nick is heading towards kazakhstan and will be there in 3 minute, just left uzbekistan and delivered almost 2 billion toys. we have a link to norad's site on our mobile app so check it out. that's fun to look at that. >> absolutely. can't wait for him to head over. >>> we'll head to the low 70s this afternoon after things dry out a little bit. christmas day, we'll wake up dry and warm. kids can go outside and enjoy their holiday with a few showers into the evening. >> santa will need a change of clothe from what he wore in lapland to our area. that's it for wusa 9 news. we'll be back at 5:00, where we're always on at our mobile app. have a great day, and from all of us at the noon show, merry christmas. ♪ who's the rebel now? no way. yes way! savor an egg mcmuffin any time you like. a fresh cracked egg, melty cheese, canadian bacon and an english muffin with real butter. mcdonald's all day breakfast menu. yeah! it's time to start breaking some rules. >> nikki: merry christmas, everybody! oh, it's so good to see you. >> dylan: you, too. >> nikki: hi, son. hello. [ gasps ] hello. gives

hen also this year, in august, , urbanov f uzbekistan came as a refugee in 2009. found guilty on charges he conspired and attempted to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. possessed an unregistered destructive device. u.s. assistant attorney general john car lynn state head conspired to provide material support to the islamic movement of uzbekistan and procured bomb making materials in the interest of perpetrating a terrorist attack on american soil. press reports he began his life as a muslim. supposedly faced persecution when his family converted to christianity. and came to the united states with his family as a refugee. turned out he is islamic and radicalized. it is interesting, this administration assures us we have nothing to fear, nothing to be concerned about, i'm not afraid. but i am concerned about the oath that every one of us take. we're supposed to provide for the common defense in this country. it's an obligation we have. i think it's the most important obligation we have. we're supposed to protect the constitutio

these terrorists, for example, were from somalia, bosnia, kenya and uzbekistan. they came at different stages in their lives. some were admitted as children, others as adults, yet they all turned their back on this country after being welcomed here as refugees. so this is not made up. it's a real problem. the american people want some action. they'd like to see congress and this administration respond effectively. and they are rightly angered and upset with their elected representatives and their president for the not taking sufficient action. so i, along with my colleague, senator shelby and others in the house, asked for the inclusion of specific language in this omnibus bill that would protect the interests of the american people, that would reassert the constitutional role of congress in establishing a uniform system of immigration that would require the identification of offsetting cuts in federal spending to pay for the refugee admission program. but none of that was included in the omnibus bill. i doubt they ever spent a minute looking at the letter from t

uzbekistan has been fighting to oust the uzbek government, since the beginning of the 2000. pakistan, afghanistan where it still has fairly substantial numbers, recently pledging allegiance to isis. not because of anything going on in syria but it's because they see isis brand as important and it's a way of them to further their ambitions closer to home. it's not only a question of what's going on on the grid in syria, there's a much larger context of this. on energy, you know, in the eastern mediterranean i haven't been following closely recently so i don't know i have a lot to say except that from my power projection standpoint, the securing of russian naval facility in turkey and syria is significant in that, one, you know, this is one of the key equities russia's going to insist on being any peace deal, the maintenance of the facility. but also over the course of the conflict that base has gone from being a small repair shed that didn't host anything or have any protection, to something that is pretty heavily armed now. some of the people in the defense department here a

a native of uzbekistan came to the united states as a refugee in 2009 and was found guilty that he attempted to provide materiel support to terrorist organizations and possessed an unregistered destructive device. u.s. assistant attorney general john carlin stated that he "conspired to provide materiel support to the islamic movement of uzbekistan and procured bomb-making materials in the interest of perpetrating a terrorist attack on american soil." came to the country as a refugee in 2009. most of the refugees that i've interacted with have a healthy population in utah. they're good decent people who come from terrible situations. i don't think anybody suggest wes don't bring any refugees in. we have asked for a pause and time out to we can make sure vetting is in place. when you have the fbi director saying we can only vet as good as the information is, it's an overstatement to say, hey, refugees are not your problemed. so refugees are imported to the united states of america. you have people claiming asylum who come somehow to the united states of america. succumb here legally and lawful

turkistan, uzbekistan and russia and mr. very concerned about the passage of terrorists, insurgents, islamists between the borders. he's attempting to not only stop that but as brian mentioned in his report, there's a nice second order effect that he can embarrass america a little bit and his defense minister has done that by making rude comments about we wouldn't have this mess in our southern borders had it not been for america's misadventures in afghanistan. >> phil, as a former cia official, what is your take on putin's end goal here? i can't imagine he wants to engage in any sort of long term conflict in afghanistan. >> i don't think this is about conflict. there sb the restoration of the soviet union. after the fall of the soviet union, you had those independent states emerge, the states that general hurtling was referring to. those states were for afghanistan. what putin is doing now is telling those states i will work with the taliban to ensure that we have an agreement to collect intelligence about isis before they

we buy most of our electricity from our neighbors, from turkmenistan, uzbekistan and kazakhstan. there have been alternative routes for trade with the north whenever we have problem with trading to pakistan. which is wished of more options and nothing is an option. the central asian countries in the past with very good relationship. past 14 years and in the future we want to further build on that relationship. we never felt threatened from them but they feel threatened for what is coming from the south to the north in the name of isis and taliban, and we need to help them investments of a few more secure with us. said no particular problem in the north. >> will take one last question if there is one. may be too. >> thank you so much. that was a very warm welcome to washington. so good to see you after many years. i'm a journalist here in washington. correct me if i'm wrong, the peace process is dead. and if that's the case, i heard you blending pakistan a lot. sabotaging the process. and this is also what we hear from kabul officials and the afghan government all the explaining p

we also spent time in the north looking at a rail line which is bring oil and gas in and out of uzbekistan-- who knew afghanistan had a rail line. an actual train. so the reason this is relevant and port is about how the economic and civilian connection is made is that the use have spent hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars in the last decade trying to support, so the claim, a mining industry. about supporting some indigenous organizations and foreign. it's been a complete unmitigated disaster the recent that's relevant entries we want to feature the in the film and i touched it about the multiple war in the film is that you actually think that a country like afghanistan which is been a worn-out 30, more than 35 years deserves a page which is almost guaranteed to be wrapped with more violence if you start mining copper and other resources. also the complicity of you is corporations and the government in that process. one of the things i talk to as much as it should be is that is the our legacy, nabbing the west? most used truth will come out at some point the you're ri

same thing for a hundred i had it in uzbekistan but there's no question who invented it. >> no. >> biryaniis doesn't look like any biryani i ever had. minced lamb shoulder, onion, tumeric, cinnamon, mint, and of course, saffron, more valuable than gold by weight. this is delicious. >> very good. >> isfahan today, is it one of the most visited areas by tourists. >> yeah, everybody know if you go to tehran, you don't visit isfahan, you are wasting your time. >> the royal mosques, naghsh-e jahan, the second largest square in the world behind tiananmen in china. at dusk families come to the square to cool off, picnic, and have, yes, it looks like even a little bit of fun. ♪ ♪ ♪ the best simple veggie dish ever? heart healthy california walnuts. the best simple dinner ever? heart healthy california walnuts. great tasting, heart healthy california walnuts. so simple. get the recipes at walnuts.org. >> morning prayer in isfahan. >> across town the bridge where men gather spontaneously to sing. ♪ ♪ >> is this okay, this impromptu giving oneself over to the creative urge to stand and sing out to no

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