u.s. troops from syria has intensified the fighting there. the new speaker of the u.s. house of representatives nancy pelosi has hailed a new door in as a democratic party took control of the lower house of congress pelosi welcome to the most diverse group of representatives in american history with more women elected than ever before but she says working with the republicans who still control the senate will not be easy she has

"u.s. newsiets for 2019 and janai norman has more on that. >> good morning and happy new year. getting healthy is one of the top new year's resolutions. so many of us plan to work out more and eat better and to help jump-start that we're breaking down the top diets, which is better for who so you can figure out which is the best for you. ♪ a new year and a new chance to change your diet for the better? this morning, "u.s. news & world report" releasing their annual ranking of the 41 best diet plans. >> we have convened a panel of experts in nutrition and obesity research and diabetes and heart disease and each year they score a pool of diets for us. >> reporter: from the best diets for diabetes to the diets that will help keep you heart healthy. >> i love bread. >> reporter: this year ww formerly known as weight watchers taking the top spot in the weight loss category. the point counting system ranked number one among commercial diets. >> the thing about this diet that our experts like no food i

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u.s. capitol good evening to you my answer of the new u.s. congress is the most diverse ever is that due to president drama or is that despite the trump effect. well as you mentioned brant this definitely looks like a reversal of the decision that american voters made in two thousand and sixteen and somewhat of a slap in the face to what looked like a tramp administration that was very white very old a little bit male and now we as you said have one of the most diverse congresses in the history of the country a signal that a lot of voters in many places in this country are not happy with the way things are going and this is going to reframe that you've heard from lawmakers really on both sides of the aisle saying this isn't working things aren't going the way they should the government isn't functioning as we see because of the government shutdown now and we were going to be looking at a government divided now over the two years of republican dominance of the government did not produce a lot of the results that many of the republicans were ho

u.s. senator mentioned after this news broke here you can see him saying. it's this sort of behavior is not going to stop until we pass comprehensive legislation that enshrines every american's right to privacy with a privacy bill of rights referring to a bill that actually mr markey introduced early last year of course on the other hand it's not hurting the company's bottom line facebook this week posting a record profit of nearly seven billion dollars coalescent thank you so much for that. just a few days away from the start of the chinese year of the pig since pigs symbolize good fortune satisfaction and wealth in china many believe it's go to be a good year but pigs especially popular that when they're on a plate roasted for example combs traditional style. here they hang ready to be roasted this restaurant in hong kong offers the only suckling paying to be roasted in underground grills the veteran chen fire something every morning. the pork gets cooked at three hundred sixty degrees celsius. that was the last roaster is to roast pigs and wood fired und

u.s. news network c.n.n. is expanding into new markets opening a portuguese language station in brazil but the team heading up the operation is raising a few eyebrows. three sils donald. trying extreme views on a variety of things telling a congresswoman she was not pretty enough to really express. like a military dictatorship. this is an apple. some people might try to tell you that it's a banana you might even start to believe this is a banana. but it's not. this. is an apple. or do you know it's an apple but we don't know what c.n.n. thinks we did ask for a response we have yet to get a reply. in the meantime another us media outlet buzz feed is again insisted a controversial article it published is true despite it being branded as not accurate by the office of special counsel robert mueller the story alleged donald trump ordered his former lawyer to lie to congress about dealings with moscow. to get reports. tough times if you work at buzz feed lots of criticism abuse the outlets getting these last few day

but even though much of the u.s. news coverage and many of the u.s.nalysts note the fact that a lot of poor people are now joining and going into the streets protesting against maduro there is absolutely no ay that the u.s. will allow poor people's movement. imagine if such a thing came into being. a poor people's movement in venezuela that wanted to oust majuro but replace it with a new policy that was also pro-poor and sought to gain justice. there's no way the u.s. would tolerate that. the u.s. will insist that a new opposition that comes to power be controlled by the far right elements who represent the very rich and who are willing to take instructions from washington as was clearly illustrated in the pence and the -- hence newly proclaimed president of venezuela. what i think the proper role for is tos. at this moment lift the sanctions, lift the currentlyld that is increasing the level of hunger. misery inlevel of venezuela that was already caused by the incompetence of this government. the u.s. has done everything they can to increase it. just

on stories such as trump's recent decision to pull out of the syrian conflict are evidence that u.s. news networks have become captives. of the security state so when i started as a commentator on m.s.n. b.c. and n.b.c. in one nine hundred ninety nine there were others who were from the academic world there were others who are activists now all we hear are retired generals and admirals and high level government officials all of you have so many credentials we don't really know where to start but let's talk start with the general things that only one of us who has four stars. and all we hear is a kind of partisan analysis of how bad trump is because he's breaking with past administration policy or whatever the american public suffers it's amazing to look at how many former national security state officials are on television i mean you'd expect maybe and it's a tele tarion society to have former intelligence officials being your experts were supposed to be democratic and i can't think of people less qualified to opine on politics and to represent the interests of average people then those o

the new speaker of the u.s. house of representatives nancy pelosi has hailed a new door as a democratic party took control of the lower house of congress closely welcome to the my study vast group of representatives in american history and vowed to keep the trump presidency and check the first mission is to end the possible government shutdown and jordan reports from washington d.c. do you solemnly swear it's a day your first for the one hundred sixteenth u.s. congress do you solemnly swear the new faces and some familiar ones being sworn into office. and then getting down to work. democrat nancy pelosi still the first and only woman to serve as house speaker returns for a second time best to play younger more diverse and more liberal legislators who want reforms in health care the economy and immigration in the u.k. palosi also has to temper colleagues desire to investigate and perhaps impeach president donald trump but first ending the federal government shutdown democrats will be offering the senate republican

according to u.s. newsnd world report people there tend to live longer and are far less likely than americans to suffer from cancer or heart disease.the mediterranean diet puts an emphasis on living an active lifestyle first and foremost.also recommending a diet rich in produce, whole grains, nuts, olive oil, and seafood.red meat and sugary foods are very limited.but don't be shy about adding in red wine... in course.the mediterranean is also ranked diet for diabetes...wondering which diet came in last?the very high protein... rule- heavy... dukan diet.experts ranked the diet poorly in heart-healthy, ease of use, and overall impact on health...representatives for the dukan diet could not be reached for comment.for today's health minute, i'm reid binion. (ken) a special birthday wish has come true for a wod war two veteran and purple heart recipient in california. duane sherman recently turned 96, but he didn't feel like celebrating. many of his friends have died, and his daughter says most of the mail he ge

according to u.s. newseport people there tend to live longer and are far less likely than americans to suffer from cancer or heart disease.the mediterranean diet puts an emphasis on living an active lifestyle first and foremost.also recommending a diet rich in produce, whole grains, nuts, olive oil, and seafood.red meat and sugary foods are very limited.but don't be shy about adding in red wine... in moderation of course.mediterranean is also ranked as the best diet for diabetes...wondering which diet came in last?the very high protein... rule-heavy... dukan diet.experts ranked the diet poorly in heart-healthy, ease of use, and overall impact on health...repres entatives for the dukan diet could not be reached for comment.for today's health minute, i'm reid binion. (vicki) just when you started feeling good about your new year's resolution to lose weight-- the girl scouts start selling cookies! and they have a new temptation this year. (vicki) it's something that should go without saying... but netflix is s

u.s. history those are the headlines i'll be back with more news here after the listening post do stay with us. russian filmmaker under a necker self continues his journey across his homeland to discover what life is like undo putin during his travels he meets christians and muslims patriots and separatists i told you the locals in the southeast will know when i arrive i don't do something completely different some of them to leave russia but for others the russian passport means hope and the challenge of happened in search of putin's russia on knowledge is zero. zero. zero zero one zero zero zero credit for us. right. now the. pressure. hello i'm richard burton you're at the listening post here are some of the stories we're covering this week venezuela president maduro begins his second term and the media landscape looks far different than when he began his first the sudanese government faces street protests and turns to an online clampdown that straight out of the strongman playbook the wall street journal hoax and the perils of single source journalism plus had geography and american pre

browser from now on the features built into the app at least you can switch it off after launch in the u.s. news current will expand to serve the billions of people globally who get news online so perhaps a little contract with microsoft could be one of the first steps of that expansion readers of any of that red colored carousel caution please by the way this is what we've heard from one of you case most read outlets rated one out of five for credibility. we have only very recently become aware of the new scarred star tap and are in discussions with them to have this egregiously rainiest classification resolved as soon as possible with these guys mole store all the criteria is fine grain like you're good to go oh buzz feed's they're in the green zone too because perhaps it never spews out anything unconfirmed or unreliable even the teen green bench in the u.k. has realized something sprog bubbly wrong here but once i remind you who's behind news guard things will start to make sense i mean do you really expect the brainchild of a board of advisors that's comprised of all kinds of former america

this is a round up of our top stories the new u.s. house of representatives now controlled by the democrats has passed a package of bills to end the partial government shutdown but the republican majority senate is expected to block it earlier the new speaker nancy pelosi held a new era as her party officially took control of the house our nation is a stark moment two months ago the american people spoke and demanded a new dawn they called upon the beauty of our constitution our system of checks and balances that protects our democracy remembering that the legislative branch is article one the first branch of government to the presidency and to the judiciary. a joint investigation by al-jazeera and the interceptor has revealed the u.s. military stepped up its bombing campaign against eisel that's after president trumps decision to withdraw american troops reports say eleven people were killed in u.s. led strikes in northern syria in ice or controlled territories saudi arabia says eleven suspects in the murder of journalist amount have

u.s. imimposing new sanctions. the u.s. will buy no venezuelan oil, but another important move here is that the u.s. treasury has ordered citgo to divert all of its u.s. revenues into u.s.-controlled accounts, and we could then reroute to the government we recognize in venezuela. that of juan guido it's designed to cut off most of anybody lass moduro's money. oil prices are moving a little bit higher on the news up about 1%. let's bring in now helema croft at rbc there's so much to unpack. listen, the sakes and the oil itself don't appear to be that big of a deal. they're down to 500,000 barrel az day we can use easily make that up what about the citgo news? how much do you think that is going to alter the game in venezuela? >> i mean, this is a huge story. if you think about for venezuela, all their exports to china and russia are essentially paying back loans. they generate revenue by placing barrels in the united states we really are taking away billions of dollars from the moduro government. it's a move designed to get

news. laura: t battle against i.s. continues as the u.s. pulls out.hought the art of tter writing was dead in the age of twitter. but on day 33 of the government shutdown, president trump and speaker nancy pelosi were duking it out on per. first the president wrote that he would be giving the state of the union address as p next tuesday, but speaker pelosi replied not so fast, you cannot do it from the house chamber until the government is reopened. then the president went on the trusty medium tv to say that e speaker was afraid of the truth. for more on allf this, i spoke , senior catanese politics writer for "u.s. news & world report." we have the president and the spdker trading poison-fille letters. who is going to win the shutdown? david: it is hard to see. they are so dug in that it is hard to see either of them walking away from the line. in filling the invitation to the state of the union, this might be an opportunity for tr get an advantage. i think he willa still d massive speech tuesday night and ergo to the bordn a state like arizona where

u.s. anger and new s stories coming in to the united states along with the news that the mexican revolution may disrupt relations in that region . the texas rangers play an interesting role. the ranger force was less than 20 rangers. over20, they had well 1000. the texas rangers became the police force of the border. weene was controversy bet

u.s. navy. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span . >> up next, the federal chief information security officer speak for cybertek on security issues and trends. this is 15 minutes. >> good morning. thank you for being here thanks for sponsoring the week and getting everyone excited and aware of all the issues associated with cyber security. we do have a great agenda i wish i could stay for the day but i can't i have a couple other things i have to do but i look forward to the dialogue you all will have all day. i will start with a bit of a story. 10 years ago i was a defense intelligence daily chief information officer. one of the jobs that i'd been at less than a year and one of the roles is to run this thing called jay wicks which is the joint worldwide communications the system. essentially, the nation's top secret internet. the way the government interacts at a top-secret level. almost exact way 10 years ago, it was a saturday afternoon and i was sailing, he said hey grant get to his

. >> "u.s. newsld report" has ranked this year's best diets, and which of those diets are better for whom. >> reporter: a new year and a new chance to change your diet for the better, but which diet is best for you? "u.s. news & world report" releasing their annual ranking of the 41 best diet plans. >> we have convened a panel of experts in nutrition and obesity research and diabetes and heart disease. and each year they score a pool of diets for us. >> reporter: from the best diets for diabetes to the diets that will help keep you heart healthy. >> i love bread. >> reporter: this year, ww, formerly known as weightwatchers, taking the top spot in the best weight loss diet category. the point counting system also ranked number one among commercial diets. >> the thing about this diet that our experts like is no food is actually off limits and you can shape your diet however you like, so long as you're meeting a certain points target every day. that makes a diet a whole lot easier to follow. >> reporter

. >>> u.s. news and world report is out with its 2019 listcludin future job prospects, stress level and work/life balance. software developer, and that's followed by statistician, physician assistant and dentist. the median salary for software developer is $104,000. increasing by nearly third by 2026. weather forecasters,. >> i don't know with that falls on the list. >> how could that not be number one? number one in my book because we have a lot to talk about today, taking a look at our high def doppler. there is quite a bit toward the north bay. this is not the soaking rain we saw son sunday, there are sprinkles out there, you will see on your windshield, you will went to have your umbrella out just in case a storm around san jose moving through the south by, not huge rain totals but certainly enough to make, you know, makes you want to have your umbrella. taking a live look out here from our sales force tower, low hanging clouds dropping the sprinkles. in savopoulos 55 agrees. -- san francisco 55

for the new u.s. house of representatives now controlled by the democrats as pasta package of bills to end the partial government shutdown but the republican majority senate will likely block the legislation and the president is refusing to sign off on them because they don't include funding for his border with mexico earlier the new house speaker nancy pelosi vowed to keep the trump presidency in check and end the stalemate also in jordan reports from washington. do you solemnly swear it's a day of firsts for the one hundred sixteenth u.s. congress do you solemnly swear that you new faces and some familiar ones being sworn into office and then getting down to work. democrat nancy pelosi still the first and only woman to serve as house speaker returns for a second time best to play younger more diverse and more liberal legislators who want reforms in health care the economy and immigration illegal palosi also has to temper colleagues desire to investigate and perhaps impeach president donald trump but

also to come u.s. news outlet buzz feed doubles down on the veracity of its scoop that donald trump made his lawyer tell lies to congress the report had been dismissed as inaccurate by the u.s. office investigating alleged russian collusion and germany says it won't be played by the threat of u.s. sanctions over collaboration on a russian gas pipeline as the european commission though suddenly rolls out legal changes that will slow construction of north st. well i welcome just gone four pm here in moscow you watching r.t. international people have reportedly been killed in an ongoing protests in venezuela against president majority there are also reports that demonstrators set fire to a police station in the north of the country it comes after me gave a furious response to a statement from the u.s. vice president who branded him a dictator and called for regime change. i'm mike pence the vice president of the united states the united states supports the courageous decision by one god oh the president of you

news." a second round of know for people in the central u.s. a new winter storm system makes its way across the country and the deep freeze continues in the northeast. >>> with the government shutdown now in its second month, workers prepare to miss another paycheck. >>> and teachers in los angeles return to the picket lines this morning, after strikes begin a morning, after strikes begin a second week. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning from the rocki lakes. there's a blizzard warning east colorado. it will bring heavy rain and travel. frigid temperatures will brace those in the east and the mid-atlantic. and advisories for delaware, parts of virginia and north carolina. the cold weather comes on the heels of a that killed at least seven people from coast to coast. >>> and it's day 32 of the partial government shutdown. and 800,000 workers are set to miss another paycheck this week. senate republicans plan to vote on president trump's immigration proposal later this week. in an effort to end the shutdown, democrats are not going for it.

news america." reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. the u.s.ognizes the head of venezuela's opposition as the country's interim president. the pressure and the protests e rising against president maduro. the standoff over the state ofth union. the speaker of the house callsff it they president fires back with talk of an alternative event. pres. trump: the state of the b union speech hn canceled t nancy pelosi because she does not want to hearhe truth. laura: plus, drawing on newt eeeas to ride e shutdown. s th his parents fling the fallout, one boylling his art to make ends meet. laura: welcome to our viewers on publ television in america and around the globe. tens of thousands of people took s todaystreets of cara in protest against the rule of president nicolas madu. in a move that only increased the pressure, president trump recognized oppositiochief juan guaidÓ as interim leader. the white house says the elections were flawed and mr.du is not the legitimate president. tensions have been building in venezuela for months. inflation is out of

also vowing it's a total overhaul of relations between the two countries also to come this hour u.s. news outlets buzz feed doubles down on the ferocity of its scoop but donald trump may.

the headlines here on al-jazeera the new u.s. house of representatives which is now controlled by the democrats has passed a package of bills to end the partial government shutdown but it's likely to be blocked by the republican majority senate as the deadlock over the border wall of mexico continues the un human rights office says a trial held in saudi arabia into the murder of a journalist. is not enough on thursday saudi media reported eleven suspects have appeared in court for the first time state prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for five of the defendants but no names have been released the u.n. wants an independent investigation but international involvement. we are not present in saudi arabia to be able to assess these trials so i we can't give an assessment of the trials ourselves we as you know have been pressing for justice in the case for months now. and we've been calling for an investigation independent investigation with international involvement and this has not happened yet now while we are aware that a t

news not. even. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crime stamping each day. eighty five percent of global wealth you long to be ultra rich eight point six percent market saw thirty percent from august last year some with four hundred to five hundred three per cent of the first charges and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building a two point one billion dollar a our industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need to remember is one one does not show you can afford to miss the one can only. be backed up by the past couple of years come to crack and. at least islands a prospect but the reality is there may still be a shock and a scavenge in this fine layer of micro plastics. still very. the biggest thing and shocks me is that we've never had an empty troll please. like the holiday meaning of this nothing of an album. people obviously come in they just throw them into the water as disposal it may not be harmful for that little

you're watching r t international good to have you with us this hour the u.s. new. ok canada and islands have all said for me u.s. marine charge when moscow with espionage is that citizen the man detained in the russian capital last week is already at the center of much media speculation and my colleague discussed the story with our correspondent space i'm landon. what more do you know then about this case andrew haven't we lately rather gotten used to hearing about russian spies being caught in america i can definitely come up with a few such stories from the past few years this case though is exactly the opposite an american national a former u.s. marine paul wieland was caught in moscow he was arrested and one of the city's most posh hotels but back when the news broke who would have thought that diplomats from a total of four countries would end up going he's our guy so now we have the u.s. the u.k. canada and the latest country to make such a statement was our island however if we go back to canada. brother couldn't even confirm whether he still had a canadian p

still ahead on the al-jazeera news the u.s. and the taliban make what's described as significant progress at the latest round of peace talks. shows off her australian open trophy in melbourne peter we'll have that story in sports. i made every weekly news cycle brings a series of breaking stories and then of course there's donald trump the town through the eyes of the world's jannah least that's right out of a hamas script that calls for the annihilation of israel that is not what that phrase means at all joined the listening post as we turned the cameras on the media focused on how they were caught on the stories that matter the most in battle use a free palestine a listening post on al-jazeera. right out of a mosque or examining the headline with again with the fractious issue of palestine and israel in the u.s. news and setting the discussions what makes them different as far as you're concerned sharing personal stories with a global audience nobody feel safe explore an abundance of world class programming designed to inform

already has a new explosion of scandal on its hands and car you're going to tell me about this but the u.s. newsoutlet tech crunch saying facebook has been paying users as young as thirteen years old for access to their private data ok so tell me one thing howard how do thirteen year olds how are they able to even pay for something to begin with and how do they have private data right yeah i think that's really why this story has caught on because it goes as young as thirteen years old i mean we heard about the scandal as well as of kids paying a lot of money for games they were realizing they're paying for but anyway this is been going on for a couple of years now using what's called the facebook research and this is a separate app not the main facebook it's been vacuuming up information from users phones and what it does is it specifically targeting users from thirteen to thirty five the younger audience that facebook of course covets it people basically twenty dollars a month for nearly unlimited. it's an access and even the most sensitive data on their phones here's just some of what faceboo

u.s. news outlets closed down the press t.v. it's stupid donald trump made his lawyer tell lies to congress the report had been dismissed as inaccurate by the u.s. office investigating alleged russian collusion and germany says it won't be slight by the threat of u.s. sanctions over collaboration on a russian gas pipeline that is the european commission though suddenly rolls out legal changes that will slow construction of nordstrom to. the welcome just gone five pm here in moscow you're watching international. now the global news network c.n.n. is expanding into new markets opening a portuguese language station in brazil but the team heading the operation is raising more than a few eyebrows. drusilla's donald trump extreme views all override the of being a congresswoman she was not pretty enough to really express. like. a military dictatorship. this is an album. some people might try to tell you that it's a banana you might even start to believe this is a banana. but it's not. this. is an apple. we have asked for response from c

u.s. news outlet buzz feed insists that it's article described by special counsel robert miller's office is not accurate is actually true the story allege that donald trump ordered his ex lawyer to lie to congress that's not the only way i can see action of inaccuracy that is a buzz feed's up in facing as of late here's what i'd guess if with an explanation . tough times if you work at buzz feed lots of criticism abuse the outlets getting these last few days and no it isn't for their post about seventeen adorable cats at work or for that quiz which tells you which muppet you are no one reason is buzz feed's sensational story about trump ordering his lawyer to. lie to congress about a proposed trump tower in moscow huge deal this i'm solid my sources are solid this reporting is accurate a bombshell new report from buzz feed news certainly explosive reporting and without question this is a big one it is breaking news perhaps major breaking news thing is if it sounds too good to be true it probabl

u.s. government's partial shutdown begins day number fourteen on the deadlock over funding for president donald trump or the war appears far from over now late on thursday the new u.s. house of representatives now controlled by the democrats passed a package of bills aimed at bringing an end to the shutdown but it's likely to be blocked by the republican majority senate and the president because it does not include funding for a border wall along the frontier with mexico mr trump renewed his demand for the barrier saying it would stop thousands of what he called criminals from coming in also in jordan has more now from washington. do you solemnly swear it's a day of firsts for the one hundred sixteenth u.s. congress do you solemnly swear that you new faces and some familiar ones being sworn into office and then getting down to work. democrat nancy pelosi still the first and only woman to serve as house speaker returns for a second time best to play younger more diverse and more liberal legislators who want reforms in health care the economy and immigration to move. palosi also has to temper colleagues desire to investigate and perhaps impeach president donald t

government agencies themselves showing that the people of crimea prefer being part of russia in the u.s. news media it's all been presented as the russians invaded they then station sham election with people with guns at their backs somehow they big the ballot boxes to get ninety six percent approval for rejoining russia idea of a referendum in crimea is just quite simply unconstitutional but it does raise questions on whether these folks really is free and fair especially given the heavy military presence in crimea right now errol so that's how it's been sold merican people the reality is very different it's fantastic be any electrical thousands of people have gathered in the capital crime and safety. i'm from upul all of us running away from a dem held last sunday in which the majority of people here overwhelmingly voted in support of being reunited with russia. democrats but each took up we're going to. slow in the in the with enough of those. we know it's of when enough. so in the media more disposable so it's. so should you know about something. but it's unfair though so it is a place in

the new u.s. house of representatives which is now controlled by the democrats is set to vote on a package of bills to end the partial government shutdown but even if they are passed by the house the legislation will be blocked by the republican majority senate and the president is refusing to sign off on them if they don't include five billion dollars for his border wall with mexico the new house speaker nancy pelosi has vowed to keep the trump presidency in check and end the stalemate rosalyn georgia reports from washington d.c. . do you solemnly swear it's a day of firsts for the one hundred sixteenth u.s. congress do you solemnly swear that your new faces and some familiar ones being sworn into office and then getting down to work. democrat nancy pelosi still the first and only woman to serve as house speaker returns for a second time best to play younger more diverse and more liberal legislators who want reforms in health care the economy and immigration. palosi also has to temper colleagues