the u.s. was presenting that oriental decolonization had now been accomplished and achieved by the u.s. in south korea and also that in terms of japanese american internment, the japanese americans themselves also had accepted that history. now, during the kidnapping, the single most important demand that they were making, so bring us back to kotah island, so they wanted the cessation of precisely this, of the repatriation interrogation room, and the reason why they were asking for the cessation of that was that they were claiming that the u.s. was forcing subjects of the dprk to essentially renounce the state's sovereign claim over them. so let's return to compound 76 in may 1952, for the three days dod was in the compound, he actually had to attend multiple meetings with the p.o.w.s. they collectively, and dod signed papers representing this organization. this active writing by dod was central to the project of the p.o.w.s and, this is really where actually the p.o.w.s demand for a thousand

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u.s. posture will go here. i'm joined by two scholars. michelle is a co-founder and managing partner, a former co-founder and chief executive of a center of new american security and served on the board . and she is at the heart of our nuclear policy discussion. she served as the under secretary of defense from february 2009 to february 2012. george is the ken oliver chair and vice president for studies at the karen egg's endowment for international peace. and nonproliferation issues and coming up with new issues of strategic and publications and books on these issues. and he worked for a prominent u.s. senator who became u.s. president. george, i will like you to introduce the report. >> thanks those of you who are joining online and michelle for joining us. i'm going to summarize 105-page report in 10 minutes. if i get carried away, it may get through it longer but i hope we will have a good discussion. we conducted a long discussion and analysis of, you know, all of the facets that go i

we argue that u.s. leaders should make clear that they would consider using nuclear weapons only when no other means could stop an aggression that is as harmful to the u.s. or its allies as nuclear war would likely be. since no one knows whether nuclear war can be kept limited it would only be sab or justifiable to use nep once to stop an extension threat, the-of-the one that threatens the nation's available. were understand why were cam recall the policy xhafrd to the current one of threatening to use nuclear weapons to protect the interests of u.s. allies and partners. we think an existential policy is also more credible than first use and look forward to talking about that in the discussion. turning to weapon employment policy we argue that the u.s. should reverse the logic thatt0- leads to disproportionately large and in the u.s. and russia. this means the united states must move away from speaking first-strike capabilities and plans to destroy russia's and china's nuclear deterrents. the desire to

the u.s. is rejoining the paris climate agreement. >> so now, as our first speaker to this program, it is my privilege to welcome the 46th president of the u.s., president joe biden. he has truly been a loyal and long-term friend of the munich security conference. in 2019, mr. president, you said in this very place at this very hall, we will be back. mr. president, thank you for keeping a promise. we welcome you back to this conference and you have the floor. thank you so much. >> thank you, mr. ambassador. we just spent a part of the morning together. i want to say hello to everyone at the munich conference. thanks for hosting the special session. for decades you have pointed out that i have participated in the security conference as a u.s. senator joining my colleagues from both sides of the aisle to affirm the importance of the transatlantic partnership. three times the vice president of the u.s., including delivering the first international foreign policy address of the obama-biden adminis

i think the u.s. government will send us more clear signals in the near future on how are they going to approach their economic relationship with asia in general and with china in particular. meanwhile, mexico continues to be part of the cptpp, and we continue to work very hard with them. with the pacific alliance, you will remember colombia, chile -- we are progressing on that. we have a huge agenda in the future on the trade agreement, how we manage to not integrate but harmonize nafta with a you -- new u.s. mta -- usmca. how do we deal with cptpp? how is the other agreement going to work? we are also in the process of going through the reciprocation process of the new agreement of mexico with the european union that will also have a huge impact on the automotive sector. dir. runde: look, my last question for you, ambassador, is we have an incoming mexican ambassador to the united states. at some point, the united states will name a new ambassador to mexico. could you just give a little bit of advic

and in the u.s. state of iowa a number of people were injured in a pile up of some 40 vehicles police said 2 officers were helping with multi car crashes in the area when the larger pileup happened officials said there were no fatalities. pharmaceutical company johnson and johnson has regulators in the united states to give its vaccine emergency approval if authorized it would be the 3rd vaccine to be approved for use in the u.s. the johnson and johnson vaccine only requires one shot the 1st of its kind in the world. and let's catch you up on some of the other developments in the coronavirus pandemic worldwide 5 days are have withdrawn a bid for emergency authorization of their vaccine in india pfizer says it will resubmit the bid with additional information required by the indian regulator the u.s. has recorded over 40000 virus deaths in 2 weeks amid concerns the cases could spike again after gatherings for sunday's super bowl football game and mexico has run out of vaccine doses and no new shipment

u.s.gence officials say saudi arabia's crown prince personally approved the operation that killed journalist jamal khashoggi. in his first nonmilitary act as president, joe biden authorizes airstrikes in syria against iranian backed militia. plus, u.s. regulators are reviewing the johnson and johnson coronavirus vaccine. it could be approved as soon as this weekend. ♪ laura: welcome to "world news america" on pbs and around the globe. a u.s. intelligence report made public today says the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman approved the merger of the dissident journalist jamal khashoggi. he wrote for "the washington post" and was critical of the crown prince. mr. khashoggi was brutally murdered and dismembered in 2018 in istanbul. let's go live to the white house with barbara. how come u.s. intelligence has concluded the crown prince approvedhis grisly murder? >> they did not cite any direct it is. what they said was the crown prince had control over decision-making in the kingdom, that

any u.s.ecision that is democratic could be led by the domestic approach, could be led by a domestic agenda, and obviously the reasonable weight of u.s. interests will not be exactly the same as the european one, especially when you speak about trump. i would say, whoever would be in charge on both sides, this will be the right approach for our fair interests on both sides. the point is we have to change the mindset that clearly exists in new york, because we built the concept of the absence of european defense, and in a lot of countries, basically, we created a system and a mindset and a dna where not having a clear defense, not being in a situation, was a precondition after world war ii. now, we are opening a new era where we have to put ourselves in a situation to clearly prepare and endorse our european defense. i want to insist on the fact that we need strong cooperation. as for turkey, when i look at the situation both for europe and the u.s., we put ourselves in a crazy situation. in th

this is why the u.s. needs and effective u.s. pr to trait and trent tear down trade barriers and confront abusive trade practices. president biden is nominated to be with extensive trade policy explains including experience litigating trade disputes against china. i look forward to hearing more from you missed katherine tai telling us how you would use your experience with these challenges if confirmed as our u.s. trade rep. your experience to matter how extensive will go to waste if the biden administration's approach to trade policy ends up being a timeout for some officials have already suggested. in particular, referencing statements by administrative officials who have asserted that the president will not sign any new trade agreements until he sees the domestic priorities achieved. including strengthening by american requirements and government purchasing. miss katherine tai you must make the president understand the trade is a domestic priority. for hundreds of millions of americans. i'm happy to discuss buying american. ho

the u.s. is one step closer to having a 3rd vaccine after experts recommended the johnson and johnson job should be approved by the u.s. f.d.a. the food and drug administration has been holding a virtual public meeting to decide whether to sign off on the vaccine for emergency use it still needs official authorization by the f.d.a. which could happen later on saturday 4000000 doses are ready to be shipped on monday if it's approved and we've all seen the news about jobs and jobs vaccines today's just 3rd safe effective vaccine and it's out they've approved today we're going to use every conceivable way to expand manufacturing of the vaccine furred vaccine to make even more rapid progress in shots of people's arms though to mattie davis is an infectious disease expert of the john cochran v.a. medical center she says this approval is a huge step towards getting back to normal. this is not just good news this is fantastic news any safe and effective vaccine that we can get on the market means les

u.s. federal reserve chairman jerome powell made no changes to policies on one stay despite the unemployment rate down to 6.3 percent although powell admitted a true count is closer to 10 percent paul said policy will need to stay patiently accommodative to the disappointing job markets he also said inflation has been much lower and more stable over the past 3 decades than in earlier times in the past when the jobless rate fell the fed would typically raise rates to prevent inflation but they aren't making those changes right now so for more. openness i'll see the ottavio good to have you as always the federal reserve it's indicated that it's not worried about inflation it briefly even if it means that it's surpasses that 2 percent goal is there any rescue inflation exceeding and even staying above 2 percent if unemployment stays that high and congress continue sending these drug payments to americans or is the government setting itself up for policies that in that of a inevitably are goin

most folks in the u.s.ho would be preferred for offense of missions, targeting folks in the u.s., with your away from that. when it does not publish in those terms, i think it becomes a problem. reporter: i want to take a step back and take a look at the kind of impact that cyber attacks can have on specific sectors in any given country. one type of cyberattack that many may not be aware of our cyber attacks on hospitals and health organizations. i'm asking you about this because you and the cyber peace institute have called for an end to coronavirus related cyber attacks. you have asked governments around the world to take action. how big are these attacks? how much are they happening, and our governments taking action? >> the threat is quite big. what is said is that it is not new, been done for decades, accelerating. at the peak of the pandemic, in the first wave, you could easily document one attack per day hospitals. mainly an armed group entering the hospital, to destroy all the computers. [indiscerni

the u.s. killing iran's top revolutionary guard general in a missile strike something iran has promised to take retaliation for. the other context that's important the biden administration just a week ago announced they're ready to hold talks with iran and possibly re-entering the nuclear deal that was designed to keep iran from becoming a nuclear power. that was the deal that president obama entered into with iran that president trump pulled out of. as we've been reporting out the story trying to understand the scale of these air strikes tonight we have just gotten in some tape from the brand-new defense secretary lloyd austin. he spoke with reporters on a flight back to washington. he had been visiting the u.s. military facilities. this was onboard the plane back en route to the u.s. east coast. >> we're confident in the target that we went after. we know what we hit. and we're confident that target was being used by the same shia militia that conducted the strikes. we're very deliberate abo

u.s. lawmakers grilled key players and the gamestop retail frenzy. there was a 27% rally. wall street fell to its lowest in a week over concerns over rising borrowing costs. oil also declined with u.s. refineries remaining shut for days to come. and a new leader -- for the tokyo olympic committee. host 2: let's turn to sophie kamaruddin to find out what to watch for. reporter: a holding -- holding steady. consolidating around the mid-77 level. yesterday, we got an update showing a strong start to sales for the start of the year but they anticipate a slowdown in march. farmers getting a raise on tracking the recovery in australia. also waiting on japanese pmi and inflation numbers. we do have nikkei futures settling higher. some tepid moves expected on friday after the drop in asian stocks yesterday with tech leading the drop. texas is in the spotlight. the oil patch is resuming operations there. losing some ground, about 1% at the start of trade in asia. and another company sank to a eight

the u.s. and china are entering a period of profound confrontation and biden wants u.s. allies firmly on side but on that merkel seems decidedly cagey. we pressed her on this just recently asking why she seemed reluctant to line up behind the new president on china and. i believe that it is very important for the european union to have its own china policy you know politico out it's really no surprise that merkel is so cautious china is after all a massive market for germany's export driven economy but there could come a time when biden says you have to pick sides. finally in the biggest crisis of all for the world perhaps more hope for transatlantic togetherness climate change is back as a top priority for the u.s. after 4 years of denial john kerry is the new team's climate czar a high profile name raising hopes that the u.s. and europe can make progress together on cutting back on carbon but there's one thing that transcends all of these global issues for leaders watching biden from here in europe they remember how his presidency began with washington bracing for viol

>> she came to the u.s.n 1958, seven years before the immigration act passed in 1965, she proceeded the wave of immigration from india to the u.s. by several years and, based on my reporting, that seems to have mattered in terms of the trajectory of her life and story. for example, she was actively involved in the civil rights movement in a way that indian immigrants were not, there were relatively few indian immigrants in the u.s. at the height of the civil rights activism. most indian immigrants did not have that experience that shyamala did. i think that mattered. you not see that sort of activism among indian immigrants who came after her, the people i spoke to talked about after 1965, the immigrants who came from india were trying to assimilate into society. they were trying to make it against great odds, in many cases. there was not the sense of solidarity with the civil rights movement, with black americans, that shyamala exhibited during her time here. >> what was her professional area of expertise?

the u.s. senate. now, this development will be a profound relief for millions of americans who have been struggling to get by during this pandemic. what's actually in the bill? cnn's brian todd breaks it down for us. >> reporter: michelle mitchum is a mother of four who has been out of a job since july because of the pandemic. she recently told cnn that while she's built a career in sales, she's found herself applying for jobs she never considered before. >> i've been applying for, i mean, any type of jobs. it doesn't matter if it's entry level, if it's, you know, internships, if it's janitorial. if it's anything, i've been applying. >> reporter: mitchum and millions of americans out of work because of the pandemic would get desperately needed money in the new covid stimulus package. each unemployed american would get $400 a week in federal unemployment money through august 29th. that's up from $300 a week they're getting now. and it's added on to whatever state unemployment benefits they're g

he announced that the u.s. would rejoin the u.s. climate accord. >> it is my pleasure to become the 46th president of the united states. president joe biden has been a loyal and long-term friend of the munich security conference. in 2019, mr. president, you said we will be back in this very hot. thank you for keeping that promise. we welcome you back to the stage and you have the floor. thank you so much. president biden: thank you. i want to say hello to everyone and thank the munich conference for help -- hosting this special session. for decades, i have participated in the munich secretive conference as u.s. senator, joining my colleagues from both sides of the three times as vice president of the united states and two years ago, as you pointed out, when i last spoke in munich, i was a private citizen. i said at that time that we will be back. i am a man of my word. america is back. i speak to you today as president of the united states. i am sending a clear message to the world, america is back. the transatlantic alliance is bac

u.s. production down.peratures in the main shale production area are expected to rise to 45 degrees fahrenheit friday. that will provide some relief. but really the problem is the freezing weather is not the norm in these areas. there is uncertainty about what happens next. it is looking unlikely things will start to recover before the weekend. estimates for the duration of the impact of this are getting longer. citi was saying yesterday they expect production losses to be 60 million barrels total. other traders have estimated double that. there is a lot of uncertainty still and there are questions about not just crude, crude is getting a lot of the attention, which makes sense because it is the highest in over a year. prices are very high. there are also questions about the recovery in the refinery sector. which has also been massively affected as well. manus: where does this leave opec-plus? if i was to sum up, the tone of yesterday's conference was a word of caution. >> he was urging members to exercise

and we speak to asylum seekers along the mexico u.s. border hoping the new u.s. president will help for. as we get flights have been grounded and dozens of politicians remain in custody a day after a military coup the ousted party the national league of democracy says detained leader aung san suu kyi is in good health this still being held at an undisclosed location some politicians have been allowed to return home and the international airport in yangon is reportedly shot until may how are is now in the hands of general minong lean who's appointed his own cabinet well in about an hour the u.n. security council is meeting to discuss the situation the u.s. has also threatened sanctions the military says its takeover is only temporary it's promising free and fair elections in the year allie file has more from yangon. we have had someone i don't know. how long is at least one of the l.d. spokespersons gto he's posted on his facebook. posted a facebook post saying that she was in good health he didn't mention where she is but that she's that she isn't being mean he d

that u.s. is going to outgrow europe is a particularly bold or even an interesting projection prediction to make i think almost any day of the week you can make that projection so that's a pretty easy one to do so i think they're right on the money there that's likely how it's going to be so yes i expect us to go through outpace european growth eventually if they're strong euro scrotes again it comes down to monetary policy is the fed going to step back from this very loose policy and if they do that will of course drive the dollar up so i think indirectly it's to do with u.s. growth but more directed to do with monetary policy again one considering the incredible amount of stimulus we're seeing in the united states government that they're injecting into the economy both with the stimulus the relief package and the federal reserve can we expect to see continual rises now in gold prices other world currencies or even alternative cryptocurrency is more broadly what's the future of the house dolla

the u.s. fda advisory panel endorsing johnson & johnson one shot vaccine. how effective is it against the new variant? >>> president biden in texas visiting the mega site. his new message tonight at the stadium. >>> new fallout of the first military action under president biden. why he faces some backlash within his own party >>> former president trump prepares to make his public return at cpac this weekend. the golden statue of him unveiled today and ted cruz joked about his trip to cancun as texans were freezing >>> the u.s. blaming the saudi crown prince for the murder of jamal khashoggi, why the u.s. won't punish him for it >>> the exclusive inside nxivm group, the doctor branding 17 other womens how she's defending herself. >>> zillow offers to buy your home based on its zestimate, is it worth with quick cash >> announcer: this is "nightly news," with lester holt. >> good evening, johnson&johnson got a thumbs up. the final decision is in the hand of the fda widely expected to grab emergen

china the u.s. deficit 349 billion. this is jim. caller: good morning. mi live? host: go ahead. caller: i think the democratic, hearing people talk about the democratics, my family was raised back east in north carolina. i think a lot of people don't realize, but the democratics was the confederates. the confederates are the ones that had the slaves. these people are talking about all of this. host: you are a little off topic, we are talking about u.s. china trade relations. to california on the independent line. caller: good morning. the question i have for the gentleman is, america spends so much money on r&d and our company because out there to china and that's where the products are made, then they bring it back and sell it to america. that is a terrible thing to do for american companies. i taxpayers spends a good amount of money on r&d research. that's all i've got. caller: you are exactly right. it's a vicious circle because a company like apple, virtually everything apple makes is based on r

u.s. president joe biden has declared his country is back, sweeping away his predecessor's america first foreign policies. biden addressed the munich security conference in his first international speech since taking the white house. he sought to reassure allies and establish the u.s. as a leader as what he described against a global assault on democracy. pres. biden: i know the past few years have strained in tested our relationship. but the united states is determined to reengage with europe, to consult with you, earn back our position of trust and leadership. achieving these goals is going to depend on a core strategic proposition, and that is the united states must renew america's enduring advantages so we can meet today's challenges from a position of strength. >> this year, the prospects for multilateralism are a lot better than what they used to be, and that has a lot to do with joe biden being the new president of the united states. in his speech, he announced his administration ha

so u.s. president joe biden has warned saudi arabia quote the rules are changing and their relationship and follows the release of a u.s. intelligence report which accuses the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon of approving the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi over the us stopped short of directly punishing the crown prince and the kingdom as did not the reporters full sun on acceptable alan fischer as a report from washington d.c. . when journalist jamal khashoggi walked into the saudi consulate in istanbul on october the 2nd 2018 he thought he was simply picking up paperwork to clear the way for his upcoming wedding instead according to u.s. intelligence the u.s. resident and saudi citizen met a team of saudi agents set to capture or kill him he was never seen alive again now a newly declassified report from the director of national intelligence says saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin selman approved the operation the report states the crown prince viewed khashoggi as a threa

and they have u.s. operations. >> the is operations in dallas. they are based in monterey, and mexico. they are in egypt, they are all around the world. see what they are the saudi arabia cornflower. >> you could say that. >> give me another example of the mexican company investing in the unitede states, i think we never hear about this. there are tons of these there are lots of examples like this. the fourth largest confectionery in the world. >> largest breadmaker. they bought about four years ago, sara lee. >> host: really? >> guest: they own sarae lee. it is a huge mexican company. i think it's the most effective one in mexico in bread making is also a global company. they have o the best logistics you can imagine. and of course they have also more than 30 factories in the u.s. stuart are they the ones it on the twinkies? >> guest: i don't think so but i can check. sue and their also famous for the white bread. >> guest: yes yes.e basically they are great. they are other companies that are smaller,

for in u.s. dollars, and they give a lot of employment are very well known in some of them that are not so well may be. well, i note with the -- most americans will no identify by the new mission foods. >> oh, yes. it's a a largest producer of corn flour in the world. it's a global company and they produce of course for two years. they produce salsa, notches, everything. it's the largest corn flour producer in world. so it is geared for the agro food industry. they are based in dallas and they have come if my memory doesn't feel become more than 25 factories around the u.s. >> has a mexican company and they of u.s. operations are in dallas. >> yes. the u.s. operations are in dallas. of course they are based in moderate in mexico. >> of course. >> they are in egypt. they are all around the world. >> so they are the saudi arabia of cornflower. >> you can call them that. tell me, give me another example of the mexican company investing in the united states creating jobs? whenever about this but ther

that is with the u.s. military would like to see, the ukrainian military would like to see and we could trace the cooperation to the capabilities to the creating or sustaining or increasing -- but not just weapons or trading -- but to the conflict capability. starting with doctrine and then personnel, leadership preparation, infrastructure, with the weapons, so when it all works together and then we can say, this is how it used to be, and after a couple years of military cooperation, that is where we are. that gives a huge reinforcement starting with politicians, diplomats, military, our military, u.s. military, allies, and so on. . can do is focus. the best thing we can do is focus. the corporation was focused on all components of capability, not one specific one. at the same time we have seen equipment coming to the ukraine and not being used to the full extent in full force. we clearly can see where the assistance is mostly effective. regarding the other one, the diplomatic proliferation and so on, we h

this says u.s. officials will ramp up vaccination efforts across the country rolling out math facts and. coast to coast san francisco opening a vaccination hub that has the capacity to administer 10000 shots a day. we watch it on the street while going to. just to be sure did he or did those were his words and for the world's major sports stadiums across the nation also swapping live sports for kovan 1000 vaccines 1st fascination for overhauling. new york thank you stadium drawing lines of people from surrounding neighborhoods in the bronx one of new york city's boroughs with the highest percentage of positive coronavirus cases they didn't disagree with me we will permit them to keep your point. so that back but amid the country's most ambitious vaccination effort in its history a recent survey says about a quarter of americans remain hesitate in getting the shot and say they probably or definitely would not get the coven 1000 x. seen and according to the centers for disease control there are a nota

the u.s. penitentiary last year we're going to print print 10 trillion this year with no way of knowing productive the common county and how to pay this back i mean who are. i think we're going to pay it back to you so we've seen exports or scrap trash exactly trash and soybean sounds like a near fast food restaurant tank on the carrier all right 2nd segment but thanks for being on class report thank you and that's going to do it for this edition of kaiser report with me max kaiser and stacey arutt want to thank our guest dan collins until next time by all. those. beaches. in the lower story. when you go to the movie. that still is the soul of the. chief of. police. seemed wrong. to me. to shape out. and in again. the trail. find themselves worlds apart. to look for common ground. i'm. going to. destroy your government slams facebook for abusing its power all for the social media giant news feed in the country. millions of texans are still without power. struggles are crippling with still. say

u.s. vaccine supply set to double in the coming weeks. janet yellen pushed the need for big stimulus despite strong retail sales and stock valuations. and robinhood's ceo bears the brunt of a congressional hearing on last month's stock frenzy. everyone pronounced his name wrong over and over again. we will bring you the latest from washington dc. we are an hour away from the start of cash equity trading. heading for a weekly drop in global stocks. a lot of non-european indexes down work closed down. we are looking at futures higher for europe stocks, little changed. in terms of what we see in u.s. futures, let's look at the u.s. board. they are also all little changed, although slightly to the downside. we have got some breaking news. the one that caught my eye, air methods -- hermez. sales rising 15%. that is nutso almost double the analyst estimate of eight points are -- of 8.7%. hermes selling more. many people can actually buy one with pent up savings. we have some natwest news. natwes

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the u.s.taliban have not kept their word, including cutting ties with al qaeda. >> it is time that the taliban and their supporters showed the same will for seeking peace as they have demonstrated in seeking conflict. reporter: the taliban say your insistence in completing your five-year term is an obstacle in this peace process. >> what is there alternative? reporter: elections? >> elections. the republic is a system that runs by the will of the people. the source of legitimacy of the next government will be absolutely clear. it has to be the will of the people. reporter: does that have to come at the end of your five-year term? >> no. reporter: it could be earlier if the right conditions are in place? >> this is a premature discussion. reporter: but everyone is talking about. >> everyone is talking. this is a free country. reporter: it's been talked about our regional powers, opposition politician >> let them talk. reporter: washington does not want its forces here a day longer than necessar

the u.s. we have had blackouts from texas to houston in texas, as well as other parts of the united states. north dakota as well, oklahoma. the power grids really taking a hit. that is sending natural gas prices higher and oil prices higher. let's discuss the markets and get started the commodity space and bring in our next guest, who says he is betting on the reflation trade. joining us now is academy security head of macro strategies. great to have you with us. we are now hearing the houston power outages could last several more days. we have seen upward pressure when it comes to the oil market. natural gas commodity space. does this signal that this is really a trend that could stay, or is it a short spike where we are seeing commodity prices spike and inflation expectations spike at the same time? peter: there is a lot going on. one, it's tragic for all the individuals involved without power. i think the current prices will normalize, but the important thing is the big bet to me is we are

as you travel the u.s.o report on her and her campaign, what has been the reaction of the indian american community to her success? >> it has been interesting. her selection as joe biden's running mate was celebrated and hailed. and when joe biden won the election and she became the first asian and black woman to ascend to the vice presidency, that has been a huge source of pride for indian americans everywhere in the u.s. and in india. you saw more tempered reactions when vice president harris was running her own campaign for president. in the days of her campaign, i had done some reporting to explore the reaction among indian americans, and while indian americans were glad she was in the race, and proud to see her there and proud to see more representation of indian americans and asians in the political landscape, they were not rallying to her campaign. there certainly was a generational difference. a lot of older indian americans were very excited about her candidacy, a lot of younger indian americans to

the u.s.a lot of liquidity coming out of the fed. the same thing from europe, and that propels everything as a function of better demand going forward. a very nice story, but it is a bit of an overshoot and that overshoot can last a long time. the reason why is it lacks a trigger to self-destruct or correct in a very large way. what is happening is that the u.s. treasury yield reacts to the large fiscal package by steepening and as we get the u.s. treasury gap, it sends a shockwave in the equity market. that happens now, and that will happen far more in the second half of the year, when we will have all of these fiscal packages and liquidity being pumped into the system. the question in the market being, the answer is quite persistent and you can get relatively high prices that way, to last for a significant amount of time. that means the fed eventually will react to it and the market will try to anticipate this. the second half of the year should be a much more volatile time, but fortunately

which the u.s. government backs as for the broader relationship between present and and present data on that remains to be seen. again as your report said there was a very close relationship between present trouble present trouble and present. that is unlikely to be the case were present to begin with i don't think that there will be the kind of intensive. personal engagement between the 2 parties characterized to leaders characterized by telephone conversations messick in the present by i think we'll draw the line. pretty much where president trump left which was that under pressure from congress the u.s. government rejected the church acquisition of the us well i'm sure it's struck sanctions on turkey and frankly answer that we should gets resolved this relationship is going to be in difficulties i want to pick up on the s 400 ad offense system issue they were bought from russia is techie realigning itself close to moscow and away from nato. well that's something that the new 6 year state lincoln

and u.s. quote a virus deaths approached 500000 more american lives the world war 2 vietnam together. welcome to the program the u.n. nuclear watchdog says an agreement has been reached to cushion the impact of iran's latest moves to reduce corporation to herat wants to put pressure on the u.s. to remove sanctions now the agreement means model train will continue but inspectors will get less access also jabari explains from tehran. an important visit at a critical time rafael gross. the director general of the international atomic energy agency arrived in town on saturday ahead of iran's plan to partly suspend his agency's inspections of its nuclear facilities early on sunday grossi sat down with the head of iran's atomic energy organization to discuss what happens next to his inspectors the director general also met foreign ministers of odd serif before heading back to vienna. and the outcome of those meetings is that the i.a.e.a. reached a temporary bilateral technical understanding with ira

the u.s. president is going to speak to that directly in fact we've just received some excerpts of his speech and really that is the common thread throughout the excerpts that we are looking at here diplomacy now going to be the top priority of this administration a complete turnaround from the america 1st policies of the trumpet ministration the last 4 years the president's going to tell all of us that are listening to the speech that he's been talking to canada mexico the u.k. germany france nato japan south korea australia list goes on about re forming the habits of cooperation and rebuilding the muscles of democratic alliances that have after a feed for 4 years of neglect and abuse it couldn't be much clearer what he's saying is that i'm in charge now things are going to be different and the closing line of this excerpt particularly poignant he says the united states will again lead not just by the example of our power but by the power of example and that moral authority of the united stat

1000 u.s. dollars i know in 5 years the crypto currency is going to be worth far more than the dollars most investment banks have ignored bitcoin saying that it's too risky because it's mostly unregulated but attitudes appear to be changing there's talk of wall street perhaps starting an investment fund backed by bitcoin as early as later this year if it's approved by government regulators and there's a lot of money at stake as early as last month the total value of all cyber currencies reached over one trillion dollars gabriels on doe al-jazeera new york. with al-jazeera these are top stories police of 5 guns into the end man was capsule nate the door to disperse protesters that's according to the voices news agency at least 27 people have been arrested a man delay in the country's 2nd biggest city scott hyde has been following developments from bangkok we have seen mass protests over the last 4 days you know just before tuesday that the biggest thing we saw biggest action we saw kind of pushb

obviously the former u.s. president donald trump there railing against the paris climbers a cold well today the u.s. officially rejoined the agreement after president biden signed an executive order on his 1st day in office reversing donald trump's withdrawal making up for lost time his administration says it will not make climate change a top priority is the biden has appointed former u.s. secretary of state john kerry as the special presidential envoy on climate so his mr kerry at the munich security conference we are officially back in again but in rejoining we've got to be really honest with each other we have to be humble and most of all we have to be ambitious we have to be honest that as a global community we're not close to where we need to be we have to be humble because we know the united states was inexcusably absent for 4 years and most of all we have to be ambitious all of us because we have to get the job done. well let's see what gets in the way of getting that job done with the aid of these was

the u.s. responded with attacks that caused many casualties. then there was the attack on the u.s. embassy in baghdad, and things started to escalate. in this case, it sounds like the biden administration is trying to stop that chain of escalation, sending a message early but not causing mass casualties, trying to send a message to iran that they don't want to go down the same spiral of events that almost led us to a war a year ago. >> well, richard, what about the issue of casualties? you've described the location of the target of these strikes, where it is in terms of being near the border but on the syrian side, that these are sites and buildings that were used to supply these iranian-backed militias that are believed to be responsible for these attacks to which this is a retaliation. but were these air strikes tonight designed to cause casualties among the militias? were they designed to kill people? were they designed just to cause property damage? were they designed to disrupt supply lines in terms of weapons being launched from those locations? are we going to get some sort

declassified u.s. intelligence report claims the saudi crown prince approved the murder of journalist in 28 c. and what may become a game changer for u.s. saudi relations on the joe biden. for 2 stops has come out against plans to make coronavirus vaccinations obligatory for front line workers. and the head of the e.u. clashes with german leader angela merkel over her claims that covert possibles will have to be used by all member states. i've ever global news and international the. international one is called and bright welcome to world news 1st for you this could be starting with the developments in the south caucasus the opposition in armenia is remaining out in force in the center of the capital opponents of the prime minister a currently camped out for a 2nd night in front of the parliament building and yet they vowed to stay there until nicole resigns constantine rushkoff is there for us to biggest news of the last couple of hours in armenia is the outcome of the meeting between the opposition le

u.s. recovery and how the pandemic has hit minorities. we have breaking news out of south korea. you're getting the current account numbers for the month of december. the surplus widening to 11.51 billion dollars. the surplus from the previous month revised higher to $9 billion. a good surplus widening from the previous month coming in at 10 and a half billion dollars in december. the surplus widening from the previous month. we have seen korean trade being very resilient. exports are seeing a record start to 2021. posting its best january ever. we continue to see the services deficit coming in at around $500 million in december, but narrowing in the freebie -- the previous month. let's see how are we are setting up further trading session. sophie: in sydney, stocks higher by 2/10 of 1%. after pay as well. the u.s. aussie dollar holding above 76. the 10 year yield pushed above 123. an extension said the program beyond april. rates will likely stay lower for a while in australia. we are goi

u.s. president joe biden has laid out his vision for america's foreign policy he's promising to restore u.s. leadership on the world stage and repair alliances that were fractured during the trump years biden announced he was ending u.s. support for offensive operations in the saudi led war in yemen including a ban on the sale of specific weapons is also spoken about the coup in me in ma and russia's treatment of opposition figures our state department correspondent robin jordan reports. u.s. president joe biden delivered his 1st foreign policy speech at the state department and made news on the long running war in yemen where saudi and rocky forces have allegedly targeted civilians with u.s. made weapons this war has to end. and to underscore our commitment we are ending all american support for offensive operations in the war in yemen including relevant arm sales on the weekend coup in me and maher the mermaid's military should relinquish power they have seized release the advocates and