not only has u.s. diplomacy not caught up with this leadership, the united states and many people in the policy area haven't grasped that power. many people are still moored in the old time period that, once again, it started ten years ago in terms of shifting, and are still thinking about that. diplomacy needs to change as a result of that. so how did this happen? how did we -- how did the u.s. go from the weakest power in the world when it came to energy posture to the strongest? that's a stunning shift. how did that happen? in my view, there were three drivers associated with that. the trigger, the first one, was significant energy technology advances. if you look at what's being deployed today, pretty much across the board in all the different energy types, in the last generation -- a generation ago, 20 years ago, it did not exist. it was not commercial. so what are some of the inventions that took place? 3d seismic energy, analysis of data, hydraulic drilling, the lithium-ion battery was a science

u.s. central command has advertised that three u.s. service members are being evaluated for possible trmt b.i. those numbers are fluctuate, i'm not aware of any other injuries at this time. again, we'll not hesitate to take appropriate action and protect our forces if they are threatened. finally, throughout his tenure, secretary austin has prioritized the development and rapid fielding of capabilities to counter the urgent and growing threat posed by unmanned systems. this week the secretary signed a classified strategy for countering unmanned systems to unify the department's approach to countering these systems that looks across domains, characteristics and time frames. unmanned systems, more commonly known as drones have the potential to pose both an urgent and enduring threat to u.s. personnel, facilities and assets overseas and increasingly in the u.s. homeland. as you know, the threats presented by these systems are changing how wars are fought. with this singular strategy for countering unmanned systems in conjunction with othe

but for u.s. businesses the elections in iraq and five days in the region whenever that occurs will probably be more consequential for u.s. business decisions, investment opportunities to grow u.s. commercial footprint and iraq. largely because the reform agenda is going to be driven out of baghdad at the provincial level and keeping back on track and seeing what we have seen today will be incredibly important. these elections will perhaps be more impactful for u.s. business. the last thing i would say is often times people think about iraq, they think and economics of the business lane they tend to focus rightly so on energy through it is an important area of focus. lately would give an increase attention to recommendations how to make things more attractive for u.s. and western companies. an untold story is a diversification of u.s. companies during this period you have everything from agriculture and food, to healthcare, to check, and financial services and many others. and i do think there is

host: u.s. weapons to allies from the survey, 46% support giving weapons to allies, that is down 5% from la year with 54% sending weapons to israe 55 percent for sending weapons to ukraine. guest: the big story on military support to israel and ukraine is the deep partisan divide. notably when it comes to ukraine , harris voter support that at 74% were strong voters support by 42% so the overall average and the majority of american people but it's a partisan divide really bearing out. you must have a flipside when it comes to support for israel enters military assistance. that's critical because ukraine is at war right now trying to defend against russian aggression and restore over its territory great israel the same with the war in gaza continuing. folks talk what was happening in syria in this debility of gaza continues to be israel's focus. one thing i know and you have to delineate. in terms of their willingness to have u.s. security assistance, israel and ukraine, but overall the united st

the u.s. to lead in writing global rules for technology. yes, where we should be leading on technology rules america's retreating. or we should be arguing for our values in the face of digital authoritarian we are silent. where we should be working with allies, we are leaving like-minded partners out to dry. even more concerning it's been almost a year since ustr announced policy change at the administration has gone radio silence on what our digital trade policy should look like. predictably wto partners have moved on without the united states it. at ustr's insistence digital trade is also off the table in ongoing negotiations with kenya despite the fact to stand set a gold standard of this important partner in developing nation. at the same time it seems like our administration is out to lunch as foreign government treat american compass by piggy banks bight new digital services taxes it is unacceptable, canada one of our closest trading partners is now collecting with little response by the

the u.s. to along with airborne hockey activities network's magnitude scale and this is at minimum we need to come to an agreement. i would hope go beyond we are much more careful and dovish. >> can you tell us a little more about incident and as a member of congress dealing with these? to be careful because a lot of what we know is not in the public domain. we are in the early 20th century with the mechanisms respond to write every person in front of the committee and no requirement around critical infrastructure. the phone calls of the united states president and it will be a fight of companies will say we are victims. the government is in the airlines business. >> i'm going to be a little crisp on this in my opinion, probably the biggest terms of scale and persistent collection ability edward snowden was defending but this is about as big as anything we've ever seen. my job is oversight by look at new when a lot of. >> with your help the regulation? we will have commerce committee. 2011, 20

the u.s. achieved everything without that. the u.s. went from 4 million barrels a day in 2008 to now right around 13 million barrels a day and we accomplished that during the trump administration. so between 2008 and the end of the trump administration, we increased by 9 million barrels a day. for those of you familiar with the opec numbers, 9 million barrels a day is more than the total production of almost every country in opec. that's how much we added on a daily basis. so the power associated with what i just described is truly tremendous and that was kind of the drivers. so, thinking further bit about u.s. and canada combined. these markets evolved and the u.s. increased, canadian natural gas production. there was tremendous growth associated with a combined u.s.-canada footprint. obviously the u.s. as was mentioned was the target for the delivery of a lot of oil and gas coming from canada. the infrastructure was built. not all of it but a good amount of it was built to transport oil and gas production south so it could either be

when u.s.icials discuss the potential launching earlier today, you just discussed at the podium, is that based on an intelligence assessment or what's prompting kind of this early warning? sabrina: this was based on an intelligence assessment that it's possible that russia could use this missile in the coming days. they have used this type of capability before. i know you reported on it then. i think the point of us getting out this information is to also ensure that this is not going to be a silver bullet, change the battlefield. the war is going to continue. and our support for ukraine is going to continue. reporter: does that intelligence include any assessment where it might -- what targets it might strike? sabrina: i'm not going to be able to give you more details on that. reporter: so commercial satellite photos came out yesterday showing that the russian navy kay cated their base -- vacated their base, their military airbase further south. is there any concern from the building or from y

the u.s. and korea. i traveled with sitting ambassadors across the country as part of a signature program called the ambassadors dialogue. what i learned during the trip is along with k pop and k drama, there is something called k diplomacy. i think we will earn more about that because that tore into this volume has helped me to see diplomacy in its essence as a person-to-person exchange between representatives of their countries that also is a personification of the relationship. i think this book, an inside view from the ambassadors covers many decades of conversations between representatives of the u.s. and south korea who have managed the relationship through thick and thin. korea will change how one looks at how the relationship is managed because investors views are highly personal interactions supporting the relationship. i also want to say this book, we are giving freep copies to people here we also are making available for free to anybody who contacts us at keia.org, if you want to or

you have such, the u.s. government is so large and the japanese government is very large, but what happens, if you are not conveying the same message and you are losing the trust of the other side, you have to work hard at that. general wright, we would have daily intelligence briefings at the embassy and we would share those, in general wright would come once a week or send the deputy commander tim larson in his place. we would have, we would adjourn the intel meeting and then we would go back and visit one-on-one. it really worked. it worked for both of us. because he really couldn't tell me what to do, i couldn't tell him what to do, and i thought it might be good to point out that if we said the same thing, the rising tide might lift both boats and it did. you have to have that coordination. you have to have the coordination within the government. one of the most difficult things that i think you have to contend with, and i see nick snyder back there, but you have to constantly keep washington updated as

the u.s. maritime capabilities overall and it presented some pretty alarming pictures as the ambassador said, china has 230 times the capacity of the united states in terms of shipping orders. the united states had five last year. china had something like 1,700, so it's pretty stark. mr. brock, can you tell us a little about how the department is feeling about this problem? i know you have been and i know the department of the navy has several initiatives underway? >> yes, the secretary's maritime initiative at its core is intended to restore the maritime power of the nation for several reasons. the first reason, of course, is that our ability to build on naval combatants and the numbers we need in the time frame we need and for the cost that the american taxpayer can afford requires a broader industrial base, maritime industrial base to make that happen. you know, as over the last 30 to 40 years, as our maritime capacity, other than the naval, has almost entirely disappeared and china has ris

armitage: my view is the u.s.-japan relationship far outpaces the u.s.-u.k. relationship. why would i say that? the political stability in japan , notwithstanding prime minister's changing with sometimes stunning regularity. military strength, which japan has, which great britain doesn't have. the anecdote that ambassador emmanuel told about japan calling folks to get them on board with the resolution of the u.n.. could the u.k. do that? no, they couldn't today. i think what we wrote in 2000 has been far surpassed today. chris: i want to ask a personal question, then i will open up to the audience for a question or two before we close this portion. to go back to what you said at the beginning, ambassador kato, you both began to assume international positions in the alliance at the same time. you became a director in the north american affairs bureau in 1981. rich, you were a deputy assistant secretary for east asia in the same year. did you meet at that time? talk a little about your relationship at that time, how you began to work together, and what the major issues of th

the u.s.. futures pointed to the gains of 0.7% looking to add 157. let's look across assets with a focus on the u.s. 10 year you -- 10 year given the adjustments, pricing and a few more basis points in terms of cuts for 2025. at the markets on the back of the data, 452 on the rest benchmark 10 year, the euro back above 1.04 but for how long is the current, is the question is some come out -- call out parity for the euro, currently 1.04 on the single currency. the u.s. dollar 0.1% up. brent, looking at the tensions, verbal and rhetoric around the panama canal, we will see if that is resolved in terms of trump's thinking on the question. a bit of a lift on the back of that story. bitcoin over 95 thousand, below the 108,000 it reach last week taking a bit of a breather. crypto's up 0.5 percent. checking in on asian markets, getting a bit of a lift on the back of the cooler inflation picture in the u.s. certainly taking the hand and the baton from the u.s. picture on friday, the benchmark currentl

the u.s. homeland is very small. and they tend to be adversarial to the united states, russia, north korea and china. candidly, it's hard to see pakistan's actions than anything other than an emerging threat to the united states. leaders across our administration, myself included, have raised these concerns repeatedly with senior pakistani officials. we've been a long time partner with pakistan on development of counterterrorism and other security issues, including quite sensitive issues. we've provided support to islamabad during difficult times and continue to desire a cooperative relationship in these areas of shared interest. that makes us question even more why pakistan would be motivated to develop capability that could be used against us. unfortunately, it is our sense that pakistan has failed to that these concerns and frankly, the concerns of others in the international community seriously and continues to advance these capabilities. as a result, the biden administration has implement

the u.s., russia an china, dimming talks for nuclear arms diplomacy and modernization efforts by china, russia and the united states. and we could be on the precipice of a dangerous, unconstrained threeway nuclear arms competition. and since you said, since february of 2022, concerns about russia's nuclear posture and its intentions have grown. conversations with russia on risk production and arms control have been suspended and of course we have china now on a steady and some would say fast buildup of its nuclear forces with unclear tensions and unclear way it's headed. in our discussion with jon finer, proposals have been addressed in congress and elsewhere to expand the scope and cost of the u.s. weapons program and possibly to deploy more nuclear weapons on the existing systems or to build new nuclear weapons capabilities beyond those which we already have. others including those of us at the arms control association means adding more warheads on missiles and deploying more bombers and mor

the u.s.ent says a chinese state sponsored actor hacked the u.s. treasury department earlier this month, gaining access to staff workstations and some unclassified documents. relatives of those killed in sunday's plane crash in south korea demand answers from the government, as the anxious waste continues for the recovery of their loved ones. u.s. congress and leadership say jimmy carter will lie in state u.s. capitol rotunda for two days before his state funeral, after the former president died at the age of 100. and edinburgh's world-renowned new year's eve celebrations are canceled due to extreme weather forecasted across scotland. ♪ >> hello and welcome to bbc. the u.s. government has said a state sponsored actor in china has hacked the treasury department, gaining access to staff workstations. a spokesperson set unclassified documents were compromised in the attack this month. treasury said it had worked with the fbi and other agencies to determine the impact of the breach, adding that th

for example, u.s. low mandate that u.s. military ships must be built in america which have limited the expands with foreign partners. this is salient as approaching elections, increase the core to protect american manufacturing and the associated jobs. nevertheless, this is a pivotal moment and we must recognize that cooperation creates benefits than protection. while the u.s. remains unmatched in its ability to produce the most technology advanced military force, strengthening the military base cannot be accomplished overnight or by itself. we can best enhance our capabilities and innovation to ensure a secure future at sea only by working together with trusted partners with the strength to compliment our own. recognized this and introduced a regional sustainable framework. it's a creative way to expand cooperation within the boundaries of the current u.s. law. it provides opportunities for allies and partners to help maintain and repair u.s. military system closser closer to the point of their name. korean companies have

police in several u.s. states are searching for a person of interest in the killing of a u.s.re company ceo in new york city. officials told the bbc's partners u.s. news the searches ongoing across new york state, etiquette and new jersey. local media reports the man sought by police have left the city on a bus to atlanta. video appears to show the suspt moments before he shot united health care chief executive brian thompson on wednesday. here is what we know so far. police say the suspect was first seen on manhattan's upper west side two hours before the shooting. more than 90 minutes later he walked to the hilton hotel in midtown manhattan where he waited to launch his attack. thompson walked from his hotel to the health a five minutes later. the suspect shot thompson at least twice before riding towards central park on a bike. let speak to our north america correspondent who is in new york city. what is the latest with this investigation? >> as you say, the very latest from police sources via our partner cbs news is the suspect may have left new york on a greyhound bus bou

u.s. iraq relations and how they're going to evolve. we'll start with you. you're the head of the iraq initiative in the middle east programs and the iraq expert and the author of reclaiming iraq in the 1920 evolution and the founding of the modern state. you are a former assistant professor of national security for middle east studies at the naval postgraduate school in monterey. you've held a senior graduate position in washington. i could go on. i think i'll keep it truncated at that. and then to his left we have dr. macine al shamari. you're a scholar of the middle east and your primary focus is on religious institutions, civil society and protest movements and you teach courses on religion and the state in the middle east. and welcome to the atlantic council. vice president and deputy head of middle east at the u.s. chamber of commerce. steve is also president of the u.s.-iraq business council. the only organization focused exclusively on the bilateral relationship. you've been travel

sumi: for more on u.s. investment in africa, i spoke to a democrat from illinois, a ranking member on the house committee on china. congressman, president biden visit in an effort to counter chinese influence in africa, what do you think of the massive railway project the president biden announced will do? rep. krishnamoorthi: i think it is a game changer. the chinese government actually tried to find a rehabilitation of that particular railway in 2017, but it was so shoddy that there are almost 10 accidents per year, and this is just an example of what happens when you bring the ccp, the chinese communist party come into the development game. they bring something called the belt and wrote initiative, which we call debt trap diplomacy. so this rehabilitation attempt failed, then the angolans turned to the europeans and americans to try to salvage this project. so now we are working on it, and we are working on a in a way at will help angolans but also help the world, since angola is such a source of critica

the u.s. has been watching this very closely, and the breathtaking speed at which this has unfolded from its beginning in aleppo until where we are now, where we're at the point where we're reporting there are rebel forces who have entered the capital of damascus, which should have been a stronghold of bashar al assad. especially noteworthy is the fact that nobody seems to know where he is. the u.s. has been watching this, although the u.s. has also been determined not to get involved in this. this is the assad regime with all the horrors of that over the past several years against a rebel group led by a us designated terror organization for the u.s., there is no good side to pick here. and so the u.s. watches from a distance. and yet it is of critical national security importance not only for the wider region and the middle east, but the u.s. has 900 forces in syria. about that? yes it's in a different part. it's in the eastern part of syria. but what affects the entire country has the potent

u.s. national security panel deadlocks on the sale of u.s. steel to nippon steel, paving the way for president joe biden to kill the deal. shares in honda surge after the automaker announces plans to buy back as much as $7 billion of stock, easing concerns about a tie-up with ailing peer nissan. tom: good morning, december the 24th, happy christmas eve. european futures pointing lower 0.5%, despite the upside that has come through across the asian session. we have headlines crossing the last few minutes around reporting suggesting that china plans to issue more treasury issuance in 2025, partly to defund a splurge on the consumer, to ensure the consumer has enough funds to keep buying. emphasis on the chinese consumer again according to that reporting. ftse 100 futures pointing to gains of 0.5%. s&p futures flat, nasdaq in similar territory it but you did see gains yesterday for the nasdaq and s&p by 1%, despite the fact that the consumer sentiment survey of health of the lowest level in t

the u.s./japan, and china. sort off elementary balance of power says it's better to be part of the two than the one. my outline maintained the u.s./japan security treaty was critical i will not bore you with the domestic politicalti bureaucracy of political struggles tosi try to get change in the american position. what's interesting is it took a while for japan to adjust. it was at that time as i mentioned the coalition in japan was quite suspicious of the u.s. alliance. that meant the counterparts were, as rich said earlier if got to pay attention i remember going to dinner one night is when the real work gets done you sit all day with this green tablecloth at a little japanese flag then you go and have drinks and about 9:00 p.m. or 10:00 p.m. after a few drinks you understand what's really on people's minds. one of those sessions was how you would pound the table for diplomacy. one of those late night drink sessions by japanese counterparts said will be frank with you we see china's economy growing we see ch

u.s.upreme court case pushes gender affirming care for transgender minors back into the national spotlight. >> being like a trans youth member is like hard enough and you are hearing all of these sayings that lawmakers are saying about you and it makes you feel like there is no purpose. >> pete hegseth meets with senators in a bid to salvage his troubled nomination for u.s. defense secretary. >> on an historic trip to angola, president biden pledges more investment in african nations but is the u.s. effort to counter china and russia on the continent too little too late? ♪ >> major funding for the pbs news hour has been provided by. >> in 1995, two friends set out to make wireless coverage accessible to all with no long-term contract, nationwide coverage, and 100% u.s.-based customer support. consumer cellular, freedom calls. >> a successful business owner sells his company and restores his father's jazz club. a raymond james financial advisor gets to know you, your passions and the way yo

u.s. u.s. tanks are important. any number of reasons, not only with the u.s. army, but for the allies. it's oftentimes forgotten but about 40% of the tanks built in the united states war two served in foreign armies. that was primarily the army, but also the soviet army, the red army in world war two. so once again, repeat that number, 40% of u.s. tanks serve outside the united army, and i include. a small chapter at the back on u.s. tanks, the pacific theater. when we think of tanks in world two, really don't think of tanks the pacific. we think of them in europe. think of them in, you know, the early campaigns in italy, the the the landings, indeed especially the battle of the bulge, then the final campaign in germany. we don't think them as being in serving. and yet in the pacific, the u.s. army deployed a third of its separate tank battalions. in the pacific theater. the marines, of course, had all six of their separate tank battalions and pacific. so i included that it some contemporary relevance today when of course, a lot the national defense focuses on

president, the u.s. dafna yoran middle east. >> what should the us know about where austin tice might be and if he's safe the lady's alive. >> we think we can get her back, but we have no direct evidence to that yet and assad should be held accountable. >> have you directed an operation to go get him mr. president? >> is this andrew mccabe get who austin tice we want to get him out. >> yes, sir we have to identify where he is. >> thank you. >> thank you sir so you heard the president as he was going through that door. >> answer a question about austin tice, the american who's been held prisoner in syria for no reason at all for 12 years. we believe he's alive, the president says, and we and the united states will try to get him out there trying to find out where he is and he's been in touch with his family as well. on the more substantive issue right now, the overall situation in syria. the president of the united states promised that the united states will remain vigilant and will work very, very closel

the u.s.. for the restrictions on russian oil could be coming from the biden administration. up 7/10 of 1%. let's check in on asian markets right now. once again, the ion china. avril: we are keeping an eye on that central economic work conference underway in china. the sense of whether we are going to see clearer concrete details on stimulus after the politburo's forceful stimulus signals earlier in the week. given how markets have been disappointed before, certainly we are seeing that sense of uncertainty and skepticism in chinese stocks. they really been struggling to clock gains today. we are also keeping an eye on the rest of asia. the u.s. cpi print. worth noting that the trading volumes are lower than a typical this time in the session. korea is clocking gains. you have a bit of a technical rebound after the slump, given the political turmoil in the country. in terms of sectors, tech is not doing well. tsmc down for a second day, despite solid sales. this is against the backdrop of the

the u.s. we see that in two areas. the one is in healthcare. we think european healthcare looks interesting, obviously it is a global market and there are a lot of innovative and leading european companies leading the charge in terms of structural developments in that state, healthcare, whatever. the second is on small mid caps, companies which might be a bit smaller, but are often exposed to some of the structural themes. should the additional beneficiaries we start seeing the european bank cut interest rates over the course of the next year, also what we expect. two big focused areas for us in europe on those places. in general for europe, we don't see a huge amount of upside. the preferred market would be of the u.s., but i think you can still find value in the region. >> i was also quite interested in some remarks that are on the outlook for 2025, in relation to the outlook for europe as a condiment. you said, we see scope for a positive surprise for the europe euro, tell us why. >> two th

e u.s. eity and its users which by definition is fully precd speech. in order to say they ca do that takes the rights ay and has to meet scrutiny. andons. entities thrvment were two elementshere. they aren't here. but as i say -- i am just saying if the occurration being worried about is the assertion of control by the chinese governmentndhina and hits within the usaid. >> and speech. that's a complicated question. i don't think the court has to go that far. i think the courts -- what's clear here is the burden of t government because of this in order to determine future risk that there is no dispute that is affected by the first amendmen-- [indiscernible] >> what is the best evidce that tiktok u.s. or tiktok ink is engaged in activity that is notontrolled? >> u.s. entity. >> u.s. entity. u. entity and establishes a presptn. the government not arguing there is sm here. and of course there is a lot of spch -- [indiscernible] combined tsathere is no showing here and no argument here there is s

. >>> and the u.s. futures seek higher with the dow on track to break the longest losing streak in almost 50 years, as the federal reserve looks at to deliver the third straight rate cut. >>> very good morning, everyone, what a busy wednesday this far. let's start with the main story, the bank has up its potential stake to 28%. the italian lender holds 9.5% of commerce bank directly and a reminder through derivatives. a 29.9% stake and has applied, therefore, for the ecb to get there. let's go to milan. with e have claudia this morning. claudia, what i would like to understand is whether there's a sense in italy that perhaps they are on track to approve a higher stake for unicredit, and why we are seeing this announcement this morning. >> well, of course, we don't know for sure what the ecb is going to do. the idea is based on their view and their position in terms of consolidation within the european banking system, it would be surprising should they not. the expectation is they should give approval fo

it affects the u.s.. in the uk, nigel was saying one factor is the u.s. being quiet about the incoming administration. any comment about what the u.s. is comfortable with the deal as it stands, should go ahead or renegotiate? >> sean, that is a great question. the secretary address this in october. he said we welcome the historic agreement between mauritius and the uk on the status. we strongly support negotiations between the two countries over the past couple of years and we are pleased to see this come to fruition through diplomatic effort. i will let both mauritius and the uk speak to any other comments about the process and the current status and how they are thinking about timelines. >> as far as the u.s. is concerned, you are comfortable with the deal? >> we continue to be supportive of this. we are again, pleased about the diplomatic outcome. on timelines, on the specifics, i differ to the two parties to speak to it. >> do you have any update the embassy operations on potential u.s. assistance? >> we stand ready to provide support in court nation

we are long u.s. equities against europe, short u.s. rates against europe and love the u.s.ollar against a who, the euro. welcome to the program and fantastic timing to talk about this trade with you. you've gone through the so-called trump trades and stress tested them. have exhausted are they a month later? >> that's a good question. i think it depends a little bit on the asset class. in rates, we've seen a lot happening. interestingly, inflation is actually below where it was before the election and the curve is flatter. this whole idea that trump will bring very aggressive fiscal policy has been questioned a little bit just how likely it is, and secondly i think it has become also somewhat later in this whole sequencing of trump trades. on the other hand, it is still going very strong. i think the idea that tariffs are coming and that they are coming soon, if anything, has been strengthened since we had several tweets from president-elect trump, so the dollar has kept giving and we expect it to continue because to be honest, for that trend to be over before the first sal

as the u.s. that familiar with this? does the u.s. have any ability to reason thanks howard. i first? when you have any information to provide for sensor data other than again as i highlighted earlier, we are employing a variety of passive and active sensors and a quarter to detect as it pertains to dod installations. and of course we are not the only ones in this business might come see u.s. civil airspace i would do for you to dhs and faa on that front. as far as co- bonnie goes in the cease-fire discussions between groups that are there, the sdf and others, that something were obviously monitoring closely as i highlighted to your colleague will have a vested interest in ensuring that groups in the region capitalize on the situation to enable the people of syria to be able to have a better life than they did under the regime. with use of force presence in syria, its focus on defeat isis mission. so that continues to be our focus and i will leave it there. >> but the strikes took place yesterday giving more of that? >> what i can tell you is, talk about the counter isis, def

u.s.eems to be -- the alternative. jonathan: the u.s. looks like a bastion of stability compared to the rest of the world. we are trying to figure that out this hour. over in europe, france facing a real possibility of their government toppling by the end of today's session. annmarie: the u.s. even at this point potentially leading up to the election, people are talking that we might be in a state of chaos. it actually came and went without a lot of fanfare but right now around the world there are these can turn. something you've talked about for months, countries around the world punishing incumbents, whether that is because intractable long gems in places like france or germany or for other issues like and south korea. the global order is changing and people are looking for new ways and maybe that means leaning into more populist voices. lisa: in 2016 donald trump was considered the chaos agent and people were wondering bastion of stability, the united states is no longer. and now it is

u.s.sident. the carter center says he was surrounded by family when he died on sunday after being in a home. in home, hospice care for nearly two years. jimmy carter was known for his dignity and devotion to service, dedicated his life to fighting for human rights, and brokering peace in many parts of the world. president joe biden has declared january the 9th as a national day of mourning, calling on americans to visit their places of worship and pay homage to the late leader what i find extraordinary about jimmy carter, though, is that millions of people all around the world, all over the world, feel they lost a friend as well, even though they never met him. >> and that's because jimmy carter lived a life measured not by words, but by his deeds. just look at his life. his life's work. he worked to eradicate disease. not not just at home, but around the world. he forged peace, advanced civil rights, human rights, promote a free and fair elections around the world. he built housing and ho

the u.s. government's operational response to the beirut bombings, the covert effort to drive the soviets out of afghanistan. his contributions were chronicled in the film and new york times best seller, charlie wilson's war and he has just published his own remarkable book, detailing his own personal experiences across the span. so we could literally have no one better qualified to address the set of issues. what preceded 9/11, the connection between that and what followed in the 20 years. i yelled back. >> thank you, colin. i would like to also recognize dr. noah coburn who is joining us remotely. he is provost and vice president for academics at the evergreen state college. he is trained as a socio cultural anthropologist and focuses on political structures and violence in the middle east and south asia. he has conducted field work in afghanistan, kyrgyzstan, uzbekistan, nepal, india and turkey. his most recent book, the last days of the afghan republic, a doomed evacuation 20 years in the

trump has said he thinks the u.s. should not be involved in they u.s. -- and get the u.s. been bombing select sites tied to the islamic state. >> and yet we will be involved. and we should be, i think. the option is to be involved and help shape the future of the middle east, and we've been involved in that since after the second world war, or to receipt, in which case the opportunity for void and pressure on allies whether they be israel or saudi or jordan become much greater. i think the american involvement is here to stay. america sees the opportunity, frankly, as does israel and others to assert maximal pressure. one of the cruxes in the world in a hot conflict that has been more controlled by moderate arab states or by iran and others. >> when you say exert maximum pressure, maximum pressure on who? is this on a turkey, on iran? >> yes. in a different ways, sure. turkey is clearly a winner of this already in the sense that it gets to exert more influence in syria and we will see how the push for influence is taken by the victors in this conflict. clearly it's nose ha

u.s. influence and asia, which has taken a hit in the last couple of years, and finally, building collaboration to work on global challenges and to foster peace. these are not necessarily big ideas but i think it is important sometimes to think about less grandiose ideas but ensuring that more modest proposals are implemented well so let me start with reducing the risk of major conflict. i was on the maritime domain and am watching tensions with concern, particularly tensions that might draw in the united states into the conflict with china. while there are skirmishes between china and the philippines about small features in the south china sea might seem minor but in the big scheme of things that could escalate and draw the united states so i suggest the next administration reiterate their commitment to the philippines and the mutual defense treaty and also privately communicate some of the boundaries or limit of that treaty and urge the u.s. to privately communicate with beijing that any