repressive, they rewarded him region, g him to the the uyghur autonomous region. that's so sad. we also see human rights abuses, know, in hong kong, where millions are fighting for democratic freedoms they were on mainland where journalists, human rights lawyers, christians and advocates languish in jail cells. today in the face of rise og presentation in china, congress has an urgent response to believe the act. speaking with the president of the central tibetan administration has said, the very survival of tibetan culture and identity is in peril. if we don't speak out for human rights in china because of commercial interest we lose all moral authority to speak out for human rights any place in the world. to those who take the repressive chinese government's side, what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and suffers the loss of his soul? i urge a strong vote nor legislation and support the tibetan people as they seek to defend their culture and their identity and the pursuit of a future of free dom of religion and dignity. i thank, again, the members of the foreig

mid-term and the approach here are we are doing it in a way that society and that means making 3 uyghurs in the bios that we build and pursued for safety ph i praised the fledgling e.u. legislation as a good start because the rest of the world mustn't be too far behind. to germany no where prosecutors have carried out a number of raids. in relation to the auto industry's diesel emissions scandal it's a big motors come from that its german headquarters were raided as well as research and development centers but he says suspect the car maker was using that she device that falsified the cause of missions during testing to be sure it's the latest company to become embroiled in the diesel gate scandal that erupted in 2015. and on the same no german comic a dime said additional charges related to the diesel emissions down there would cost the company a further $1500000000.00 euros this year the mercy it is make us said that product recalls an ongoing court cases weighed down results for the year ahead last year's profits were down 50 percent on the previous the company has pledged to tighten i

the mid-term and me approach here i we are doing it in a way that so society and uk means making 3 uyghurs and a bias that we build and pursue course. ph i praised a fledgling e.u. legislation as a good start but says the rest of the world mustn't be too far behind. in south africa inflation accelerates to 4 percent in december broadly in line with what as well. expecting the month on month rise in prices was driven by higher prices for fuel and electricity as well as food and beverages even though prices rose south africa's inflation is still well within the central bank's target range the average rate for last year was a moderate 4 point one percent which is the lowest reading since 2005. earlier i spoke to. the deputy editor of business day in johannesburg and i asked him for the mind factors behind south africa's lowest annual inflation rate in 50 years. who were there a couple of factors driving. so you've got the consumer in sort of. spending guardedly because they are swimming in that really so even when they do go out to go and buy something at the shops what they do is to stuff. a

. >> in a months long investigation working with sources in the uyghur community and analyzing hundredsf satellite images, cnn has found more than 100 sem drooez that have been destroyed most in just the last two years, like this one in the town of ox ew, a cemetery first demolished and redwepd with a manmade pond or this one in shiar distinctive white tombs built over. sites were visited. human bones were found. cnn has found multiple government noticed online in one case giving families 15 days to move remains. we showed these images to ryan thumb, an anthropologist who studies islam in china and uses satellite imagery. >> there's no doubt what that is. >> no, this is absolutely clear what this is. you can see the destruction encroaching, and now if you look at google earth today you'll see that this sort of flat surface, it now covers everything. and that is a phenomenon. >> the chinese government did not deny the instruction. they said governments in shin yaung fully respect and guarantee the freedom of all ethnic groups to choose burial methods. official documents say the reason in

january 2 statement in which they expressed deep concern of the inhumane and painful conditions which uyghur muslims in china are subjected. recognizing what i have been saying for months. the chinese communist party is committing mass human rights abuses of and ethnics and other muslims held in detention. we are happy with what he did and we ask all countries, particularly those belonging to the islamic coordination to deny it's the chinese communist party and a broader war on faith. moving to europe. prime minister tatis is here. i will have a meeting today alongside president trump. politicalecretary for affairs, david hale, will be thisling to brussels later week. we will have conversations with 28 european counterparts. this is a meeting happens about every six months. this gathering is important because it precedes a foreign ministerial on iran. that's just been scheduled. it shows once again our close cooperation with our european partners on issues of mutual concern. while david's there, the issue of iran and iraq will be featured prominently in their conversations and they will have

snow we all plan landscape by train here we are on route to the famous mountain trail you will be uyghur. it's around 80 kilometers from switzerland. capital band to the you for your station the cop will railway has to send some 1400 meters during the final stretch. conductor could cross now says this is his favorite route a large part goes right through mountains in a tunnel it took 16 grueling years to cut through the eiger and the mention at the beginning of the 20th century finishes hard to not miss and it still amazes me even today i got that look at how the entire tunnel is natural there's no cement so rock star you can see the drill holes. monthly the weather sticks of dynamite one place to mold it in wollongong. after half an hour we arrive at the young failure of. europe's highest train station located at 3454 meters inside the mouth. of the far railway has been taken visitors to the top since 912. beyond being europe's highest train station it also has the best view. i couldn't wait to see it so headed outside 1st and gazed over the swiss mountains and the other to glacier the

authoritarian regimes in africa to help it helps enable the surveillance and the oppression of the uyghury in northwest china. this is just a companyn't want to be doing business with. we don't want to take this sk. huawei says, look, we're a plumbing company. it's not up to us to figure out we just build the pipes. and they say that they are an employee-owned company, a private company in china. and mr. ren, the founder and sort of visionarbehind huawei, has said that he would rather shut the company down than ever compromise its customers' private or data. the u.s. government counters by saying, you may not have a under what is known as the 2017 chinese national intelligence law, it appears huawei could actually be coerced and required intelligence, if ainese william brangham: the u.k., in its decision-making, said, we'ro only going to what they admit is a high-risk vendor to have access to one part of their netwk. and they say this will be quarantine huawei or otherlly manufacturers from one part of it, and everything will be secure. is that true? garrett graff: so, t. has a very long

blasted china in its new report, accusing the chinese government of human rights violations against uyghur muslims in the xinjiang region and protesters in hong kong, as well as efforts to censor chinese citizens living abroad. this comes as china has barred the head of human rights watch kenneth roth from entering hong kong to present the report. this is kenneth roth responding to officials' claims they had barred his entry for "immigration reasons," even though u.s. citizens are entitled to visit hong kong for up to three months without a visa. put forth asijing preposterous as punishment for barring me? i think the reason is that the chinese government is terrified of admitting this genuine desire for democracy on territory that they rule because if they admit desire a spontaneous rather than what they claim is a foreign position, human rights watch inciting people, than what is happening in hong kong might spread t to the mainland. that is really the big fear. amy: in honduras, and report by the violence observatory at the honduran national autonomous universisity says that at least5 w

the arab league to deannounce the chinese economist part brutal treatment of uyghurs.ing to europe. the prime minister i will welcome him at the white house alongside president trump. i also want to announce that our undersecretary for political affairs david hale will travel to brussels. we'll have conversations with 28 european counterparts this is recounter meeting that happens every six months. this particular gather something important because it immediately precedes foreign ministerial on iran and has been scheduled. shows close cooperation with our european partners on issues of mutual concern. i'm sure while david is there the issue of iran and iraq will feature problem menially in their conversations and they will have the opportunity to talk about syria, north korea and china as well. finally one more personnel matter. i want to thank ambassador john bass who i am come to know in time of service as director of the central intelligence agency and secretary of state. his go year service in kabul was remarkable. that is one of the most important missions. ambass

uyghurs right now in camps because they want them to learn the chinese culture, they don't want themxample, does that not bother you as an investor? >> i think the issue of trying to figure out to be involved with other's policieses that i'm not politically understanding and also the idea of sovereignity, if i was to say let's say others saying what do you think we're doing to these populations, i don't know how to really do that well. maria: i understand. >> okay. so we have problems that others would say oh, that's a -- maria: i would consider the u.s. chaff bu china but i undert you're saying in terms of an investment standpoint. >> i don't know anything about that issue. i'm not capable of doing that. so those types of things are -- and i think there's a -- woman: my reputation was trashed online. i felt completely helpless. my entire career and business were in jeopardy. i called reputation defender. vo: take control of your online reputation. get your free reputation report card at reputationdefender.com. find out your online reputation today and let the experts help you repair

certainly that beijing leadership to account, whether it's the detention of reportedly over a million uyghurs predominantly muslim minority in western china, to what is going on in hong kong. we are seeing the consequences of what has been a string of broken promises and perhaps empty pledges by the chinese. >> curtis, ryan payne here from payne capital. the police said there were 60,000 protesters in the recent protests but the protest organizers said something more like a million. what's the real number? if there's a million people, there's only 7 million plus people in all of hong kong. that's a lot of people protesting. >> i think even like here at our protests in the united states, there's so much disagreement on the crowd counts. what's really important to think about is whether it's 60,000 or a million, it was the largest protest ever on a new year's day. a traditional day when family, other things are happening, that people continue to come out i think is a remarkable testament to what is going on with the hong kong people, trying to seek out, trying to speak up about their future. cl

maria: so you think that will be in phase two, we know that there are a million uyghurs in camps rightwith china is the structure of the communist government. there are folks that say government owns a significant part of business. no kidding, it's a communist government. we should engage in not only that issue and a ownership but also the human rights and dignity issue. maria: we didn't get into russia and how putin fired his whole government so he can have more power even after a he leaves. that was a significant story as well. >> surprise, surprise, on it for no one. maria: unbelievable. senator, great to see you this morning. great insights from you. we appreciate your time. coming up, when sports and business collide, former nfl star jack brewer and my pillow founder mike lynndel will be here together. then bond's future, producer flexing mull he'lflex muse -- fn who should play the iconic spy and why. back in a minute. ♪ lying next to you, in this bed with you. ♪ ♪ yes i'm stuck in the middle with you, ♪ no one likes to feel stuck, boxed in, or held back. especially by something

and they want to cater to the communities they operate in but no word on the 1 million uyghurs sittingke decisions about whether it's better to engage and use our platform to drive positive change or disengage. for the most part, leading corporations have decided that engaging is better than sitting on the sidelines. maria: you don't think this is just a bunch of pr? >> not at all. frankly, if you look at the mood in davos, the opportunities are tremendous but we're going to have to earn the trust of society to take advantage of those opportunities. and so technology, we're just at the tip of an explosive level of innovation, driven by the introduction of new technologies. and oftentimes we talked about these individually, whether it's 5g, the internet of things, cloud, cognitive, the real revelation is that if none of those individually, it's in the aggregate, the convergence that is going to drive growth in the real economy. now to do that, we're going to have to engage our employee base, we're going to have to up-skill. you heard for several years fears about what does this mean for