simon: when asked about talks with uzbekistan, the u.s.said only that its goal is to deprive russia of its ability to wage war in ukraine and restrict its access to revenue and dual use materials for its arms industry. >> uzbekistan does sit in one of the world's most difficult regions. it has china, iran, and russia. so they have to be cautious. so the fact that the uzbeks will make some arrangements with moscow, or for that matter with beijing is something we have to understand. i think we just want to make sure that there are limits to that relationship. simon: meanwhile, a reuters investigation recently revealed the u.s. and its allies are facing a critical shortage of nitrocellulose, limiting the west's ability to re-supply ukraine with vital munitions. so could american influence flip uzbekistan from being a problem for the west to a supplier for ukraine? >> either the u.s. government could buy the stuff itself and that maybe we could use it too. we know that we are not producing enough arms. or it can help find someone who would buy

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russian officials claim the 29—year—old from uzbekistan said he was recruited by ukrainian special servicesdeo released on wednesday, the suspect said he was offered a european passport and $100,000 in return. russian general igor kirillov was killed on tuesday by an explosive device installed in a scooter that was detonated remotely. ukraine claimed responsibility for the assassination which took place just one day after the country accused around the world and the united nations say that you are the leader of a terrorist group? that's a political classification. we haven't committed any crimes thatjustify calling us a terrorist group. in the last 1a years, we haven't targeted any civilians or civilian areas or civilian targets. i understand some countries will be worried by that designation, but it's not true. now, after all that has happened, sanctions must be lifted, because they were targeted at the old regime. the victim and the oppressor should not be treated in the same way. police in moscow say they have detained the man suspected of killing a senior russian general. russian offici

it was a citizen of uzbekistan who was recruited by ian intelligence services, who take responsibility for the killing. russia says the suspect confessed to planting a bomb in a scooter that killed the general and his assistant outside of an apartment building on tuesday. >>> the suspect accused of gunning down united health care ceo brian thompson could be back to new york city as early as tomorrow. the grand jury has indicted luigi mangione on an act of terrorism. the killing was intended to evoke terror. >> reporter: luigi mangione is facing 11 charges in new york in connection with the murder of united health care ceo brian thompson two weeks ago. among them, first-degree murder in the furtherance of terrorism. can you describe how rare it is for your office to charge with first-degree murder? >> they are reserved for the most abhorrent conduct, killing a police officer, serial killing and terrorism is one subsection of that. >> reporter: rikki klieman is a criminal defense attorney. >> this charge of murder in the first degree under these circumstances, as an act of terrorism, is

they believe the married father traveled to europe after communicating with a woman from uzbekistan.show he is back on u.s. soil and in police custody. >>> and the "a.p." reports disgraced former congressman anthony weiner may be planning a political comeback. the democrat served in congress for about 12 years before he resigned back in 2011 after sending lewd photos to women. in 2017 weiner pleaded guilty to having elicit online contact with a 15-year-old girl. he was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison and ordered to register as a sex offender. now he's filed to run for a seat on the new york city council, though he tells "a.p." he is, quote, still exploring whether or not to campaign. >>> just ahead this hour, saving the monarch butterfly. how the government could step in to fight the decline of the fragile species. you know what you don't see in psoriasis commercials? the thousands of real people who go undiagnosed. people whose psoriasis can look very different depending on their skin tone. as the makers of tremfya®, we understand that everybody's moderate to severe plaque

now, in other news, russian authorities say they arrested a 29-year-old man from uzbekistan in connection with the killing of the general in charge of russia's nuclear and chemical forces who was killed when an electrical device hidden in a scooter went off on tuesday. now, the russian authorities say that the suspect was recruited by the ukrainian special services who promised him $100,000 in exchange of him killing the general, frances. >> claudio, thank you. >>> turning to hawaii where the ntsb is investigating why a plane crashed into a building shortly after takeoff, killing the pilots. the whole thing was caught on camera. liz kreutz has the details. >> reporter: the ntsb investigating what caused this small cargo plane in hawaii to spiral out of control in hawaii before crashing into a building near the honolulu airport. >> all of a sudden, heard a big boom. >> reporter: this dash cam video showing the horrifying final moments of the flight. >> you're turning right, right? >> we have, we are out of control here. >> reporter: the cessna 208 slamming into an abandoned building, killi

historic nations whose formation began in ancient times. 0ur correspondent reyhan demytrie is in uzbekistan on georgia. there were these two parallel situations taking place. 0ne inside the parliament where mikheil kavelashvili was sworn in as the country's next president. outside the presidential palace in central tbilisi where the outgoing president addressed her supporters. they gathered this morning outside this palace, presidential palace. she said she was leaving the palace but she would remain with people. she considers herself as the only legitimate leader, president in georgia. because both she and the opposition have claimed repeatedly that 0ctober parliamentary elections in the country were stolen. therefore they do not recognise the legitimacy of the parliament that nominated and voted and today inaugurated mikheil kavelashvili as the next president. i think the next question is will there be international recognition of mikheil kavelashvili as georgia's president? will he get congratulations from the european union, united states, two days ago the united states government impos

russian officials claim the 29—year—old from uzbekistan said he was recruited by ukrainian special servicesvideo released on wednesday, the suspect said he was offered a european passport and $100,000 in return. russian general igor kirillov was killed on tuesday by an explosive device installed in a scooter that was detonated remotely. ukraine claimed responsibility for the assassination which took place just one day after the country accused mr kirillov of using banned chemical weapons. russian investigators say the suspect livestreamed the attack to ukrainian officials in dnipro from a rented car nearby. meanwhile, north korea has lashed out at "reckless provocation" by the united states and its allies for criticising pyongyang's support for russia's war in ukraine, including the deployment of troops. on wednesday, the us said that at least 30 north korean troops have been killed fighting ukrainian forces in russia's kursk border region, hundreds more had been injured. i spoke to lieutenant—general chun in—bum, who was the commander of south korea's special forces. unfortunately, i fores

named by russian state media as 29-year-old akhmad kurbanov from uzbekistan. moscow investigators say he confessed to being recruited by ukraine with an offer of $100,000 and safe passage to a european country. the bomb, hidden on a scooter, had been given to him, investigators say. when we reached the site today, there was still blood in the snow. surrounded by broken apartment windows. a killing in plain sight. it took just seconds as igor kirillov walked from this door. a scooter laden with explosives detonated. the whole thing videoed from a camera in a car just across the road and beamed, russian officials say, back to ukraine. >> it was really loud and i woke up. >> reporter: lieutenant general igor kirillov and his assistant were killed. a ukrainian security source tells nbc news ukraine's security services carried out the killing. 24 hours earlier ukraine had charged kirillov with using banned chemical weapons against ukraine, an allegation denied by russia. now the brazen assassination has brought the ukraine war to moscow's doorstep. >> that's horrib

they say the 29—year—old from uzbekistan is suspected of planting the bomb that killed lieutenant generallaimed he had confessed to being recruited by the ukrainian special forces, and had been promised $100,000 to carry out the attack. the rate of inflation has gone up for the second month in a row, with prices rising at their fastest pace since march. fuel and clothing were among the main drivers behind the rise. analysts say the latest figures mean the bank of england almost certainly won't cut interest rates when it meets tomorrow. here is our economics editor, faisal islam. the christmas market in the centre of york, the perfect place to test the temperature of a british economy that hasn't fully shaken off the cost—of—living crisis. 0ur sort of lower—value products have been the most popular things we sell for quite a while. we do sell more premium things like desk pads and folios and things like that, which do cost a little bit more, and recently, we've started to see our sales of those increasing. so it's definitely a sign that people are a little bit more willing to spend than th

a 29-year-old citizen of uzbekistan confessed and alleged he was recruited by ukraine.ecurity adviser jake sullivan criticized ukraine for a targeted assassination in the middle of moscow. >> i can be straight with you, the united states does not support or enable operations like this. >> joining me from moscow, nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons. keir, it's just remarkable, and were you right at the scene this morning, all of this is just incredible. obviously ukraine proudly claiming responsibility and the national security adviser of the united states criticizing them of doing something beyond the battlefield. >> reporter: that's right, andrea, and the man under arrest in russia, akhmad kurbanov is a 29-year-old uzbek man, according to russian officials, his name has been put into the public realm by the russian media. according to russian officials, though, they say that he was given the explosives, put it on the scooter, also rigged a camera. you're seeing video there. there's another piece of video that appears to be from a car, rigged the cam

brazil, russia, india china but little bricks, partner bricks, algeria, kazakhstan, uzbekistan, vietnamw in saudi arabia and the united arab elmore arab. we know where tram subpoena going and we want king dollar and world reserve current seizure disorders. >> giving them too much attention, too much power: we're in charge and get a stable dollar and get the economy growing like in the 1980s and they'll be begging for dollars and world will do it and marketplace will do it. the dollar is what it is because of the strength of the u.s. economy. we've abused the dollar and economy and that'll change and in the past, do it right and world wants the dollar. value is the function of demand like the swiss frank. small country and big money supply because people want the currency. larry: exactly. that's well put. and, brian, here, i'll read you this from truth social from mr. trump. the idea that bricks country was moving away from the dollar and stand by and watch is over. we require commitment they'll neither create a new bricks currency nor back any other to replace the mighty u.s. dollar or

in custody, a 29-year-old man from uzbekistan. recruited by ukraine's secret services and was promised money and entry into a european union country in return. the blast happened when general was reeving his apartment in -- leaving his apartment in central moscow yesterday morning. an explosive planted in a scooter was detonated remotely. ukraine calling him a legitimate target. krill love was in charge of nuclear and biological weapons. he and/or his troops have been charged with spreading babbed toxic substances -- banned toxic substances by the u.s., the u.k., canada and just this week, ukraine. this incident, however, stu, seemed not to have had much of an impact on the fighting. ukraine says russia overnight fired as many as 91 drones, many were shot down, as well as other missiles and projectiles. analysts say ukraine is slipping in its battle with russia. ukraine will be taken up today at a nato meeting in brussels which zelenskyy will be attending. you've seen foreign forces to keep the peace, if there's any to be found, a

now the suspect is identified as a 29-year-old uzbekistan citizen accused of working for ukrainian specialed the streets of moscow. nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons has more from the bomb site. >> reporter: it's pretty extraordinary to be standing here, this is where lieutenant general igor kirillov was assassinated just over 24 hours ago. you can see the power of the explosion, the meant tal, the bricks, some people leaving flowers. they do have a suspect in custody. russian media saying that is a man called akhmad kurbanov obtained outside moscow outside reports here in russia and russian media showing a videotape of him apparently confessing saying that has come from russian authorities. of course he is under arrest, under duress, he has, in fact, confessed to what happened here. standing here what a precision operation this was. the general would have walked out of the apartment here and there was a car waiting just in the street, so a very short distance away for this explosion to take place. it was filmed from the back of the car, a car we think was very likely

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. >> meanwhile in moscow today an uzbekistan man appeared in court. he behind the murder of range call and biological defense force. igor was killed when electric scooter went off inside his apartment. >> the 29-year-old is accused of carrying out the actions of the ukrainian svu security service to kill this top russian general. bret? >> bret: alex, putin today also addressing american journalist austin tice after a letter from his family. what did that letter say? >> so the family of this american journalist, they made a desperate plea to russian president vladimir putin. this family, this american journalist, austin tice he went missing 12 years ago when he was covering the war in syria. his family in this letter today writing in part saying: you have a profound connection with the syrian government which can be a great benefit to our unrelenting efforts to find austin and reunite our family. bashar al-assad, an ally with putin was ousted several weeks ago by syrian rebels. is he currently in russia. putin today he has not seen assad so far but he

yarks algeria, uganda, belarus, kazahkstan, a malaysia, thailand, turkey, uzbek instant, vietnam -- uzbekistanp's going, but is this the right way to go about it? we do want king dollar, i think you would agree, the world currency. >> he's giving them too much power. they'll be begging for dollars. the world will do it. the marketplace will do it, not these people. i almost wish they'd start a currency, because then we'd have a good joke. you could put it on "saturday night live" and have a good laugh. the dollar is what it is because of the strength of the u.s. economy. we've abused the dollar, we've abused the economy. that's going to the change. we've seen in the past do it right, and the world wants the dollar. that's the whole thing. value is a function of demand. like the swiss franc. small country. why does it have a big money supply? because people want the currency. larry: yes, exactly. that's well put. brian, i'll just read you, this is from mr. trump. the idea that the brics countries are trying to move away from the dollar while we end stand by and watch is over. we require a commi

reporter: jose, the russian media are naming the man involved as a 29-year-old called kurbanav from uzbekistanalso showing a video of him. he was detained outside moscow, as you can see. they're showing a video of him that purports to be him confessing to the killing. he's under arrest. all we have is russian authorities saying that's what he said, but they do, the russians, appear to have detail about what happened. you see pictures where this lieutenant general lived. he had seconds to get into his car. in that time the explosives that appear to be on a bike laid against the wall, a scooter, they detonated. close by a car with a camera in it, according to russian authorities, was feeding a live video of the events back to ukraine so this was a clearly carefully planned operation. we've been there today. there are apartments all around. you're left kind of stunned that it was possible to do this in plain sight, if you like, but certainly it has left russian officials furious, jose. what they're not saying so loudly here, but which is, of course, a question, is how was this possible in the hea

state media is identifying the man who was arrested as 29 year old akhmad kurbanov, a citizen of uzbekistan. and the russians are saying that he was recruited by ukraine's security service, the sbu ordered to come to moscow and that he received an electric scooter here, and that then he was given a homemade bomb, an explosive device that he rigged the scooter with that explosive device and parked it outside of that apartment block where the general igor kirillov lived. now, apparently, after that, what he did was he got a carsharing car. he rented a car that was rigged with a camera and also parked it outside of that same building. now the camera was able to see the entrance of that building where the general would come in and come out at the same time. that car was rigged with a camera with a direct feed. the russians say to the city of dnipro in central ukraine, of course, the city that you've reported from extensively as well. so the ukrainians, the russians allege, had eyes on that building the entire time. and when the general and his assistant came out, that is when the explosive devi

the street without getting accosted by a criminal, illegal alien, or some fighting age male from uzbekistan who somehow got to mexico and crossed the border. it's insane, right? safety matters to people, turns out. and the thing that caught my attention was the mayor, who was like, yeah, sanctuary cities are safer. that's that's got to be news to people in denver who are watching apartment buildings being taken over by venezuelan gangs. i mean, these guys are let out of prison. they come over here, just walk across the border and take over random apartment buildings. and they're like, yes, that is safe working for us. yeah, yeah. >> and josh, real quick, finally, he's talking to tom homan today for those countries that don't want to take their people back, they're finding other countries that will take them back. and don't be surprised if some venezuelans end up in, i don't know, africa and some others, six other countries like cubans ends up, i don't know, in another freezing country that maybe they don't want to be belong in. overall, the message josh will be don't come. it's not going to

authorities say the suspect who is from uzbekistan, has confessed to being recruited by ukraine who haveinhaling laughing gas whilst driving at almost 100 miles per hour, has pleaded guilty to causing the death of his three passengers. 19—year—old thomasjohnson admitted three counts of causing death by dangerous driving and is being sentenced at oxford crown court. katherine da costa reports. thomasjohnson inhaling nitrous oxide, known as laughing gas, from a balloon whilst his passengers film him from the back seat. it was an accident waiting to happen. they were never going to make it round that corner. it was never going to happen. yeah, i'm going to get the laptop. the biggest thing is next of kin and stuff at the moment. right. let's not rush. 0kay, no worries. he was doing an apprenticeship and he was absolutely loving it. 0h, bleep! typical teenage boy. he liked hanging out with his friends. he liked loud music. he wanted to be an engineer, and he always had aspirations to be his own boss one day. 17 year old elliot pullen, and 18 year old daniel hancock and ethan goddard were kil

russian media naming him, a 29 years old, a citizen of uzbekistan. there is a video said to show him confessing. although, of course, he is under arrest. we have no way of knowing whether that was really what he is saying. look at what a precision operation this was. a scooter laden with explosives was against the wall here as the general walked out. a car with a camera sent by russian officials to be feeding that video back to ukraine was just across the street there. russian officials are furious. president putin has not yet commented. but, savannah, this morning, the white house says it does not support or enable operations like this. savannah? >> keir, thank you very much. >>> meantime, the victims of monday's mass shooting were remembered at the candle light vigil on the grounds of the state capitol overnight and investigators are learning more about the 15-year-old student behind the rampage. nbc's shaw brewster has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the department has now moved into the investigation phase of this tragedy as

he has conducted field work in afghanistan, kyrgyzstan, uzbekistan, nepal, india and turkey. his most recent book, the last days of the afghan republic, a doomed evacuation 20 years in the making, which is co authored with arsalan nouri looks at how american policies led to the collapse of the afghan government in the 2021. his 2011 book, bazar politics, power and pottery in an afghan market town, based on 18 months of research on how a single town worked together to maintain peace even while the insurgency grew rapidly in neighboring districts. it was the first full length ethnography published on afghanistan in over 20 years. he's also also the author of numerous additional works on afghanistan. dr. vickers, you are recognized. >> thank you. co-chair choudhury and jackson commissioners, thank you for the opportunity to share my thoughts on the afghanistan war. i would like to make three points in my opening statement. most of what i'm about to say is drawn from my recently published memoirs by all means available. so i refer you to ed if you'd like additional context and de

that was not only uzbekistan, but there was some level -- with pakistan, but there was some level of cooperation with russia and iran was behaving ok. at least there was common ground. pakistan itself, the regime at the beginning, it did look to see for the success, or cooperate for the success of the overall objective in the region. but immediately, as the first five years have gone, they have changed their way of looking at issues. so, diplomatic where the two tools that the u.s. was trying to use with pakistan to change and mend their approach and attitude. time and again, especially when we entered the third phase where there was a discussion about, after 2014 when u.s. forces were withdrawing, leverage had gone down, but they'd leverage continue to remain significant. no review of which part of this diplomatic effort worked and how the sections were pared down. intelligence information was to a level that could coerce or at least change the behavior of pakistan was not feeding into the diplomatic work because there were also conflicting interests. pakistan being a nuclear power,

according to russia's investigative committee, the suspect is a uzbekistan national in his 20s and was promised $100,000 in european residence as payment for detonating a bomb in moscow. and killing the head of russia's nuclear biological and chemical defense forces. ukraine's security force already claimed responsibility yesterday for the death of the general and joining us live now from the site of the bombing in moscow. nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons. what can you tell us. >> reporter: it's pretty extraordinary. this is where the lieutenant general was assassinated just over 24 hours ago. you can see the damage outside the door of his apartment block. the metal twisted. the bricks blown off. and flowers left. as you mentioned, willie, there's now a bombing suspect. the russian media is naming him as akmed cabanal. detained outside moscow and russian media is showing a video of him apparently confessing although of course, that was filmed according to russian media by the russian authorities and we only have the russian authorities' testimony that he has inde