the earnings call for united continental getting underway at the moment.ng us to talk about those numbers is bloomberg airline analyst george ferguson. >> before we get started, i want 's last audio from ual quarter, infamously considered one of the worst conference calls of all time. let's take a listen to the ceo from us quarter. >> we have a little more work to do and will continue to ask for more patients. i just need a little more time. we have always been about proof, not promise. right now i am doing more promising and the proof will come as we get more into the details. again, and i know this won't help matters much, but i know everybody is getting scared about the fact we are not going to get these numbers because of some ominous reason. i cannot express to you how much in the middle of the thing we are. ourselves in a hole from a competitive perspective. the team we have gathered together is about regaining the competitive advantage. >> george, not the kind of thing typically one wants to hear from a ceo. lots of unable to answer questions. been

low cost carriers shaking in boots after united continental vowed to continue going head-to-head with the budget airlines sparking fears of a price war within the industry. every one of them down right now. united, southwest, alaska, delta, american losing anywhere from 4 to 11%, and that one is for ual, united continental down $8.81. to the floor show, traders have been patient here but listening to all of this, teddy, cross currents in discussion here, but the dollar and trade war talk, definitely spooked the markets earlier as we look through intra-days and see what happened. what was it like on the floor. >> they certainly did. we came out of the chute this morning very strong, lot of new highs. up 170, 180 and the trade conversations, down 100 and now plus 40. the bottom line is the overall action continues positive, but one thing that is a little disconcerning is we're getting a lot of earnings and some of the earnings are very good but the stocks are basically selling off on the strength of the good earnings, which really sends a message that perhaps short-term things are just

when you look at united continental, this stock tanked 11 1/2%. this is really capacity of the group going forward. wasn't latest quarter but the outlook. it crushed not only united continental but the entire group. alaska down 6%. american, delta, all got hit hard, six and 5%. tough day for the airlines. back to you. melissa: seriously, they got hammered. nicole, thank you. david: another busy day with at the white house. president trump holding a meeting with mayors ahead of his trip to the economic forum in davos, switzerland, where he is expected to push his america first but not alone agenda forward. blake burman is live in switzerland. what can you tell us beside they got record snow there? reporter: and it is cold too, i can tell you that. 10:00 tonight here in davos, david, the president will leave washington, four, five hours from now. land here tomorrow morning, when he does it will be a full schedule. four different bilateral meetings. among the meetings, israeli prime minister enbenjamin netanyahu, potentially the president's biggest a

the airline sector hit turbulence today after wall street expressed some skepticism about united continental's announced growth plan. as we reported last night the airline reported better than expected earnings and revenue, but investors are focusing on the company's aggressive expansion strategy. the concern is that it could lead to an airfare war. the company's ceo says he is not surprised by that response. >> it is a highly competitive industry. always has. we do this every single day, every day of the year. and so competitive response also come and go. i think what's important is for united to have a very defined strategic transparent plan for everyone, including our investors and customers of what we are trying to accomplish and do and put the accountability behind p/e and behind us. >> shares of continental down 11% today, dragged the rest of the sector with it as well. >>> bill, now to the economy and the housing market. sales fell mr than expected in december as home prices rose and the supply of properties on the market dropped to a record low that sidelined some potential first time

we reported yesterday that investors became concerned that united continental's expansion plans could trigger an industry fair war. today american airlines and southwest said they also have plans to expand capacity. larger flights and more flights can put downward pressure on fares but they said they are not concerned about adding extra seats. >> they are the thins that happen as a industry continues to ma you are too. its maturity around what has become a much more rational structure in terms of long term competitiveness. >> we are very well prepared to compete. we have a great plan for 2018. we are looking forward to continuing positive unit revenue trends even with this competitive capacity threat. >> american and southwest both topped earnings expectations. jet blue came up a little bit shy. united, which led the group lower yesterday fell again today by more than 4%. are those air far war concerns legitimate? as fuel costs rise where can we expect to see the airlines make up that lost revenue. joining us seth kaplan, a managing director of the industry publication "airline weekly

. >>> jp morgan increases its rating on united continental from overweight to underweight. the firm likes the ai expansion plans and says the stock is the cheap nest the ector. price target no$83 a share. the stock closed at $67.01, up nearly 2% on thisdo verward do i. know mora down grades yum brands to y. the firm sites concerns over sales at taco bell. the stock dropped2% at $84.59. >> cvs health was upgraded from buy to strong buy at needham. called it its top pick for 2018. raised to $100 per share from $88. shar closed down 4%. cowen says skechers could announce a share repurchase. that sites optimism in i women's base and a favorable product cycle. it maintains an outperform rating. however shares fell in trading today. >>> still ahead, open skies. why the u.s. airlines are celebrateding a big win, and possible future expansion in the middle east. >>> president trump will deliver his first state of the union address tonight, and the ecomy is expected to get a lot of attention. ayman javers is at the white house. >> reporter: we are told tha the president began making

united continental better rv knew coming i'm sorry united technology more money comes had many and niceorecast for the future doing very well out of the commercial jet market as well we're up 1.6% that is united technology now and the low fair of their competition investors worry about that and maybe they'll hit that profit margin because they're matching others low fare interesting. better profit at royal caribbean cruisers why, because they put ticket prices up and we're boosting up a storm onboard cruise ships on top. higher profit and sales at stanley black and becker down a couple of bucks dow stocks four of them and we do this every day these are dow stocks hitting all time highs look at wal-mart at 105. microsoft at 9 29, jpmorgan travelers all time highs for dow stocks. now, here's a story i just find this pass naughting. fined 1.2 billion by the europeans, why because they apparent paid off apple to use their chips so exes collusively so you have two american companies or -- doing business together, and the europeans fine them europeans fine them. >> europeans are fining them s

from united continental. devastatingly series of reports about a collapse, wholesale collapse in sales for the new iphone not to mention a damning story about the quarter from texas instruments. then the market takes a total header in reaction to the stories. and when the dow had fallen 272 points from its high, i cashed off other piece i argued you might not want to own the stocks in an immediate blast zone, still plenty of good stuff to buy before the proverbial cyber ink could dry, we shot up 140 points and that was the moment i realized it is time to adopt a new view about this market we have a 9:30-to 11:00 a.m. session and another 111:00-2:00. it is that difficult what exactly did happen today? as i always tell you in the heat of earning season, the action can just get confusing it is like the fog of war. people take their cue from the headlines many of which these days are written by bots this rarely gives you the whole story. if you do your own homework, you get a different assessment of the situation

but let's touch on united/continental united airlines is moving higher after jpmorgan double upgraded that stock it's our call of the day for obvious reasons. this is a battleground stock if there ever was one and it's mostly been knocked out. >> for good reason, right, because they're raising capacity which has been a sword that this industry falls upon. when times are good, they start adding routes and planes, pricing goes down and they kill themselves probably not going to happen because you've got a global synchronized economic recovery, which is going to create more demand for this capacity i think you also have tobear i mind, and i do want to point this out, jamie baker, the analyst at jp morgue angers is really, really good -- >> he is number one ranked in the airline space. >> he's number one for a reach. >> is this call a good call? >> yes, it is, as a trade, okay. the stock got knocked down hard. his premise i don't exactly agree with his premise is american and delta -- >> he calls for 26% upside. >> look, maybe you do. >> it's not going to happen overnight. he even says in

yesterday, united continental said they were willing to match fares. little bit of a diversions between the views of the two airlines but nonetheless, investors not liking the possibility that fares overall may not rise. we could see another price war similar to what we saw last summer. helping the dow outperform, take up 2% or 50%ing gain on the year. this of course follows president trump of u.k. prime minister theresa may today in devils talking about boeing, maybe investors thinking those two leaders will help with the trade dispute. finally, cross asset >>, -- asset class, a little more risk off. the yen and gold trading higher gaugee vix, the fear spiking a little higher. maybe a slight risk here but stocks are trading nicely higher. vonnie: thank you for the roundup. billionaires, world leaders, and investors have gathered -- gathered for the economic forum annual meeting. president trump arrived today to sell his america first policies to may be skeptical audiences of world first a agenda. here's talk about how that pitch is going is the bloomb

united continental was upgraded pushing shares higher this morning. trends are beginning to outperform domestic trends. joining us with more is taylor riggs. >> citi really highlighted the pricing pressures in europe, the caribbean markets in the latin markets. and some sector pricing pressures coming from the west coast to hawaii and within california. we have a chart showing sort of the atlantic region versus the pacific or the latin region and those have already started to improve a little bit. we are looking at revenue passenger miles. that's the number of passengers multiplied by the distance. the atlantic region has been gaining along the last few quarters at about 20%. some of the other regions decline. it seems to be the trend. we are also looking at pretax margins because that is something the company has come out and said they are boosting their forecast. they said they are looking at their fourth-quarter pretax margin anywhere from 6% to 7%. that was above their previous assessment of 3% to 5%. chartuld note not on this are four fourth quar

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great for you as shareholder pin action from the amazing delta quarter was so strong, stocks of united, continental and american also rallied. only imagine how many price target bumps this group is going to get starting tomorrow what is the one thing that most airlines don't have under control though price of oil which is a huge variable, often stung these companies. been hobbled by fuel costs so much, in hedge fund handbook, or the theoretical one, it says short the airlines whenever oil inches up a couple of cents. yet, here is oil rallying strong bursting through the $64 level before giving up gains later in the day. what happens doesn't matter to the airlines keep going anyway. but oil stocks, how about them hot as a pistol. what i renamed our rescue pug after chevron, you could tell he was envious and tortured by the fact his much less clever doppelganger, formerly everest was renamed nvidia don't blame him. jensen huang's above fo keynote and proud to be name add of the company. nvidia running all over the place and call his name, will go right to you provided you have a steak in your hand wh

airlines down sharply after united continental says it plans to ramp up capacity and matel dipped after toys r us says it will close 20% of its stores. >> toys r us is trying to recover from bankruptcy and fallen holiday sells and the closure of 180 stores will begin next month and will continue through mid april. here are the bay area cities -- fairfield, pittsburgh, pinole, union city and san jose which has two locations closing. >>> business leaders spend a lot of money lobbying federal lawmakers, but one bay area company spent more than any other company. goggle's parent company alphabet allocated $18 million to lobby congress and federal agents last year and goggle was interested in -- facebook, amazon and apple set new company records for the amount of money spent on lobbying last year. >>> starbucks employees are going to get a pay raise and other perks. workers will get a pay raise in april and a second one in one year and get stock grants and parental leave. this will affect -- the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%. >>> online ' em employment site -- employment glass door rele

last we saw united continental down 11%. well, now you can see all the airlines dropped again. we have a mixed bag for earnings. jeff blue down 6% right now. back to you. melissa: thanks, nicole. phil, oil and gold turning lower this afternoon after the president's comments on the dollar; right? >> right. steve mnuchin give and donald trump take away. if you look at steve mnuchin yesterday, we saw gold prices sore, oil prices sore. we saw oil prices hit the highest level that we saw in three and a half years. gold the highest since 2016. platinum the highest since 2017 and then all of a sudden, hey, donald trump says, hey, we misinterpreted his comments. what he was trying to say, i guess, was, hey, a weak dollar is good for the u.s. economy. but that doesn't mean we have the weak dollar policy. and i think that's why the market reverse a little bit. having said that, considering the dollar we saw, melissa, actually, these markets still held up pretty well. i mean, oil prices are still hanging around $65 a barrel. you know, the gold is coming down and considering the dramatic c

united continental saying they will be matching pricing. investors clearly not liking that, mark . session, downeek marginally after four days of gains after rising yesterday to the highest levels since august 2015. what a day. what a day for u.k. jobs. the labor market displaying unexpected resilience in the three months through november. employment rose. rose.grow 102,000 the far right bar there. growth weekend to 2.4%. still lags the pace of inflation. unemployment fell by 3000 during the period, leaving the jobless rate at a 42 year low of 4.3%. let's take a look at how sterling is reacting. 140, 141. now. about 142 what is the main driver of the pound rally? it is a question worth asking. perhaps the u.k. two-year yield is telling us something. that is the blue line. sterling dollar is the white line. the correlation between the two is increasingly strong, nearing .5. that is the bottom of the chart their. the two-year yield rose to a two-year high of 59 basis points on janeway 15. -- january 15. the day of brexit, closed at 148.77 before falling 8% the following day to close

united continental's earnings are one much the reports that just came out. phil lebeau with those numbers. >> united beat the street coming in at $1.40 versus $1.34 two metrics that might be pushing the stock higher after hours, one being passenger revenue per available seat mile. we talk about this all the time. this is the main metric to look at how they're growing their revenue, up 0.2% twice in the fourth quarter united changed its guidance -- improved its guidance but was still expecting a decline of zero to down 1%. slightly better than expected. cost per available seat mile, lower than expected, coming in up 1.5%. united was forecasting the increase of 2.5% to 3.5% don't forget in ten minutes, united ceo oscar munoz with an investor and analyst call. this is where we get guidance for 2018 the big focus everyone will be looking at, how much capacity is united forecasting tomorrow we'll talk with oscar munoz exclusively on "squawk on the street." we'll see what united has in store for 2018 back to you. >> shares are up 1.5% after market phil, thank you.

united continental after the airline reported higher traffic for the month of december. united up 6.5%. >>> breaking news at this moment, there is a bilateral, bipartisan meeting in kevin mccarthy's office as lawmakers of all stripes try to work out deals on immigration and spending. this as congress is bracing to prepare another interim spending bill to avoid a government shutdown by the stroke of midnight next friday. with the january 19th deadline looms to keep the government open and moving, let's bring in house budget committee chair congressman diane black, and a member of the house ways and means committee, and i should point out, tennessee gubernatorial candidate. we wish you luck in that. got to talk about keeping the federal government open, congressman. okay. we have until a week from this friday. you can get it done? >> i believe we can get it done. ashley, it is so important for the american keep to keep the new year and economic development and enthusiasm with the upcoming year, with the tax reform, we see the economy is starting to move and don't need a lit

on nober rocket that has the range to reach right here where we're sitting any place in the continental unitedtates. that's something that we're working on right now. we are trying to get our ground base interceptors where they should be. but that's the threat that we're facing right now. so the action that the house is talking about doing i want to make sure they do it because that will make our job in the senate a lot easier. i promise you, the president would sign it. i've talked to him about that. >> i know that another big topic of discussion at least from the national defense strategy, which was unveiled around this past fri, the unclassified portion at least. you mentioned that this is the seen.st threat you've the united states greatest threat will come from russia and china. i'm wondering if you have seen across the version of that report and what you think of it. >> there's things i can't talk about right now but you're talking about the two-three see. the strategy. i agree in terms of the greatest threat conventionly would be russia or china -- and china, i would say, that the other

it is the first integrated combat unit of the continental army. it is comprised of former slaves that have been freed by their enlistment, free blacks, native americans, and european americans who are joined together in this common venture. but the biggest enemy the americans have, that general sullivan has, is the weather. because his gunpowder has been damaged and the roads are in rotten shape and because his men are not in the best condition, and he no longer has that french bombardment support, again caused by the weather, he is not able to launch an effective attack the way he wants to. the battle is not much of a battle. it is simply sullivan's troops trying to move, getting bogged down, the british able to maintain their defensive positions for well. in the end, it is a major defeat for the americans. sullivan's goal is to dislodge the british from this important port. he completely fails in accomplishing that. sullivan decides to save what is retreathis army and back up the island, get off the island, before the british can counterattack.

united continental in particular, 11%, its worst day of the year since october of last year.e idea that they will not be able to raise fares anytime soon. there is too much capacity out there. investors thought they might be giving away from that, but united now talking about that dragging on the other airlines as well. finally, two big macro stories out of davos. speaking to the idea that perhaps there could be a big bond bear market, the worst in 40 years. its first update in three days, that is how the haven bonds are selling off. and then the dollar, truly a big story on the day, down more than 1% after treasury secretary steve mnuchin said that a weak dollar is good for us, good for trade in the u.s. seems as though the bloomberg dollar index is going the way of those comments. julie: abigail, thank you so much. you checked out on the headlines with mark crumpton. mark: president trump is heading to davos tonight. he is set to deliver the keynote address at the forum on friday. there has been concern by the trumpts on how economic and trade policies could affect the glob

it's the first integrated combat unit of the continental army. it is comprised of former slaves that have been freed by their enlistment of free blacks, of native americans and of european americans who are joined together in this one common venture. but the biggest enemy that general sullivan has is the weather. because his gun powder has been damaged and because the roads are in such rotten shape and his men are not in the best and doesn't have the french bombardment support because of the weather he's not able to launch the attack the way he wants to. the battle isn't a battle and is sullivan's troops trying to move, getting bogged down and the british maintaining their positions very well. so in the end it's a major defeat for the americans. if sullivan's goal is to dislodge the british from this extraordinarily important port, he completely fails in accomplishing that. so what sullivan decides to do then is save what's left -- save what there is of his army and retreat back up the island and get off the island before the british can counter

over japan, our ally, threatening guam, and potentially may be being able to reach the united states, continentalr weapon, at some point, this is going to come to a head. what was the calm before the storm? >> president trump: began to let this go on. you just can't. you can say what you want, they should have been handled 25 years ago, ten years ago, five years ago, it should've been handled by numerous -- not just obama, but certainly president obama should have taken care of it. now it's at a point where it's very, very far advanced. something has to be done. we can't allow this to happen. now china has been very helpful, i think, i think. you know, who knows. they seem to be very helpful. they cut off banking journal of korea, that is something they have never done before. theyey cut down fuel, a lot of things. we are going to see what happens but we cannot allow this to happen. this should have been taking care of long ago. clinton gave them billions of dollars, give them lots of other things, and before the contract was dry, they were already starting again with the missiles and with the nu

many major tasks including missiles that the north claims can now get anywhere in the continental united states something that raised tensions and those tensions are not expected to dissipate analysts expect that kim will continue his testing program in this speech made sure to outline the fact that she has those missiles they are operational and he's willing to use them if he is threatened josh smith thanks so much for joining us from seoul. it's been a good start to twenty eighteen for german tennis fans after on telly care and alexander have secured to one when poor germany over belgium and they hope one cup kamber and turn of one their mixed doubles match against at least martin's and david golf and to secure that victory i came after care also beat marin's in the singles next up germany faces canada on wednesday. the first grand slam of the season is coming up with the australian open starting in just two weeks superstar mother serena williams decides to take part the spotlight will surely be on. she's returned to the game four months after giving birth. along with her twenty three

texas was devastated and was the most catastrophic storm on the continental united states and our friends in california. nothing was said to fix the pain and help the elderly and disabled and i thought that was a great disappointment. i don't think the president understands the role of government and commitment. >> the president laid out the four pillars of the current thoughts on immigration and where the issue is going to go if anywhere. >> i hope the president would heal the nation tonight and one with the talk iof the top in a t immigration reform. one of my guests tonight was a dreamer and i don't think that these pillars he'll donation or platform. there are discussions going on, but he has misinterpreted immigration family reunificati reunification. it's not changed immigration. it doesn't in any way suggest the countries with people of color and thi less of a chance n the united states and that's how we help them and then to think about the wall rather than personality and technology and then to agitate the family by talking about more liberation and to attack north korea that we

many major tasks including missiles that the north claims can now hit anywhere in the continental united states something that raise tensions and those tensions are not expected to dissipate analysts expect that kim will continue his testing program in the speech made sure to outline the fact that she has those missiles they are operational and he's willing to use them if he is that josh smith thanks so much for joining us from seoul thank you iranian state television says that ten people have been killed in anti government protests that have erupted across the country over the last four days it said armed protesters had tried to take over police stations and military bases these demonstrations began against corruption and inflation and they have since turned into wider protests against the country's islamic rulers. despite warnings of a government crackdown demonstrations have continued across the islamic republic the protests have been serious enough to warrant a response from the president hassan rouhani. about oh yeah i mean evolution bush one point must become clear to everyone that

of many major tasks including the missiles that the north claims can now get anywhere in the continental united states something that raised tensions and those tensions are not expected to dissipate analysts expect that kim will continue his testing program and the speech made sure to outline the fact that she has those missiles they are operational and he's willing to use them if he is threatened josh smith thanks so much for joining us from seoul thank you. let's move on now to some other stories making news around the world catholics are celebrating the world day of peace and the vatican pope francis celebrated a solemn mass to mark the occasion he won the world's one billion catholics to be aware of gossip and what he called the banal any of consumerism and to focus on what really matters. protesters in hong kong have accused the mainland chinese government of violating the territories autonomy this after beijing said part of the hong kong train station would be would come under mainland law beijing says that the move will make travel more convenient and will not impinge on hong kong's spec

year of many major tests including missiles that the north claims can now hit anywhere in the continental united states something that raised tensions and those tensions are not expected to dissipate analysts expect that kim will continue his testing program and this speech kim made sure to outline the fact that she has those missiles they are operational and he's willing to use them if he is threatened josh smith thanks so much for joining us from seoul thank you. we'll move on now to some other stories making news around the world eight people have died after a speed boat capsized off into the heart of borneo island fifty one people were on board the vessel when it overturned and sank police are investigating the cause of the accident which was not immediately clear. protesters in hong kong have accused the mainland chinese government of violating the territories autonomy this after beijing said part of a hong kong train station would come under mainland law beijing insists that the move will make travel more convenient and will not impinge on hong kong's special status. people in the indian c

. >>> united continental down, dragging the sector based on the conference call. phil be low is here to explain. >> they will boost margins to be more competitive let's look at what they are looking to do. 4% to 6% capacity increases, primarily domestic for each year not only this year but 2019 and 2020 as i mentioned, mainly domestic into the chicago and houston and denver hub where they are getting killed by american and delta. and in the end, they believe this will boost not only profits but profit margin at the hub after years of retrenching, here is the ceo talking about how they've made bad moves in the past. >> we listened to too many people and started to be conscience and we started bring you smaller aircraft where our competitors offer more comfortable eric and we're wondering where you -- [ inaudible ]. >> and today they are pushing united down more than 10% and the rest of the airline stocks getting hammered as well and it comes down to this. when united adds capacity and say they are hoping to increase margins against american and delta, do you think

united continental slumped in extended trading are forecasting capacity growth of up to 6% this year.s urge airlines to raise fares. the stock plunge renews pressure on the company president, facing wall street criticism last year for lowering fares to fight discounters and regain market shares. the taiwanese recycler miniwiz is opening up the database for all green innovators to use. they created some 1200 products from taiwan's tech trash, such as iphone -- cell phone screens. stephen engle has more. are -- and is a lot of waste coming from the product, from apparel all the way tissues. all the way to fibers from manufacturing, the soles off issues, cotton. you can turn that into different versions. >> is this soundproofing? >> this is architecture soundproofing. is taking off the sound. >> made from nike shoes? >> nike shoes fiber. >> i love this, can you guess what this is? >> this is made from cigarette butts. we turned it into a beautiful architectural material. it feels like travertine. >> countertops? >> yes, for countertops, product display. it can become an ashtray, for exam

any doubt that this missile that you think you've replicated can reach the continental united states?> oh, no doubt whatsoever. all the way down to mar-a-lago. >> reporter: north korea has been hit with punishing sanctions, but lewis showed us new commercial satellite photos that suggest they may be illegally exporting coal. the u.s. says the sanctions are hurting north korea. on the ground, people are defiant when asked about the nuclear standoff. >> translator: because we have our dear supreme, kim jong un, we have no fear and are always ready. if the u.s. is firing at us, even though we love peace, we are not fearful. >> reporter: for people in the united states who will see this, what do you want them to think about the dprk? >> translator: even though those people are sanctioning us to make our life hard, we will still pull together to make our country strong. we are not the people the americans think we are. >> reporter: but it's impossible to know what people on the street really think. with government officials listening to our conversation. one thing stood out, the answers ar

any major tasks including missiles that the north claims can now hit anywhere in the continental united states something that raise tensions and those tensions are not expected to dissipate analysts expect that kim will continue his testing program and this speech made sure to outline the fact that she has those missiles they are operational and he's willing to use them if he is threatened josh smith thanks so much for joining us from seoul thank you let's move on now to some other stories making news around the world protesters in hong kong have accused the mainland chinese government of violating the territories autonomy this after beijing said part of the hong kong train station would come under mainland law. insists the move will make travel more convenient it will not impinge on hong kong special status. people have died after a speed boat capsized off indonesia's part of borneo island fifty one people were on board the vessel wanted overturned and sank police gave the cause of the accident which was not immediately clear. people in the indian capital delhi woke up to dense fog thi

november 8, fired rocket that has range to reach here we're we're sitting any place in the continental united states. that is something we're working on now, trying to get ground interceptors where they need to be, that is the threat we're facing now. house is e action the talking about doing, i want to make sure they do it. >> the national defense strategy was unveiled this past friday, portion, at least. so you mention this is greatest national have seen, defense strategy says united states greatest threat from russia and china, i'm wondering you have seen classified version of the report and what -- senator: things i can't talk about right now, agree,o-three strategy, i in terms of the greatest you are talking about the 2-3 strategy. i agree in terms of the greatest threat, eventually would be russia or china -- and china. the other three are important, too. that is the strategy he is putting down as a priority, so you really have two different types of strategies. i mentioned north korea. >> to your point about north korea. the national defense strategy prioritizes missile and also priori

reportedly have in their arsenal now missiles that can reach continental united states this is a huge leap forward for them especially if you consider that there are now miniaturizing increasingly powerful nuclear warheads miniaturizing making them smaller putting them on ballistic missiles to carry them to their destinations kim jong un when he when he proposed these talks and in the new year he actually mentioned that he now has a button in his office with which to launch these missiles and the biggest the biggest danger here was if north korea didn't send a delegation to the olympic games winter olympic games it could do any manner of things for example it could as it did during during the last games summer olympics that south korea hosts that were it refused to send a delegation and eventually it was accused of bombing a civilian flight in over south korea hundred fifteen people killed north korea denies that few years back when north korea and japan were hosting a football championship there was an arm the clash and naval clash between the south koreans and the north koreans if t

. >>> the flu virus is now widespread in all of the continental united states.rst time since health officials started keeping track 13 years ago. now, doctors are reporting that most flu cases ever for this time of the year. the cdc says flu season is likely peaking right about now but if you haven't gotten your flu shot, it's not too late. at least 20 children across the children have now died from flu complications, seven of them just last week alone. a 10-year-old boy from connecticut died after traveling to a hockey tournament. his flu was complicated by pneumonia. in the meantime, the red cross is now facing a blood shortage because of the flu and the bad weather. >>> the owner of a fitness gym in north carolina is apologizing for a promotional video. tom tomlo sparked outrage after posting that video on instagram showing women bending over while working out. he added emojis and captions near their rear ends including one that said, hump day. >> i'm sorry that it is being felt as if it was something bad. >> sexualizing women. >> yes, yes, i'm sorry that tha

reported today that the virus is now wide spread across the entire continental united states. 20 children have died, just over 100 died last flu season. here is our chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook. >> reporter: in ohio, richard and valerie rieben are mourning the death of their four-year-old son, jonah, from flu. he had underlying health conditions. >> one of the most difficult things that i've ever had to do was tell my other children on saturday morning that their little brother wasn't coming home. >> reporter: the c.d.c. reported 20 pediatric deaths so far this season. at this time last year, there were three. >> there's a lot of flu happening right now. >> reporter: dr. dan jernigan is the director of the c.d.c. influenza division. >> we saw that the season started early, back in november, and has had a really rapid rise and is probably peak right about now. >> reporter: flu peaks most often in february. of the 49 states where the flu is widespread, these 36 are the hardest hit. california has had 42 adult deaths, up from nine last year. kentucky, 36 deaths, up from four. a

you're crossing entire continental united states. jay: so, actually, hbo latino, they called me. the film back in august, they said, "wow, we like the trailer. let's see the film and we'll see, you know, what we can do." i was like, "it's not ready yet." but i showed like a rough cut of the film, they fell in love with the film, and they offered us to screen, have a world premiere in new york city. all of my cast and crew went, even some of cecy's family and her friends went to support. and surprisingly, we had--and the reason why i say surprising, because 'cause total continent, opposite direction. and we had a really good outcome. and a lot of good feedback, and everyone seemed to really enjoyed it. so, i'm just so excited to have our homecoming in richmond, to have the community finally see what my crew and i, my cast have been working on for so many years. damian: and karen, when you auditioned, you were mentioning that you want to make sure that you believe in the script and that it's something that is going somewhere. karen: oh, absolutely. i wanted to make sure that there

it is really gotten to about every cornerer of the united states and at least the continental united states. >> we know that the children and elderly are particularly vulnerable and how do people know that it is the flu versus some other bug that they can ride out? >> yeah, it is a good question, and i will tell you that it can be hard even for the medical professionals, and so with the symptoms that you will get the congestion and the cough and all of that stuff, it can be a lot of things. if people are starting to develop stomach symptoms, and start to think more about flu especially in the kids. if they are developing fevers that are high, and usually over 101 degrees,b then i start to worry more about the flu as well. in children, this is something that, you know, you may see as well. sometimes a child will have seemed to be recovered from the flu and feeling better on the upswing and then a few days later worse again and then it comes back fast and hard and that is a red flag to suggest a secondary infection has now come into the picture, and this is maybe time to go to emergenc

as pyongyang continues to develop nuclear missiles it says it will be capable of hitting the continental united states if negotiators do meet next week ahead of the winter olympics they'll be the first formal talks in two years bernard smith al-jazeera on to syria now where a spike in violence has killed dozens of civilians as part of a government assault on rebel held positions near damascus four hundred thousand people have been living under siege. for the past four years in desperate need of food and medicines and a hundred reports. markets are. civilians the victims civil defense volunteers who rushed to help those who are still alive in recent days at least. killed in what opposition activists describe as indiscriminate bombardment. airstrikes believed to be carried out by syrian government have intensified in the rebel controlled area of eastern. and it is residential neighborhoods that are coming under fire the government says it has launched what it calls a counter offensive because rebels are firing shells into territories under its control but rebels say the government is trying to he

as pyongyang continues to develop nuclear missiles it says it will be capable of hitting the continental united states if negotiators do meet next week ahead of the winter olympics they'll be the first formal talks in two years bernard smith al-jazeera egypt has extended its state of emergency for another three months it follows two deadly attacks against coptic christians in the helo one district south of cairo on friday nights in egypt first imposed a state of emergency in april after two church bombings killed at least forty five people uganda's president has signed a bill removing the presidential age limit from the constitution the new law now allows us where it must have a need to run for election again in twenty twenty one critics say the bill is his attempt to cling to power he's been in office since nine hundred eighty six nigeria's mellish a says more than seven hundred people held hostage by the armed groups have managed to escape we're just has more from a butcher. the more than seven hundred hostages fled their captors after what the nigerian army called ground on elephants of over

as pyongyang continues to develop nuclear missiles it says it will be capable of hitting the continental united states. if negotiators do meet next week ahead of the winter olympics they'll be their first formal talks in two years bernard smith al-jazeera well b.j. kim is a professor at hancock university a foreign studies in seoul he says south korea will not let talks with pyongyang affect its ties with the us their efforts to drive wedges between washington and seoul that efforts had been made for decades by jim jones father and his grandfather death has been north korea's strategy all along and looks like there is a growing concern that this time their action could actually make that happen but however in north korea south korea here in seoul we have enough for presence of conservatives who believe you know the tie between washington and seoul is the most critical one we should keep in place so i don't think that's going to happen no matter what the policymakers try some of the progress that policymakers try here in the city there will be enough of a reaction from the conservatives to preve

as pyongyang continues to develop nuclear missiles it says it will be capable of hitting the continental united states if negotiators do meet next week ahead of the winter olympics will be their first formal talks in two years bernard smith al-jazeera. and staying with her story for just the next thirty seconds or so donald trump the u.s. president on twitter of course it's breakfast time in washington he's talking about north korea saying sanctions and other pressures are beginning to have a big impact on north korea he also does refer however to kim jong un as rocket man saying he now wants to talk to south korea for the first time he's saying perhaps that's good news perhaps not we will see exclamation marks that's less reaction from the u.s. president to those positive signs coming out of pyongyang of course the key question where will those discussions go next still to come here on al-jazeera the nigerian military says hundreds of people held hostage by the armed groups. have escaped. more very heavy right into central parts of china over the next couple days someone there is don't look to

as pyongyang continues to develop nuclear missiles it says it will be capable of hitting the continental united states if negotiators do meet next week ahead of the winter olympics they'll be the first formal talks in two years bernard smith al-jazeera well the u.s. state department says it's skeptical about kim jong un's necessity for talks with the south korea. you know if if the two countries decide that they want to have talks that would be certainly their choice we have a very strong relationship with the republic of korea as we do with japan we have had a strong alliance with them for many many decades that hasn't changed kim jong un may be trying to drive a wedge of some sort between the two nations between our nation and the republic of korea i can assure you that that will not happen that will not occur we are very skeptical of kim jong un's sincerity in sitting down and having talks our policy hasn't changed the south koreans policy has not changed that we both support a denuclearized korean peninsula well robert kennedy is a professor of political science at pusan national university

as pyongyang continues to develop nuclear missiles it says it will be capable of hitting the continental united states. if negotiators do meet next week ahead of the winter olympics they'll be the first formal talks in two years bernard smith al-jazeera. filth california on program. begins the new year with twitter attacks on enemies and allies ally angering pakistan teasing it lines and deceit. and syrian government ramps up its assault on rebel held positions near damascus and dozens of civilians. hello and welcome to international weather forecast now we've seen one eye to weather system working its way across france there's another one which is going to be steaming through during the course of choosing night into wednesday across the u.k. through into the north sea and then across northern parts of france into germany so some very severe weather made worse by the fact we've got spring high tides could well be some coastal inundation here and then we've got mild weather returning on thursday terms a fourteen in paris so that's going to have some implications up over the alps or snow as tempe