more into this max williams is the c.e.o. at africa risk compliance in my time security company focusing on west africa welcome to the show now how serious is via time piracy in the gulf of guinea compared to other parts of the world. compared to other boats the world delay serious say the most affected by us. of indian ocean know all somalia but look hard a lot of attention a few years ago compared to us up to now has really dropped down on southeast asia as against them a letter and since last africa has really hit the headlines most recently with the attacks but it's been an ongoing problem for a long time this year alone we seen 52 major attacks on brussels in the region where the 125 c. 4 was kidnapped not just since the beginning of 2090 or now the 66 attacks last year with 155 at night so it's it's a real issue the moment you see attacks increasing what is giving rise to these attacks. the main causes for as are really the problems that are in the niger delta in nigeria and we're in the world we have 3 main things whic

williams c.e.o. at africa risk compliance thank you thank you. now in uganda. people have been killed in. different regions from east uganda. to west uganda in the mountain. region the idea. of washed away. villages residents to move. them out. more i'm joined by. i'm very afraid the government. reports the rain and it's very hard to reach. the people who are still trapped on top of the mountain they were. given to some of these people but some of the people. did fight very tree. every year what's unusual about the rain. what could be unusual can be related to the way the mind's wide deal with a month sees the rain is way much more than what had been predicted now with. many people taken advantage of the dry season to build houses and farms. the least expected to heat. with their rains came victims people are displaced people are dying and. even many bodies that are still trapped to be chopped. rain to continue with a note until the end of december could even go into. quickly. many do not want to do

, nbc news, washington. >>> the revelations keep coming about the boeing 737 max the faa facing criticism about its oversight of a plane after a just-released faa document warned last year that 15 of the planes could crash over their life span. here is tom costello. >> reporter: after first speaking with the families of victims from two 737 max crashes, the new faa chief quickly came under congressional fire. >> did the faa at some point in this process make a mistake? >> yes. >> thank you. >> yes. >> reporter: among them, failing to properly oversee th design and production of boeing 737 max and failing to ground the plane between crashes when faa managers warned another max could crash every two to three years. >> the faa rolled the dice on the safety of the traveling public and let the max continue to fly. >> my highest priority is to make sure that nothing like this happens again. >> reporter: former boeing manager ed pearson who first talked to nbc's cynthia mcfadden repeatedly warned boeing executives of safety lapses. >> i believe production problems at the factory may have contrib

max foster, cnn, london. >>> with me now is royal commentator, richard fits williams. i want to start with prison andrew there. he's kept a low profile. he did attend a private christmas service with other members of the family. what do you know about his standing within the royal family right now? >> i think it couldn't be worse, quite frankly. i mean, we've had max's pointed this out, an interview so ghastly that i don't even know the age ektives in the english language with which to adequately describe it. his step back showed me and i think that that will be permanent. remember also that 230 charities and personages some of which are distancing themselves from him. there's also the problem of a lot of scrutiny, these allegations in the british press, about the lifestyle that he and his ex, who wouldn't know the meaning of the word restraint and dignity, have carried on for years. and there is his daughter princess betris marrying. that ought to be low-key. the prish public and press will scrutinize how this is handled. >> they're under a spotlight. the duke and duc

max mumg security winning the race, but upon review was seen veering out of his lane. odds 65:1, country house. >> did that really just happen? >> and number six, on january 3, 2019, the blues had the worst record in the nhl and they tu turned it around. their season culminating with them beatings bruins in game seven of the stanley cup finals to win their first ever charge shin and the super fan leyla anderson, an 11-year-old, was an inspiration for the team all season and she got to celebrate with the team after they hoisted the stanley cup. >>> and number five, 2019 was a year of more controversy for the nfl. >> they blew the call. >> easy call for sure. >> tough to swallow. >> saints were robbed of a chance to play in the super bowl when the refs failed to call pass interference. >> the guy has to be blind. >> the nfl responded by making pass interference reviewable for the next season. >> doesn't help us. too late. >> and the patriots meanwhile beat the rams in the super bowl making tomorrow brady first player in nfl history to win six rings. >>> number four, fina

max sorkin really liked the movie. >> did you like the first one? >> the robin williams version. >> the first one of this, this is the second go around with the rock. >> i know. i'm going back to the original classic. that was my taste. >> you know, as kid movies go, i was okay with both of them. >> yeah? >> okay. >> i don't want to say it was bad. i didn't -- >> it was a kid movie. >> yeah. i didn't -- but boy did max sorkin like it. >> you prefer adult movies, adult films? >> in the clint eastwood. >> what else would by talking about? >> i know you too well. >> no, you do not know me. you don't like kids movies you like adult films i heard you say that many, many times. >> i know you all too well, my friend all too well >>> when we come back, we'll have more on the phase 1 china trade deal and what come, next in the negotiations. what's even in this deal we'll show you what treasury secretary mnuchin told cnbc over the weekend. stay tuned you're waping "squawk box" on cnbc >>> today's big number, $4.5 billion. that's the net assets of the fxi, the

i will be talking with new york fed president john williams about the 2020 outlook for the economy and fed along with the repo market, much in question, at this time tomorrow. carl >> all right steve, wish we had more time to chat but thank you for that. steve liesman. >>> stock still aiming for their fifth day of gains s&p did hit a record high. joining us this morning, jpmorgan's chair of global research joyce chang and brian bellski. great to see the two of you. good morning. >> great to be here. >> if right at jpmorgan, the max is half a point, what sort of offset the benefit we thought we were going to get from usmca and phase one? >> i think you will see some of the u.s. exceptionalism fading and we have u.s. growth next year at 1.7%, compared to 2.3% this year. that fiscal support is coming off. the question we have is, is there really better value in some of the international markets as we look into 2020. >> you did say you advised favoring em, europe and japan? >> yeah. over the united states i mean we're still pretty constructive on u.s. equities, at 3400 at the end of the ye