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u.s. politics towards the bottom. there in black and white, your per received political affiliation. >> i think they nailed it. >> very interesting. >> remember when you're not paying for a service like facebook you're the product. >> reporter: a cyber security expert says facebook tracks our every digital step, even when we're not signed in to create sophisticated user profiles sold to advertisers. >> they know our preferences, they know the types of sites that we visit the things we're purchasing online. >> i think they can read my mind too because i have thoughts. >> while they wouldn't listen what we say or watch what we do he says it's important to review terms of service, monitor your settings and think twice before you give access to microphone, camera and contacts. >> makes me want to go home and check right now. >> reporter: okay. so if you would like to remove the u.s. politics label from your user profile, we do have instructions for you on cbsphilly.com. just search for the post under talkers. i will say qu

u.s. political system. i think um. every political system can be effective in certain purity of a country use or development either may be effectively in a certain purity for example us system quite whole cleaver or still very competitive. past or you are nowadays however you recently years there are more in the more we can use tore up and there will be more and more with less to come up in near future so. china and some other countries exploiting a total of approach to the. democratic system so i think. government and its people are very confident that if we if we look at the outcome that we look at and i'll shut down for a third day as the lawmakers decide what to do about the us budget isn't this just. an inefficiency or inefficient you know just a way of resolving the disputes because it is a debacle democratic system is it just not a consequence of having a system like that. the democratic does not to have a certain form of format democratic or means the people should govern the country together the government and

u.s. politics? it is difficult to say and disaggregate the two, because if u.s. tting pressure on the u.s. dollar and that loosens financial conditions, then you get a waiver of liquidity moving into u.s. assets anyway, so it is difficult for me to disaggregate one from the other. the u.s. dollar will be a big story for 2018, and a weaker u.s. dollar changes the playbook for assets around the world. jay: it is good for em. the other major currencies, the euro at 1.20, 1.22, not expensive. the value for the yen, 114. alix: 110. jay: it is moving. fair value. most people think fair value for the yen is 90 to 95. the dollar is actually weakening against currencies that are ready to make a move to the upside. the other one to think about is in china, the renminbi is moving up. may be stronger currency takes them out of president trump's crosshairs for trade issues and secondly, they want to have inflation brought down because their biggest fear is sharp agree higher rates which will blow up their debt market problem. the renminbi goes higher, everybody is good. yen an

u.s. politics takes a new turn we'll bring you all the details on that after this short break. is iran must going to fit into steve jobs which is coming up with innovative products you know the electronic gadgets market is a little bit different in the car business because the car business is you know you kind of bound by the highway system and you're bound by the whole infrastructure that is the automotive industry and the lobbying of the automotive industry so it's a bit difficult to be disruptive in that industry in a way he's going to open up his charging stations with one nine hundred fifty style burger and shake joints with servers on roller skates ok that's that's an idea that might take off that might be a new like starbucks like third place that people go to to have an experience that might work. welcome back now any theories emerged of russian meddling in u.s. politics the kremlin's supposedly behind us whistleblower chelsea manning's decision to run for a seat in the senate and he's trying again to subvert american democracy without the claim being promoted by some i

u.s. politics affected international visitor numbers which dropped five percent early last year following the inauguration of donald trump. things a boding well for countries in other regions europe continues to receive the highest number of international tourists six hundred and seventy one million in two thousand and seventeen asia and the pacific recorded three hundred twenty four million international visitors and africa and the middle east combined came in at one hundred thirty million visitors europe and africa had the highest growth rates of eight percent followed by asian pacific. with a six percent growth this is the highest annual growth rate in seven years the agency said this was mostly due to global economic upswing in that it expects growth to continue twenty eighteen or more sustainable pace of around four percent tourism is one of the world's leading export sectors so the growth is welcome news it could lead to more job creation in trouble and hospitality investor nation countries. turkish airlines has reclaimed to the top spot over competitors and emirates because it carr

u.s. political elite on what the value of the greenback should actually be treasury secretary stephen the nugent said of the world economic forum in davos last week that a weak currency would help you with trade balances in the short term but on thursday he backtracked saying he fundamentally believed in the strength of the dollar and shortly after president donald trump said he ultimately favored a strong dollar the booming u.s. economy should be pushing the dollar up instead it's been tumbling as so many other economies recover around the world well since mid december the dollar has fallen six percent against the euro falling to around eighty cents the lowest level since the end of two thousand and fourteen and that's raising eyebrows among currency experts the president of the european central bank mario draghi said last week the recent volatility in exchanges and exchange rates represents a source of uncertainty tree which requires monitoring or we asked cost and junia's chief economist at sephora seris and bank if he thought u.s. officials comments on the dollar are a break with trad

u.s. politics on its head. big thing could. be. i'm like a smart person. being really how my doing my job ok ambrosia president you believe it right. as donald trump celebrates his second christmas after being elected u.s. president we're going to go over his top twenty seventeen stocking stuffers memorable moments from his first year in the white house. thank you everybody thank you very much. i'm. going to go to. work. for you mike. this isn't the kind of behavior that you'd normally expect from a u.s. president during an official meeting you also wouldn't expect twitter to be turned into an official white house channel but as commander in chief donald trump has actually given america's teenagers a run for their money with over two thousand five hundred tweets. much like charles dickens fictional real estate owner manhattan's favorite scrooge has his very own ghost of christmas past the russia collusion story just doesn't seem to go away as the probes and investigations continue despite the lack of any sustainable evidence now donald trump's twenty seven

u.s. politics and even has a name gerrymandering the process of redrawing district lines to give an advantage to one party over another. imagine that we have a state of fifty people twenty of them are democrats thirty republicans blues living on one side the state and reds on the other now the state needs to be divided into districts with each sending one representative to the house first option to divide them into five separate districts horizontally with three republican representatives and two democrats but if the republican party in the state is more powerful it can be divided in the reds favor with each district getting six republicans and four democrats which means that all the representatives will be republican and vice versa say the democratic party controls the state then its territory can be divided into districts in quite a chaotic way in order to give more house representation for democrats so even though the state has a republican majority democrats win three seats and republicans only two. so we do apologize for interrupting that report but we're going to take you live now to ec

u.s. politics this year. there is little dolls who will dominate the headlines in the united states this year once again donald trump like him or not the president has up and it's washington's way of doing business we broke every record it's the largest i always say the most massive but it's the largest tax cut in the history of our country tax reform might be trump's only big legislative achievement so far but the president has used his many powers to change the u.s. for years to come the environment consumer rights immigration foreign relations trade and the judiciary have all been affected donald trump has even changed the way journalism works these days this is arguably the most important tool of journalists covering the white house has a smartphone to follow the president's twitter feed and to find old what is on donald trump's mind today or the next owner or the next minutes until the next tweet anywhere on average the president treats seven times a day in addition to speeches and other statements trump

u.s. political history. they come and go on a daily basis. i think that most people read the tweet as a message to his base that he is not going to be capitulating to democrats. for whether hispanics get frustrated with democrats, yes, there is frustration with democrats. it hasn't gotten done and they believe democrats should be pushing harder to get that done. that being said, it's quite a stretch to say that they will fall in love with the president when he is the one who ended the program to start with. that -- itd just say would not involve any enforcement provisions, i will sign it then they might like to see that that he hasn't said anything like that. host: let's go to the special line for the border state residents. josie is in new mexico, a republican in albuquerque. go ahead. we have a lot of people here in new mexico that are not children. we have a lot of people who are not working. even if you are half mexican, they will not give you a job here in new mexico. it is a border state and they need to stop the migration. thank you. g

u.s. state of north carolina has been ordered to redraw its congressional map after republicans there admitted to joke about during a kind of takes a closer look. here's an old political hack courtesy of u.s. politicians redraw the voting districts in order to favor your party that's what the republican party did in north carolina in two thousand and sixteen but they went too far in the federal courts have stepped in and said that they were violating the u.s. constitution we. to the extent of going to use political data to draw in this manner it is to gain support of some advantage on the man. gerrymandering runs contrary to numerous fundamental democratic principles and individual rights. but let's take a look at how the twelfth congressional district in north carolina was drawn now that's clearly not exactly a random sampling of the population but that's not the only place that happens all across the country this is an old trick in u.s. politics and even has a name gerrymandering the process of redrawing district lines to give an advantage to one puts you for another a matter that we have a state of fifty people twenty of them are democrats thirty republicans blues

u.s. politics as u.s. president donald trump gets serious about one of his biggest campaign promises we will build the i guess we'll. know. a lot though. in the wake of the race riots how much can someone take before the fight for recognition is crucial we needed cool heads to prevail brothers in fact it's those little things that were said in the early things that were said no . disrespect to al-jazeera explores the history and struggles of the lebanese community in australia once upon a time in punchbowl at this time. four years japanese have gone into the country's lush force for what they call. green or forest baby thirteen years ago dr ching lee was one of the first to conduct research on forest bathing he concluded that the essential oils the trees produce to protect themselves from germs and bugs can boost the human immune system. a lot of fine. in the forests my research has shown that forest reduces stress hormones. in the future the time may come when doctors prescribe a forest of medicine. in th

u.s. political system as an icon say this is the ideal political system the ideal system of government however it seems to not have the ability to swiftly move into action and solve problems and that china essentially characterized the u.s. government shutdown as an example of what they call the chaotic political system in the united states all right and an update on that story timing is everything the house of representatives has just passed a funding bill to end the government shutdown two hundred sixty six have voted in favor one hundred fifty nine against of course we'll bring you all of the updates next hour as this story develops. germany has drawn out wait for a new government could be on the verge of a breakthrough the social democrats leader martin shoulders has persuaded his party members to vote in favor of reestablishing the grand coalition with chancellor angela merkel's party however this could see the anti migrant alternative for germany party become the main opposition force in the country's r.g.p. are over explains. well this was the result that martin schultz wanted it was th

the justice department is not supposed to try to investigate a political opponent of the president. this goes back to the u.sattorney firing scandal. it's a possible precedent to say the white house can dictate what the justice department is doing. i think it's a kramp political move. it's very unfortunate. i don't think they will find anything t. clinton investigation has been investigated and there have been reporting out there that shows that they're not doing anything improper. so i don't think that there is anything "there" there. >> well, speaking of investigations, joe, you got the senate judiciary chairman classly and they are asking to consider charges against christopher steele. democrats say this is an athe emto draw tensions away from collusion and justice, are they right? is that the goal there? >> democrats are right in that regard. republican versus worked hard to kind of steer interest away from the collusion, some republicans, of course, worked hard to wrap up these investigations on the senate and the house side quickly when they ought to just wrap up when it's time to wrap up up him they s

u.s. politics and he's from the j.f.k. institute here in berlin welcome nicholas it's bait tempting to think of these fake news awards as some kind of light entertainment but odd the on these what trump cause or turn it to facts having a deep impact on american life and changing the narrative that. i'm not sure that this is all on don't try to count i think what we see is the deeper frustration within parts of the american electorate in coping with the very incremental and sometimes exhausting democratic process which means that you know you call your representatives you call your senators you go and vote you take part in public life and i think that a lot of parts of the of american society and of european society to be quite frank have come accustomed to a certain service culture in their politics that means getting involved being involved staying involved. causes them to be irritated in the truest sense of the word and that of course is then good excuse to say i don't like this ergo this must be fake news this must be a

u.s. politics. what you had to say about the book?nna: it is entertaining in a terrible way just as the whole from presidency. what struck me most is that you read it and you want to go on reading it because it is like an entertaining piece of journalism. you have to tell us that it may not be the full reality. sort of an important part of it. so we should laugh. we have to remind ourselves all of the time. that we should not laugh about him too much. , you: christiane meier have an eagle eye on american politics. you were a correspondent in washington -- christiane: for almost eight years. peter: what do you make of the book? christiane: i think it confirms our worst fears that the actual situation in the white house is probably as described in the book. it may be inaccurate and parts but as my colleague said, entertaining but in a bad way. but an accident but you -- you cannot look away. it is amazing how adaptable human beings are. we thought when he took office that it was impossible and we were shocked. and now, we think it is an

u.s. political system as an icon say this is the ideal political system the ideal system of government however it seems to not have the ability to swiftly move into action and solve problems and that china essentially characterized the u.s. government shutdown as an example of what they called a chaotic political system in the united states. prison officers across fronts blockaded dozens of jails in protest over a lack of security that's after numerous attacks by inmates on stuff. joins us live now live from paris with more on charlotte tell us about this must see if it seems industrial action by by french prison wardens and indeed what's got them so concerned here. yes absolutely this is a nationwide strike of prisons across france with the union saying that around one hundred thirty of france's one hundred eighty eight prisons took place in this particular strike now europe's largest prison which is just south of paris the protesters there actually blockaded the prison with tires with wooden pallets they burnt them afterwards that something that we have seen at other prisons across france as

u.s. politic. in the power station going the women's march yesterday allison janney won the award for best female supporting actor in on its own yes fire and i think that we're going to see a really mobilized. mobilize population at the you know in the come the midterms and hopefully more things will change and get back to the america that i. thought was great and the actor goes to. frances mcdormand the first female film actor award winner frances mcdormand for her portrayal of an enraged and unstoppable grieving mother in three billboards outside. and three billboards also won the award for outstanding performance forecaster the motion picture. to the best male actor chosen by his peers was gary oldman for his performance as winston churchill in the film darkest hour. this is at the television awards than the glory you'll remember shows the past this is us for best drama series. the screen actors guild awards sometimes offer clues as to who will win entertainments ultimate award the oscars and th

u.s. politics as u.s. president donald trump gets serious about one of his biggest campaign promises we will fill the gap when will. i. you are making very pointed remarks where on line the main u.s. response to drug use and the drug trade over the last fifty years has been to criminalize or if you join us on saturday no evil person just wakes up of it in the morning and says i want to cover the world in darkness this is a dialogue and that could be what's leading to some of the confusion the line about people saying they don't actually know what's going on join the colobus conversation at this time on al-jazeera. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring in the news and current affairs that matter to you al-jazeera. there were over forty charges as i recall but primarily it was material support the parents the holy land foundation was the biggest muslim charity in the usa they were considered to be a legitimate ameri

u.s. political process but they pointed to the government shutdown and the extreme disagreements and the kind of gridlock in washington and in the chinese press it was widely argued that this was a sign of political chaos and a chaotic system being in place in washington d.c. . prison officers across france have a blockade of dozens of jails in protest over a lack of security that's after numerous attacks by inmates on staff are to show dubinsky as latest from papers this is a nationwide strike of prisons across france with the union saying that around one hundred thirty affronts is a hundred and eighty eight prisons took place in pretty. this strike now europe's largest prison which is just south of paris the protesters there actually blockaded the prison with tires with wooden pallets they burnt them afterwards that something that we have seen at other prisons across france as well quite a normal tactic to block those prisons now this is now the eighth stay of these nationwide blockades and this comes after just over a week ago there was an attack on three security guards at a prison in the

u.s. political disability right i think that of all the of all the items that we heard tonight i think that's the one that probably caught everyone off guard the most were angry yeah so i mean i say he had basically six them. yes they could get items obviously that right to try to ease the trade you know trade agenda infrastructure criminal justice also robust bipartisan support reforming the criminal justice system very much supported by the koch brothers so you have both libertarians and progressives supported that so there could be some movement on that in twenty thousand and then he laid out his immigration platform and basically that was four points you know a path to citizenship for the dreamers taking twelve years up border security we're seeing twenty five billion dollars thrown around for border security. visa lottery ending that and ending chain migration let me. correspondent in washington alexander phenomena liaison billets talk a little bit to go i want to get your take on this speech and also the fact that there were some big name agenda items that were not mentioned tonight we

u.s. political system as an icon say this is the ideal political system the ideal system of government however it seems to not have the ability to swiftly move into action and solve problems and that china essentially characterized the u.s. government shutdown as an example of what they called a chaotic political system in the united states. listing stateside america's national security agency now has the power to identify people by the song of their voice the n.s.a. still to be using technology much more advanced than what the likes of bill or amazon can utilize that's according to a report based on documents leaked by the agency's former contractor edward snowden . however on the top of my voice there isn't much i can gather my identity very compelling i'm female and before my accident we're going to i'm american i love. the n.s.a. however could do a lot more easily using my voice to identify who i am what language i'm speaking my gender and my dialect according to cost by documents from the archives the n.s.a. has been developing technology to identify a speaker using just their voice for y

u.s. politics and then the new u.s. administration this is it really important factor because there are many european companies and many german companies who cannot move forward clint cannot make the next test without without the necessary financing tools. behind them but it does you have us if you are not will tell us up on the pressure on iran is it. on fortune's and i think it would be difficult in the next. i think at least two or three years. unless there is a solution found or between the countries but i don't think so. but we have also some homework done in iran and the government has to for example. make doing business more easier to fight corruption to make. competition more and more the markets more liberal so the business the doing business environment in iran should be. should be more if i and i mean briefly how important is trade with germany for around. very important germany has been. then. if you may still say so the locomotive of the industrialization of iran. and is a very important historical partner

u.s. politics affected international visitor numbers which dropped five percent early last year followingthe inauguration of donald trump. things a boding well for countries in other regions europe continues to receive the highest number of international tourists six hundred and seventy one million in two thousand and seventeen asia and the pacific recorded three hundred twenty four million international visitors and africa and the middle east combined came in at one hundred thirty million visitors europe and africa had the highest growth rates of eight percent followed by asia in the pacific. with a six percent growth this is the highest annual growth rate in seven years the agency said this was mostly due to global economic upswing in that it expects growth to continue in twenty eighteen or more sustainable pace of around four percent tourism is one of the world's leading export sectors so the growth is welcome news it could lead to more job creation in travel and hospitality investor nation countries. and twenty eight in looks promising for yet another second after more than a year on

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u.s. politics the kremlin is supposedly behind us whistleblower chelsea manning's decision to run for a seat in the senate and is trying again to subvert american democracy that is the claim being pushed by some of the democratic party including the head of its leading think tank senator cardin authored and released a two hundred page masterpiece on russian influence and western elections suddenly he has a primary from kremlin stooges sarges weekly leaks primary source chelsea manning the kremlin placed stream left to swing elections remember that oh my god this is how to arrange to fish to washington is the president of the largest dempo party think tank genuinely believes chelsea manning's candidacy is a criminal implant conspiracy theories thrive more in mainstream d.c. than on internet fringes now exact candidates a prominent member of the hillary clinton campaign also tweeted out reporting this conspiracy theory that somehow chelsea manning's bid. for the senate was a mosque out plot now interestingly and now those proport in this conspiracy theory they have quite a bit of explaining to

u.s. political process but they pointed to the government shutdown and the extreme disagreements and the kind of gridlock in washington and in the chinese press it was widely argued that this was a sign of political chaos and a chaotic system being in place in washington d.c. . all right thanks carol we know that as a story develops the fall out from both sides starts making its way to the media you'll be staying across it for us all right there in the states for us. prison officers across france have blockaded dozens of jails in protest over a lack of security that after numerous attacks by inmates on staff. this is a nationwide strike of prisons across france with the union saying that around one hundred thirty of france's one hundred eighty eight prisons took place in this particular strike now europe's largest prison which is just south of paris the protesters there actually blockaded the prison with tires with wooden pallets they burnt them afterwards that something that we have seen at other prisons across france as well quite a normal tactic to block those prisons now this is now the e

u.s. politics i'm eager to. what you have to say about this book well it's entertaining and a terrible way as the whole trump presidency and i think that's what struck me most is that you read it and you want to go on reading it because it's like a really entertaining piece of journalism and then you have to tell yourself well this may not be the full reality but it's sort of an important part of it so we shouldn't laugh and that's what we have to remind ourselves all the time when talking about trump is that we should not laugh about him too much this is serious christiane i'm are you to are you have an eagle eye american politics you were a correspondent in washington for for almost a d.s.s. almost eight years what do you make of the book you know i think before is it journalism it's probably both i think it confirms our worst fears i mean. the actual situation in the white house is probably as described in the book maybe it's an accurate in some parts but it is as my colleague said entertaining but in a bad w

u.s. politics from a jiffy institute here in berlin welcome nicholas now some would say this fake news awards are just a joke but is that a chilling message as we heard in one of the two youths that people are going to have difficulty in dealing with what is the truth and what is not and based on or tenant it tentative truth well. it would be to the whole development we've seen all over the world fake news the spreading of mis information to this one person i think that would be on our way to high for just one individual yes of course it is chilling because the freedom of speech from which is of course generated freedom of religion. all the freedoms really in the bill of rights is very fundamental to an all phone lot of democratic life and it's also very important to european life where we also see that our same development people reading the news they like more than the news they need meaning those viewpoints those facts that might contradict their points of view to facts as they call them nicholas see it for a while because i just want to take a look at. the next part of a program of this c

u.s. politics is in europe and look into that what approach what the president mentioned the last months. and his. visits in europe we can trust on him in security questions but we have to face some challenge in trade and international tax policy because the core message of his speech tonight is as it was there fourteen months before all bet is coming from outside us and all good comes from inside us and therefore international relations is not of that importance for him as a bonus for his predecessors ok and so but you are nonetheless confident that united states security guarantees will continue but in terms of iran there are some real concerns germany in the e.u. do not want to see the nuclear deal with iran renegotiated there is a possibility that that could happen what are your concerns there really go she hated that treaty with iran concerning the. development of nuclear weapons the question of missiles and missile testing was not part of the treaty this is. this treaty miss is that that piece president is right that we also have a challenge with that missile program but the treaty