good morning, seniors, i'm nelson berry i'm on the united nations board, i'm the chair fort global goals of sustainable development, i want to say how excited i am about this proposal. it's really another example of how san francisco is taking the leadership position in so many areas. and i understand tomorrow the city is going to be talking about divesting $450 million from fossil fuel, so the momentum is moving in a sustainable direction. when i look at the good food purchasing program values, local economies, environmental sustainability, i can assure that they fall in direct alignment with -- can i put this here? -- the 17 global goals for sustainable development which was created in 2015 just before the paris climate conference. and this program, i've checked all 17 boxes because this program would enhance and be actual programs that support all 17 of the united nations global goals for sustainable development. i couldn't give you a higher grade on your effort. down at stanford, the department of engineering has sustainable systems initiative, they determined that 60% of the global

united nations. across the country because of the fact that the. shiny foundation board headed by alfred have done tremendous and. never date been a great cage man. showed the move going down. the public. the government started moving ahead with plans to do and of course include other organizations seventy one organizations small this comes of course criticism from the u.s. president do pakistani officials concede there's any links between the two. well if you look at the language from don no water a word drop. by. saying that the pakistanis food the united states. that the united states billion dollars. however the. language kept of the u.s. ambassador was summoned. and a strong laws in the next twenty four. security team will be meeting. after the prime minister gordon important meeting and a robust response should be expected this is the first time that the pakistanis are not mincing words they're saying that the american unit. and the defense minister also saying that day read in order to allow the u.s. to fight a war on pakistani soil saying that the country's defen

united nations of field museum in chicago. she's lectured internationally and serves on the advisory board of three nonprofits. joining her as her co-author granddaughter. along with her sister alex launched a children's program in mexico. she's conducted -- with gross and wrote sections of the book contributed many images. please try me in welcoming our authors. [applause] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> girls are trafficked all over the world denied education, tonight equality and more. but, there is good news, that is that groups of girls are gathering together, they are finding strength in numbers and their fighting against those threats and making progress in some are succeeding already. wonder girls, changing our world is the very first book ever to tell the stories of activists girl groups. there have been girl groups about activist girls but this is the first ever tell the story about groups of girls. all of the girls are between the ages of ten and 18. alex and i together interviewed and photographed 15 groups of girls in 13 countries. countries as diverse as tonga, mala

back in the united states, the majority of the national park system advisory board have resigned in protest of the fact that interior secretary ryan zinke has not met wiwith them en once since trump took office one year ago. the board's chairman, tony knowles, a former governor of alaska, said -- "the department showed no interest in learning about or continuing to use the forward-thinking agenda of science when it comes to the effect of climate change, protection of the ecosystems, education." he was one of nine members of the 12-person panel who quit on monday. in california, a a los angeles county sheriff's deputy has been arrested by fbi agents and charged with running a drug trafficking scheme, which included allegedly hiring other police officers to provide physical security for drug dealers. deputy kenneth collins and three other men wewere arrested in the tuesday morning sting. in wisconsin, democrats have won a major victory in the state senate race, flipping a rural district that has been controlled by republicans for almost 20 years. democrat patty shatner defeated -- schachtner

hundred years diego audio form of venice when an ambassador to the united nations thank you very much indeed. the u.s. domestic board has agreed to resign after a former team doctor it was jailed for sexually abusing female gymnasts the u.s. olympic committee has told the board to step down after it was criticized for the way it handled decades of abuse claims. setting up to one hundred and seventy five years in prison for assaulting young gymnasts under his care separately a u.s. house panel announced it will investigate sexual abuse in organized sports what dan estabrooks in washington d.c. for us down where does this leave us a gymnastics now. now this is a major housecleaning in the u.s.g. usa gymnastics has twelve months to get this board in place and it includes about twenty people and also includes representative athletic representatives on the board this is there were also some other demands but this was the one that was the most noteworthy if they don't get this board in place then they lose their authority now the usa gymnastics is the organization that appoints athletes to the u.s. olympic teams it's also

organic food at >> of the federal level yet the national organic or grand under the united states department of agriculture or usda. the national organic program board determines the rules and applications that can be used in organic reduction and they also oversee what can be labeled as organic and identified in the market. if you go to the grocery store and/or consumer buying organic food, you want to look for a round symbol that says it's organic. you know then it actually has been approved by federal standards. the federal standards are very specific. it means something narrow and not organic consumers agree. it can be highly controversial depending who you ask. some consumers are very confused what it actually means to be organic is supposed to other terms like local or natural or sustainably produced. >> organic as defined by federal government. >> organic unstable dissection in the united case it has to be organic to the program standards. >> so you have these early stages, early adopters of organic regulation. how does that lead to the development of the 1990 act? >> half of the u.s. state ended up adopting legislation. there were a few that

60 different countries, images have been exhibited at united nations and chicago among other prestigious locations and chairs in the advisory board in three nonprofits, joining her this evening alex sangster launched a program in mÉxico. she has conducted interviews and not only wrote sections of the book but also contributed many images here to present wonder girls changing our world please join me in welcoming paola gianturco and alex sangster. [applause] >> how many of you have seen the movie wonder woman? [inaudible conversations] >> wonder woman fights for peace, justice -- [inaudible] >> wonder girls fights for people, quality and justice using creativity and confidence and determination and dreams. [inaudible] >> all over the world -- >> i can stand over here, good idea. thank you, alex. all over the world girls are trafficked, married off too young, denied education, denied quality -- equality and more. but there's god news and that is that groups of girls are gathering together and they are finding strength in numbers and they are fighting against those threats and they are making progress and some of them are succeeding

united states. when others see chief executive officers and multi-national corporations saying we want to continue our investment into the united states from the horse's mouth creates more excitement for others to jump on board. charles: president obama's first world tour was a combination of an apology tour. bowing on a few occasions. apologizing for america's greatness where trump is saying we are not ashamed we are an amicing -- an amazing country and we plan to stay this way. > >> president obama was in the midst of a financial crisis in 2009, reeling from a huge stock market drop and toxic loans. and coming off the heels of a war in iraq and afghanistan that was wildly unpopular at the time. i think the dynamics in 2009 are very different than 2017. regardless, that's the past, this is the future. democrat or republican we need to be encouraging investment no matter how we do it. that's why you are seeing folks like starbucks. people are concerned how is trump going to go to davos when he said we are going to rip up trade agreements. wilbur ross talks about bilateral trade agreements. >> the biggest difference is he isn't defending america first, he's selling. what we have is someone who is masterful at

federal level you have the national organic program which is housed under the united states department of agriculture, usda, the national organic product and they have the board that determines rules and applications that can be used in organic production and they also oversee what can be labeled as organic and identified in the market. so if you go to a grocery store and you're a consumer and interested in buying organic food, you are going to want to look for a round symbol that says usda organic and you know then that it actually has been approved by federal standards, the federal standards, though, are very specific, it means very, very narrow and not all organic producers and organic consumers agree upon that definition of organic. it can be highly controversial depending on who you ask and some consumers are confused about what it actually means to be organic as opposed to other terms like local or natural or same we produce. >> organic as defined by the federal government? >> yes, organic if it is labeled as such in the united states it has to be organic according to the usda national organic program standard. >> you have the early states, early adopte

deals exciting to every part of the united kingdom, the secretary of state putting national trade to reestablish, and as well as successful business, part of the board of trade looking at all occasions. >> how will the secretary of state, the integrated supply chain will be preserved when britain leaves the european union. >> to deliver trade between the uk and european union, 80% of welsh exports in the uk maintaining the integrity of priority. >> questions for the prime minister. >> mister -- mister speaker, i have been asked to reply. my right honorable friends, the prime minister, is in china building on ties between our two countries and accompanied by the largest business delegation this government have yet led. >> mister speaker. a number of employees live in my constituency and an apprenticeship, some uncertain future. will the government act on future corporate theft where they are siphoned off hundreds of millions of pounds in pension contributions for dividends and assistance to themselves, what options the government purports? >> mister speaker, the anxiety must be affecting the apprentices and their families, the honorable gentlemen's c

these mandatory reporting requirements to adults working at national governing boards, that is amateur sports organizations recognized by the united states olympic committee such as u.s.a. gymnastics or u.s.a. tennis or sanctioned events. the bill also charters new organization called safe sport, tasking with preventing child abuse within the national governing bodies through education and handling reports of misconduct. safe sport will assure these national governing bodies abide by such policies and procedures to assure that predators like dr. nassar will never again be permitted to terrorize young athletes with impunity. i'd like to thank mrs. brooks of indiana for her hard work on this issue and for assembling a bipartisan team of co-sponsors. protecting our young people, including those that have sacrificed so much to represent the united states such as olympic athletes is and should be a bipartisan undertaking. i commend my colleagues for their support and i urge them to vote in favor of s. 543. mr. speaker, i would like -- i have 133 statements, victim impact statements of young women that were made at this sentencing, and

boards human rights issues the un security council. meeting over the situation in iraq request for the initiatives being criticized by some members saying it's iran's internal issue. that the united nations allocates fifty million dollars now in aid. to alleviate the humanitarian disaster unfolding in that country coming up we discuss the crisis with a journalist illustrated who is trying to do her part to raise awareness for the dire situation there. members of the jewish community in france tell us they fear for their safety in the country these days many of the safe to leave because of widespread anti semitism. this is r.t. live from moscow just turned six in the afternoon here this saturday. when we start with this. fourth day of mass a pro-government march is being held in iran tens of thousands of people have been rallying to show their support for the country's leaders it comes in response to a seven day uprising triggered by poor living conditions that engulfed over eighty cities. that was. friday night the united nations security council at washington's request held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in iran russia criticized the move saying that iran should be left a

a member of the advisory board and the very heated exchange that we had i don't want to be part of a whitewash. and i felt it was best that i resign immediately. united nations has the number of people in somalia on the brink of famine has grown ten fold in a year with half the population in urgent need a year later the situation isn't any better in fact the united nations is concerned that the amount of somalis who are on the brink of famine has increased ten fold the united nations is appealing for one point six billion dollars to provide humanitarian assistance to millions of somalis they say that six million people in this country that's at least half the population need humanitarian assistance at least half of those people are children and all of that amount half of the people who need assistance need emergency lifesaving assistance was also of concern much like the people at this camp in mogadishu is that two point one million somalis have been displaced by drought. rainfall as well as the realities of poor security in many parts of the country and that's one of the issue for the united nations a round development and the future of somalia is that of s

msnbc national political correspondent steve kornacki is at the big board for a break down of the fall out. so, steve, has steve bannon actually managed to unite the republican party? >> it's fascinating. remember just before this week what was supposed to be one of the big stories of the early part of 2018, it's going to be primary races. this is the senate battle ground map next year. the red are the republican held seats, blue the democratic held seats. what we thought was going to be one of the big stories in 2018 there would be a lot of primaries. a couple of these red states here, in nevada, arizona, maybe mississippi where bannon was going to back insurgents backing republican incumbents, backing the establishment. what are we seeing happen in some of these places as a result of this? here's a perfect example. nevada dean heller, republican incumbent, u.s. senator, he's in trouble in the republican primary. he has danny running against him. tarkanian was supposed to be the candidate. the book comes out, he asked about it, is he saying anything nice about bannon? he says this. i supported the president before he was elected, i support hi

as the unified board security agency of the united states, cbp plays a critical role in our nation's efforts to keep dangerous drugs from entering our communities. cbp interdicts drugs and other dangerous items at our ports of entry, including multiple mail and express courier facilities by leveraging advanced electronic data, augments systems and by using various types of detection technology, all as part of our multilayered risk-based approach to enhance the security of our borders. since i last appeared before this committee in april of 2016, cbp, working collaboratively with the postal service and our law enforcement partners, has made strong progress in enhancing our enforcement capabilities and our effectiveness in the international mail and express courier environments but more must be done. recent bilateral agreements regarding advanced electronic data have increase cbp's ability to target high-risk shipments. in april of 2016, cbp was receiving advanced electronic data an a limited basis from only eight countries. today we are receiving data from 23 countries with another 6

with a board of directors during the month of february and with the united states olympic committee requirements. dr. larry nassar involves .undreds of female athletes the gymnastics is the national governing body of the sport in the united states. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ julia: live from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i am julia chatterley. joe weisenthal: i am joe weisenthal. >> stocks bouncing off the lows after earlier gains. the 10-year still up above 7%. reins, the fede on chains the race today. confident inflation will pick up. social network set to report earnings for the first time since mark zuckerberg announced a major change to its news feed set up. and, in the cloud for microsoft, the tech giant set to report earnings after the bell this season. continuing away from the software business, will continue to drive growth. what did you miss? incidents and out rations sexual harassment and assault are prompting change around the world. one policymaker is answering that call that would define men -- for lewd behavior. the ongoing conversatio

board nation of the rule of law. insu assaults on institutions by a major party. we see them willing to defend the president on all costs. the president of the unitedtes walks into this chamber tonight in an hour of growing crisis and the assault, the assault that is being directed with the misinformation and vital american institutions and no matter what he says tonight, his loss of moral authority that occurred in the last year in charlottesville. it does nothing to unwind those things. >> yes, we see lowering the bar in politics, but we have a crisis across the country in sports, business, religion, that is what we have to think about and how do we fix it? bottom up, we have to do what i we do to make things the better they are. are they under fire, are they under attack. >> cavs or warriors? >> cavs, some things i have to do. we need to go out in the draft though. >> we started with christopher ray, talking about unprecedented for an fbi direct tore be rebukes and rebuffed. >> i think the speech tonight is close to meaningless and it is close to meaningless because we saw him give a speech last year. his first big speech to congress, and it had

united that is not that right. happening, we're a nation now that we can't relive history. history and ok at make differences across the board we want to give back to americans, who were here before the native american? weren't they invaders from other areas in our previous history? from that standpoint, we start try to make life a little bit better and we try to make sure that the rule of applied to everything. you are exactly right, we have a ot of problems in this country and that is because the rule of law doesn't apply to everybody equally. see that with clintons, the dosier, all the way across the we're in an s why uproar. if you don't like the law, go back e law, don't and give people a pass on the problemt is part of the and where we've got off base, make sure we make laws that are clear, that that are are debated in front of the american people behind closed doors. jean from houston, texas, joining us on this discussion and daca, joined by representative paul gosar of arizona. jean, on the republican line, go on.d, you're guest: good morning. caller: good morning. good ou are making some sense what you are saying an

united states. and it was used to understand proliferation networks used by adversary nations to evade sanctions, including military communications equipment. in 2014, the privacy and civil liberties oversight board, what we call pclob, reported and i quote, over a quarter of n.s.a. reports concerning international terrorism include information based in whole or in part on section 702 collection. and this percentage has increased every year since the statute was enacted. the law expressly prohibits the target of u.s. persons or the targeting of persons located in the united states. 702 is a foreign content collection program. i also believe it's equally important that reauthorization include reforms to ensure the program continues to operate consistently with the statute's original intent and our constitution. perhaps the most important among these reforms is the issue of u.s. person queries. u.s. person queries refer to the process by which the government searches the 702 databases for the content of u.s. persons communications. u.s. persons cannot be targeted understand 702 -- under 702 but they can be collected incidentally if the individual is communicating with a non-u.s. person located over

capacity as a member of the board of directors of the american radio relay league, the national association for amateur radio. we have approximately 175,000 members throughout the united states and we represent the interest of the 750,000 licensed amateur or ham radio operators in the u.s. amateur radio is an adventurial pursuit. there is also a very serious side to amateur radio. it's far more than a hobby. with ow license from the fcc comes a responsibility to promote emergency communications during times of disaster. the arrl understands u.s. military, fema and dhs. we provide all the emergency communications for the american red cross and salvation army. razz much as we think we are so he 50 indicate with the technology, things break. seeing how amateur radio in a disaster in a crisis often times is the one thing that was still up and run, a ham transmitting can mean the difference between life and death. end quote. amateur radio operators are included in emergency operations plans in every state of the union. the role played by ham in disasters was in full display in fall of 2017 which saw four major hurricanes make landfall in the united states and its territori

united nations housing conference. in 1978 president carter appointed her inspector general of the community service administration. she continued to show her commitment to service as an active member on several boards including the howard university board of trustees, the urban league of metropolitan st. louis, the board chair, and also the board chair of the national council on aging. in 2007, friedman was inducted into the international walk of fame at the national martin luther king historic site in atlanta, georgia, for her leadership in the civil rights movement. frankie had a nickname among people who were touched by her passion and commitment to that elusive quality known as justice. she was known as frankie freedom. i had an opportunity to get to know frankie in the last decade of her life. i treasured the time i had with her, the encouragement she gave me, the stories she told me, the legend that she was. she would always say to me, when i was express frustration, and frankie said this throughout her life. she would quote luke chapter 9 verse 62. no one who puts a hand on the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of god. frankie would always say keep your hand on the plow.

taking flight, united, american, delta all ep 2% or more should you board now or let those stocks come back to ethar we'll debate straight ahead on power lunch. >>> time for trading nationnagement and let's talk about some of the airlines here. are you the buyer of any airline? >> delta is one to look at here. trying to break above 51 for three years now. and every time it does it, it pulls back it's finally going to break above that in a significant way, it's going to be very positive for the best ingredient in the group. >> dennis, what do you think >> yeah, saw the price action this morning on all the airline stocks thought they were being priced in bitcoin for a second, then i realized the q4 traffic numbers came out and they were impressive what we've seen in the options market is a lot of people monetizing or selling out calls they had bought going into these numbers. my good friend brian over at stiffle has a great trade, united airlines, we think should be bought. the 60, 70 expiring in march will give you protection if southwest starts piercing into unite's area on price competition. that's the thing to look out for in the q1 numbers that will be coming out >>

board and we heard about from the senator. next will be michael nyburg who is seated next to me. he's the department of national security and strategy at the united states army war college. he too is the author of many highly regarded books on the first world war and also on the second world war. his 2011 book, dance of the furries, was named one of the five best books on world war i by the "the wall street journal." in october of 2016, oxford university press published his path to war, a history of american responses to the great war. and our third speaker will be arras meenella. he teaches international history and the history of the united states in the world. he also serves as director of graduate programs at harvard's weather head center and co-chair's harvard international and global history seminar. his most recent book is empires at war, 1911 to '23 co-ed itsed. he's held fellowships among others and he was a burkhart fellow at the radcliff institute for advanced study. dr. keene if you could start us off. >> great. good afternoon, everybody. thanks for coming out. i left sunny california for what i expected to be a cataclysmic ice storm.