have been killed since last november and more than 2000000, and now displaced when at spring and william davis. and he's a senior ethiopia analyst with the international crisis group. he joins us and now via skype from nairobi. well, i want to start with the state of fighting and t, right? the moment we're approaching, as we've been saying a year now of this conflict between the, as strikes in this parade we've seen from the tpr as it really looks like no one's planning on backing down rather provoking each other. so who has the upper hand at the moment? yes, that's right. is no sign of a laptop and the conflict, but actually in terms of fighting inside pick, right? that really is only the strikes at the moment by the, by the federal apples. now the fighting is actually occurring and predominately inside. i'm har, region to the south to great. where the 2 great forces have been on the offensive since july. they did that off the 4 sigma federal military out of pick, right. and they say that they are trying to overcome this federal blockade on the region. they also have other military goals. so

more than a year with thousands of people killed and more than 2000000 having been displaced, william davis and as a senior, ethiopia, unless that international crisis group says the ethiopian government might have to now consider negotiations with the rebels. i think it's important as it opens up the routes to and i just have about is another major sort of obstacle. so it's a great forces and it's also a large and significant hara. and it also allows the see great forces, easy a passage to the east than perhaps to take control of the booty road, the main trade route. so it's important and those are special. so a large psychological blow, if the 2 great forces do in the take control of it and i think, you know, they have a decent amount of control, but they're still fighting ongoing. but it is part of the steady gains on the battlefield for the 2 great forces in july, we do not know whether they will face stiff or resistance on the other fronts and in northwest and around guns and these types of areas. but it does look like this, a great forces have a significant military ascendancy where t

let's us me to william davis. so he's a senior ethiopia analyst at the international crisis group. he's joining us via skype from nairobi. thanks for your time. and so, as i was just saying to samuel claims and counterclaims over dessie in particular in the m horror region, i, i wonder if you can just tell us strategically, how significant is the town of dessie for the to grind forces on for the if you open government i think it's important that it opens up the routes to and this out about is another major sort of obstacles. so it's a great forces. it's also a large and significant city as samuel was describing and also allows the 2 great forces, easy, a passage to the east patch to take control of the booty road, the main trade route. so it's important in those respects a large psychological blood. if the 2 great force is doing, do indeed take control of it and i think, you know, they have a decent amount of control, but they're still fighting ongoing. but it is part of the steady gains on the battlefield for the 2 great forces. since july rates and look, this conflict is we're sa

this other naming delegate member of the global if european advocates nexus art of nairobi is william davis and senior if you're an artist of international crisis, group and young are being profess, set of politics and governance in africa. at leyden university. thank you for joining us now. i mean, so there's a humanitarian situation in the to gray region. the situation is getting worse. and the other time when the un agencies was trying to deliver much needed help to the people there, the government step up its military campaign. how do you see the developments on the ground? well, i think doug line of question has loaded falls. not the job done. government has done is level best to make sure that the ground people get to monetary and 8. that's why it's allowed many or most times years including the many the various un agencies to operate integrated planning. so the actual culprits for the but it's $3.00 to $8.00 being delivered. monday, a being delivered to the us all d b i let which claims that the people you 1000 embedded, lounged in and out for their walk it compact proper delivery of

william davis, son is the senior ethiopia analyst at the international crisis group. he explains why taking control of dessie would be significant. i think it's important as it opens up the routes to and i just have about is another major sort of obstacle. so it's a great forces and it's also a large and significant hara. and it also allows to see great forces, easy a passage to the east, and perhaps to take control of the booty road, the main trade route. so it's important and those are special. so a large psychological below if the great force is doing the take control of it and i think, you know, they have a decent amount of control, but they're still fighting ongoing and, but it is part of the steady games on the battlefield for the 2 great forces in july, we do not know whether they will face stiffer resistance on the other fronts in northwest around gone and these types of areas. but it does look like that too great for to have a significant military ascendancy where that actually takes us in terms of the politics of the situation. i mean, of course, a whole oth

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ex-nets player terrence williams, glen brown, ronald davis and 15 other players were indicted for conspiracyit health fraud and wire fraud, accused of submitting claims for medical and dental services that were never done. the ex-players got about $2.5 million. >> trevor: look, look, i know a lot of people are shocked by this, but, guys, why are we surprised? pretending to be hurt is a huge part of playing in the n.b.a., which by the way i'm all for. i think men shouldn't be afraid to express when they're hurt. ♪♪ and once you retire, got to make money somehow. what's more dishonest, stealing money from the health fund or shaq claiming papa john's is good pizza. this is fraud. we're all friends here. but getting caught is bad news for these players and it's going to be great news for whatever jail is about to get the best basketball team of all time. imagine having these guys play? i'm not guarding big baby davis! that guy's huge! i might be a murderer but i'm not crazy! let's move on to a story about the mafia, a guy who knows the guy if you need a guy for that. the mob has been an american

but at the a, at those kill davis, a k l, a d william like you said, hey, with more than 2000 miles from that final destination. as soon as he reaches the station, i may have to find the right train. you know, there are no indicator, boy, this will little no, i'm nothing to say where the trains are heading. or if we can go from, well, i'm at fear is going the wrong way towards the guatemalan border. many illegals have already made that mistake. sh. when they tried to climb aboard the moving train, ah, the migrants are taking a big risk. other illegals, one so lucky. another thing that already been on with the time in his group will only move on at night time before they leave the rest in this little hotel across from the tracks in internet. i've been put up with it in the next room. there are other salvadorans who like them, have done 200 miles on foot to get this far. it's dark. and like ghosts, the illegals invade the tracks. lupita and i may have decided to make the journey with salvadorans from the next room. they are now 7 of the more the better for facing the rigors of the crossing

accused of stealing from the nba. 18 former players, including tony allen, glen davis and accused ringleader terrance williamsbeen charged with defrauding the league's health and welfare benefit plan, allegedly submitting about $4 million in false claims between 2017. and 2020 defendants who reportedly received medical and dental services at a location or a particular date. we're often nowhere near the providers offices, officials say it was a textbook insurance fraud scheme. the players allegedly submitted fake reimbursement claims for medical and dental services to the nba. they never received those services but ended up getting about $2.5 million in proceeds from the benefit plan. this scheme, which lasted for about three years, inflicts significant lost to the health care industry, something we take. very seriously. according to the indictment, williams started the scam by submitting false claims from a chiropractor's office. he then allegedly recruited other former players to do the same, offering them counterfeit invoices from medical providers. the feds say today's indictments show this type of fraud w

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prosecutors allege former boston celtics star terrence williams orchestrated the scheme and enlisted other players including former clippers players glen davisastian telfair and darrius miles who according to court documents, submitted false and fraudulent claims for reimbursement of expenses for medical and dental services that were not actually rendered this scheme which lasted for about 3 years from 2017 through 2020. inflicts a significant loss to the health care industry, something we take very seriously. >> turns williams we've heard mentioned already this morning. orchestrated the fraud by providing others with false provider. invoices also detailed in the indictment that at least 10 of the former players paid williams kickbacks, a totaled roughly $230,000 each defendant fraudulently sought reimbursement ranging from approximately $65,000 to as much as $420,000. officials say they used evidence. i travel records, emails and gps data that confirm the defendants were never the location where they claimed the services occurred as buildin chiropractic dental and wellness expenses. >> federal prosecutors say gregory smith, for example, sub

williams, thank you. former texas state senator wendy davis is the founder of deeds not word, which advocates for health carehts, among many other causes. great to have you with us. as i was mentioning to speed, the speed with which this case is moving through the courts, it feels like the courts are playing ping-pong with women's health. what effect does this whiplash effect have for women in texas? >> it has a terrible impact, geoff. we already saw in the first five weeks that this ban was in place that many women were seeking care outside the state. there is now a six-week backlog in louisiana, a month-long backlog in oklahoma and new mexico has a backlog as well. and that's with only a small percentage of women being able to travel to those other states to get care. and there are countless others who have not been able to. there was a two-day period where the injunction was in place, and many of our clinics reopened and provided that care, even though they knew they were doing it at risk. this law has a retroactive provision in it which provides the ability for individuals to sue even during the injuncti

williams as the linchpin. they say his co-conspirators include former nba champion glen davis and former high school sensationir. the nba has yet to comment on this matter. >>> a strong earthquake rocked tokyo today. a 5.9 quake was centered just east of the city. this is security camera video from inside a tv station when the earthquake hit. you see people running to duck under the desks as those televisions above them shake. fortunately no major damage was reported and no tsunami warnings were issued. >>> volcanic ash is forcing an airport to close in the canary islands. it's in la palma. that's a spanish island just off the northwest coast of africa. the volcano first erupted last month. now three weeks later it's destroyed about 1,000 buildings. 6,000 people have been evacuated. the airport on the island is closed due to ash from that volcano. >>> a virginia police officer's quick action may have saved his co-worker's life. check out this dash cam video. you can see the officer standing next to the car. the car comes in and crashed into the patrol car. the officer pulls his co-worker to safety just in tim

davis is here. >>> the hospital shooting in philadelphia. the gunman wearing body armor and carrying multiple weapons. >>> the two hot air balloon accidents in new mexico. >>> william shatner tonight and what he's now saying about heading to the edge of space. >>> and tom brady and bill belichick, and what happened after the hug. >>> good evening and it's great to have you with us as we start a new week together here. several developing stories. that oil spill off the california coast. we're going to take you out on the ocean tonight. the virus and what dr. fauci said today about christmas this year. but we're going to begin tonight with that major worldwide outage for facebook. here in the u.s. and in countries all over the world. billions of users, instagram and whatsapp down for hours, too. all day, the company saying it was trying to get to the bottom of this, saying, "we are working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible." facebook has had outages before, but of course nothing on this scale. and this massive outage comes just hours after a former employee, a whistle-blower, revealed herself on "60 minutes." she took thousands of pages of internal

williams not pictured is the alleged mastermind behind the scheme. other high-profile players include former clipper glen big baby davis, former laker shannon brown wononships in la and journeyman. sebastian telfair you did see the indictment says fraudulent invoices came from a chiropractic office in and to dentist offices in beverly hills and a wellness office in washington state. there is williams. the 18 suspects have been charged with conspiracy to commit health care and wire fraud. >> cue the top gun soundtrack. see what it's like inside the co >> maybe you heard them today. we certainly didn't a roaring overhead practicing the blue angels today. the other considered the best of the best writing they would do it for 75 years. the world famous navy blue angels have been really wowing crowds with some of their high-flying demonstrations and mid air maneuvers yeah. i was on the bay bridge. some church coming by. >> but now more than likely you you for the practice saying, you know, this week as are getting ready for saturday's big air show as part of san francisco fleet week. well, our kron four's jonathan mccall. he got a chance to ride along wit

william preston johnson. albert c. johnson writes a biography of his father a very touching biography the one that's very negative towards beauregard and then you have jefferson davis' rise and fall of the confederate see which i have read and you would hardly know beauregard had any -- but beauregard is amazing produces the fiction of romance which should have been called the rise and fall of jeff davis by himself. he writes his own memoirs which have the not catchy title of the military operations of general beauregard, two volumes and these memoirs if you are looking for a good read go elsewhere. [laughter] they had some good passages. he didn't just write these on notes he wanted to have a man alfred roman. alfred roman's father governor of louisiana was the one who gave beauregard his position at west point. at any rate beauregard and roam and rub them together. some say he's a ghostwriter but in my research i find roman really is involved in the writing very closely not just taking tate's from beauregard. the book is not a great read like i said. it's better full love defenses of himself but i will say this is the primary historical research is by far one of

defendants, ronald glen davis, anthony roten and anthony allen purportedly had root canals on the same six teeth on april 30, 2016, and crowns on the same six teeth on may 11, 2016. >> williams is also accused of impersonating a health plan employee to intimidate another player when he wouldn't pay the kickback shep, as of this hour nbc news is still trying to reach the players and their attorneys but haven't received any comment just yet one of the accused players, sebastian telfair you mentioned earlier, he has already pleaded not guilty in federal court. >> thank you >>> you know, they just added another person to the search team for brian laundrie. none other than brian laundrie's father, chris. he's been refusing to speak publicly all this time, and now he's on the search team all of a sudden the manhunt is now in its third week after the fbi issued an arrest warrant for brian laundrie for debit card fraud. authorities have been scouring the carlton reserve near venice, florida, where his family said brian was last headed on monday, september the 13th the laundrie family attorney telling cnbc that today chris laundrie accompanied members of law enforcement into the rese