here this morning looking in bins and rubbish piles the murder weapon. violent crime is down generally in the uk but in london, there have been 128 murders in the last year, of which 81 were things, 50 involved young people under the age of 25, and 30 involved children under the age of 18. and that figure is bucking the national trend. why is it happening? well, police this morning have pointed to rows on social media breaking out into the real world. they've talked about the way in which drugs are being sold and young people are being sucked into that process. the mayor of london has talked about the increasing ferocity of this sort of attack on young people, perhaps pushing up the number of murders. but i think there is probably another factor, but i think there is probably anotherfactor, though many agencies are looking at this currently, and thatis are looking at this currently, and that is covid. cov

west. >> and, tom, it sounds like things there in colorado will be tremendously active going forward tonight. >> reporter: that's right, lester. the strong winds remain tonight into tomorrow morning and then that's when the extreme chill starts i just got off the phone with our weather team they tell me with those strong winds it could feel like 22 degrees below zero here tomorrow. and, lester, it just started snowing again. >> all right tom llamas for us. thank you. >>> as this storm blows across the country, a potentially dangerous night ahead. for millions al roker is tracking it for us. what are you looking at, al >> lester, things are really starting to ramp up, unfortunately. you can see we've right now this line of severe weather what we are looking at, basically we've got tornado watches out right now for a lot of folks, an area stretching basically from minneapolis down into kansas. 7 million people we also have tornado warnings now in western iowa, and so, we're going to be watching this closely. 10 million people at risk or moderate risk of severe weather, wind gusts 75 miles an h

tom kirsop shares his passion of the west highlands with travellers. onment forfuture generations. so tom, tell me about what you do then? so i am a deer stalker on the estate in inveraray and i look after the deer numbers and i keep them in a balance as you have to because they don't have any predators. what were the predators before? wolves, bears, lynx but of course we've interfered with that, kicked them out of the equation so it's just us now. what do you say to people who would think, oh, deer stalking is cruel and it's inhumane? if you were to leave them and let them go out of control, all you look aboutjust now, the place is beautiful and green and lush, and plenty of grass, that is not the case throughout the year. if you have an unhealthy unbalanced number of deer, there is not enough food for them, so they then start starving, they then get disease, which is not good for the herd, it's not good for the animals. so we have to play our part and keep the numbers are down. it is as simple as that. it's time to cook with rosie. i will fire the ven

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west ham just pulled it out of the back this year. tomriously, they don't have the budget the other teams do. jonathan: they certainly don't have the budget of chelsea. that was west london with all the money and east london with much less money, and east london getting it done of the we can. tom: the tots crushed norwich. jonathan: this was your alternative sports segment on bloomberg tv and radio. [laughter] coming up, jane foley of rabobank, with this equity market up 0.25%. i tried. from new york city, this is bloomberg. ♪ jonathan: some good news for you if you are sick of the fed speak. it is the quiet period. they go quiet for a whole week into the fed decision on december 15 next week. up 0.2% on the s&p. off the lows this morning as we took a dip into negative territory about an hour or so ago. on the nasdaq 100, futures negative about 0.5%. big conversation about the bond market, volatile. you'll tire this morn by five basis points. the distance between dues intends. we ended last year at about 79 basis points. we topped out thi

west side story has been judged an "artistic triumph". the man responsible for bringing it to the screen is director steven spielberg. it�*s his first attempt at a movie musical. tomfilm because i knew i couldn�*t sing and dance. it�*s a tremendous way of sort of throwing myself into a genre that physically, i would never be part of, except to be able to tell a story in that idiom. # i like to be in america. # 0k by me in america. the 1961 film adaptation of the musical was a huge hit and it won ten oscars. it�*s a revered classic. the new film is seen as more intense. there is bloodshed, there's brutality and yet it manages to do a very tricky thing, which is, there are these incredibly realistic and powerful scenes, and then it becomes operatic. it becomes musical theatre. the 1961 film was criticised for having many of the members of the puerto rican gang, the sharks, portrayed by white actors. we just wanted for this movie to get it right in the way that we wanted every single person who plays a puerto rican to be from the latinx community. and that was the mandate from the get—go. the launch of west side story in new york this week has been bittersweet for st

team comforts and out live from san francisco's embarcadero with an explanation, tom well, consider this poor generations. west coast revelers have seen san francisco's embarcadero as ground zero for the greatest celebration around, especially when you include all those fireworks. well. maybe next year. despite having 84% of eligible san franciscans vaccinated and 55% boosted as well. the city by the bay has called off friday nights new year's eve celebration. we ran into longtime sports marketing professional pat gallagher. maybe it's overkill. but i sort of understand what the mentality is, and i think they get people are just afraid to make a mistake. and they sort of air on the on the side of maybe being too conservative. i'm bummed. to be honest, because i feel like in san francisco. we are so cautious and everybody is taking the proper precautions. one key factors has laurie thomas of the golden gate restaurant association is that many restaurant and bar employees are quarantining after having tested positive. for covid, but i understand the reasons given that there's a lack of workers that are going to

our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has been at the scene in west london and has been giving usreen area of parkland, just before 830 yesterday evening. all they have said is that the 16—year—old was found suffering from what they called puncture wounds but clearly there is the potential for him to have been stabbed. two murders at the end of 2021, which have pushed the number of youth homicides or murders or manslaughter is above the level it was at in 2008 which was a previous high. this is actually bucking a national trend in violence generally with murders and knife crime and gun crime all down, but in london they have been 125 murders this year of which 81 were stabbings. 50 involved victims under the age of 25 and as we have heard 30 were under the age of 18. of course there is a general desire to work out why this is happening and why that trend is being barked and one thing that has happened in the last year is that there has been an increased emphasis on looking at each case to work out what the factors were behind them. for example in london there has been an increase

tom: it is much more than customer service with us airways and america west. and michigan, it is a typical structure. jonathan: that relationship has just broken down between the people who work for the airlines. tom: our personal soap opera is that we are catching up with jonathan ferro. i have a respect for what you and others flying out of heathrow have had to put up with. jonathan: away from the extreme stories, which are absolutely ridiculous. there is zero support, but people have felt that. very aggressive over the masking. clearly, they feel at risk and they feel like they have to enforce these policies. it creates a natural tension. it is kind of the elephant in the room right now. it's tom: -- tom: everybody has their own anecdotes. we were talking about jetblue earlier. john, you and i got in and lisa was already talking about jetblue. jonathan: as they start on that core door -- on that, it is like they are ryanair of american airlines. i think it exists to a certain degree. it has been absolutely fantastic. tom: there was a great interest in united

west side story. hello from new york. i'm tom brook and welcome to talking movies.r entire programme is devoted to what must rank as one of the big movie events of 2021, the release of steven spielberg's long—awaited adaptation of the much—loved broadway musical west side story. i never seen you before. you're not puerto rican. is that 0k? do you want to start a world war iii? west side story is a love story inspired by shakespeare's romeo and juliet, set amid warring teenage gangs — the sharks and thejets — in new york in the 19505. it's an adaptation of the 1957 musical from four greats — director and choreographer jerome robbins, composer leonard bernstein, arthur laurents who did the book, and lyricist stephen sondheim. at the world premiere of his adaptation of west side story, stephen spielberg made it clear he was indebted to all the musical�*s creative forefathers. the first feeling is gratitude and such an honour to be able to have been entrusted by the trustees and stephen sondheim to be able to make our west side story. # skyscrapers bloom in america # ca

tom: and we always knew that joe manchin from west virginia was going to be picking through the details of this build back better plan for joe biden. now the surprise, it seems, taking surprise many in d.c. by killing the prospects, at least for now. could be revived. but it weakened on the back of this. kristine: absolutely, tom. and this is just adding to the risk of sentiment that we are seeing in markets today because it's one thing if the rest of the world is grappling with omicron and considering potential lockdowns. but the u.s. growth picture is still looking very much intact and very important for sentiment. but if we are seeing the backside of the equation weakening on the back of these negative headlines coming out of d.c., i think markets are just responding to that. the possibility of u.s. growth heading into 2022, a year that was supposed to be the year of a sea change in monetary policy tightening. but if we have this curveball getting thrown into markets at this juncture just as the omicron situation is really starting to look negative, that is not going to be great for

west london caught fire. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. there had been warnings of what might happen.ther in irvine, north ayrshire. and a third in southwark, south london. eerily similar — flames spreading up the outside, lives put at risk, lives lost. but, did the government and other public bodies spot the risk? take action? that, and much more is what the grenfell inquiry will investigate in its finalfive months. this inquiry is not a game of cat and mouse where core participants might hope that their witnesses might smuggle something past counsel the inquiry or that counsel to the inquiry might miss a trick. core participants including the government and other industry bodies. a key question, why a fire classification known as class zero remained in place for decades. cladding panels rated class zero were allowed on tall buildings, but class zero included materials which catch light easily so, after grenfell, all the cladding had to be removed. the grenfell disaster is a predictable yet unintended consequence of the combination of a laudable desire to reduce carbon emissions, cou

cameron crise, thank you very much come on his beloved west ham and this inflation report. lisa: i love it. tomnd you are saying to all of the guests it is because of you. jonathan: it is. he emailed me. lisa: you come on, and then i guess we'll have to talk about football. jonathan: steve mager of hsbc said the same thing earlier in the week, and i said you can have 30 seconds on west ham. lisa: so anyone else who wants 30 seconds. jonathan: choose your sports team. [laughter] we are super inclusive here. lisa: especially when tom is not here. jonathan: i saw tom yesterday downtown. lisa: how was his birthday? jonathan: it was nice. kailey: south of 59th street? jonathan: well south. downtown. piece of advice. if you are on a school night and you've got work the next night -- the next day, and tom doesn't, don't go drinking. [laughter] i knew that from experience already. but when you get the message up to a clock p.m., come to the restaurant, i am thinking he's going to wind down lunch a little bit. no. anything but. lisa abramowicz, kailey leinz, and jonathan ferro. tom keene back with us ne

west virginia. from eric city, morning. keith -- tom keene, jonathan ferro, and lisa abramowicz. a massive two-day gain on the s&p, a two-day part of the year so far, and the bond market is lower by four basis points. from 10 to 14342. this is led by the u.k.. seven about an hour ago. it is the end of the euro -- yield curve. sterling is weaker as well. 131 91. potentially new restrictions coming out government. we really with at this point. i think of three things to watch. sterling is absolutely a key issue. and also, the vix. if we have a true continued multiplication, can we get it fixed. >> i cannot call this an equity market. over the last few weeks, we have seen a criminal high. 2/10 of 1% away. >> i was in shock. it is been absolutely -- >> --. >> the nasdaq is doing pre-well. >> i don't know. it is awed. i would center on inflation reports, and friday, to confirm 7% from wells fargo. 69 for friday, 68 for the region estimate. 7.1 as well. what stagger. the calendar states very clearly that michigan state will be going to the peach bowl. washington better get their act to

west point at this time. while he's at the military academy he becomes very good friends with tom rosser who would be a well named confederate calvary leader as well. when they leave west point they leave together. i promised someone in the room that i would review what john comes first the mayor that what west point was for prince dari his first of merit was venting and not properly aired at its morning inspections in his other demerits were for lacking in the ranks boys conduct in class and relaxed ways one on century duty. some of the other young and rising leaders at west point with him in his class for there the same time includes adelbert ames henry dupont charles e. housley mathis w. henry edmund kirby emory upton alonzo cushing and george custer. ames would later recall he speaking of pelham was easily the most popular man at the core in my time. everybody liked him. i never heard anyone say a word against him. he was that kind of man, the kind of man who you felt instinctively hears her friend. he was quiet simple unassuming and unpretentious. there was a reserve about him that we got to know covered in

west side story has been judged an "artistic triumph". the man responsible for bringing it to the screen is director steven spielberg. it�*s his first attempt at a movie musical. tomed for this movie to get it right in the way that we wanted every single person who plays a puerto rican to be from the latin ex—community. and that was the mandate from the get—go. the launch of west side story in new york this week has been bittersweet for steven spielberg and his cast, because the film�*s lyricist, american musical theatre legend stephen sondheim, died at the age of 91 just prior to the film�*s big premiere. i showed him the film back in february of this year. and he loved it and could not wait until monday night. he wanted to see it with a big audience. and so, when we got the news on, i believe it was on saturday, that he had passed, it was devastating. it�*s still devastating. sondheim�*s talents, of course, live on for all to hear in the new film, which has been getting excellent reviews. it seems poised to become a big oscar contender. but musicals can be a challenge to sell at the box office. new york could do with west side story being a hit. its familiar son

west point at this time. while he's at the military academy, he becomes very good friends with tom rosser, who will later be a well named confederate cavalry leader as well. they were roommates and when they leave west point, they'll leave together. i promised someone in the room that i would reveal what john pelham's first demerit at west point was for. so here we go. his first demerit was for, quote, bedding not properly aired at morning inspections, end quote. his other early demerits were for laughing in the ranks, boyish conduct in class, and relaxed ways when on century duty. some of the other young and rising leaders at west point with him in his class or there at the same time include addlebert aims, henry dupont, charles e. haslet, mathis w. henry, justin kilpatrick, alonzo cushing, and george custer. ames would later recall he, speaking of pelham, was easily the most popular man of the corps in my time. everybody liked him. i never heard anyone say a word against him. he was that kind of man, the kind of man whom you felt instinctively, here is a friend. no, he was quiet, simple, unassuming, unprete

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tom: not shocking, and somewhat expected, but nevertheless, there they are. a strident tone to the west of that south to turkey, and as mr. erdogan looks at a span of seven years of turmoil and the recent unwind, i am not going to go into the mathematics right now, but it is an absolutely textbook lira we getting. it is stunning over the last four days. lisa: this is a capital flight from the nation. this is a fire sale of the nation's currency leading to social unrest. at this point, it is a complete political liability leading to calls for regime change. honestly, the scale of depreciation, just to give you a sense, there is anger sweeping among highways, where people are protesting because their money is not worth anything, and that leads to an inflationary spiral that is absolutely prohibitive. tom: with great respect to the true expert of this, stephen hankey of johns hopkins, we are not yet to the extreme, the first and second derivatives that are out of control. but nevertheless, this is something to watch into the weekend. coming up, we begin two important interviews on the stoc

west london caught fire. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, reports. there had been warnings of what might happen.yside. another in irvine, north ayrshire. and a third in southwark, south london. eerily similar — flames spreading up the outside, lives put at risk, lives lost. but, did the government and other public bodies spot the risk? take action? that, and much more is what the grenfell inquiry will investigate in its finalfive months. this inquiry is not a game of cat and mouse where core participants might hope that their witnesses might smuggle something past counsel the inquiry or that counsel to the inquiry might miss a trick. core participants including the government and other industry bodies. a key question, why a fire classification known as class zero remained in place for decades. cladding panels rated class zero were allowed on tall buildings, but class zero included materials which catch light easily so, after grenfell, all the cladding had to be removed. the grenfell disaster is a predictable yet unintended consequence of the combination of a laudable desire to reduce carbon emis

west london caught fire. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. there had been warnings of what might happen.at and much more is what the grenfell inquiry will investigate in its finalfive months. this inquiry is not a game of cat and mouse where core participants might hope that their witnesses will smuggle something past counsel the inquiry or counsel to the inquiry might miss a trick. core participants including the government and other industry bodies. a key question — why a fire classification known as class zero remained in place for decades. cladding panels rated class zero were allowed on tall buildings, but class zero included materials which catch light easily. so, after grenfell, all the cladding had to be removed. the grenfell disaster is a predictable yet unintended consequence of the combination of the laudable desire to reduce carbon emissions coupled with an unbridled passion for deregulation. in particular, a desire to deregulate and boost the housing construction industry. cladding helps keep buildings warm, cutting carbon emissions, and all recent governments have wanted to

tom costello has what you need to know before hitting the road. >> reporter: eager for a christmas escape, americans have been on the move all day from i-95 to i-5 east to west, i-90 to i-10 north to south, madison cruz opting to drive 700 miles to avoid potential covid exposure while flying. >> the potential of taking it home to our families who are all coming from different places is too much of a risk. >> reporter: gas prices higher than last year but coming down unleaded averaging $3.29 a gallon a 500-mile trip from dallas to kansas city costing $66 in gas $2 cheaper than at thanksgiving in virginia, this state trooper on watch today. a top concern nationwide distracted impaired driving and speed. speeding surged 11% last year, pushing a big spike in fatal crashes. virginia drivers recently ticketed for doing 106, 115, even 140 miles an hour. just last night, a trooper who stopped a speeder escaped injury after his car was hit by an allegedly impaired driver. the same happened to this trooper, hit by a distracted driver. >> he rolled his vehicle upside down and landed next to me. luckily he had minor scratches. >> reporter: meanwhile, from clogged roads