i want to stress that the cnd is separate the mpt process. we hope it's complementary, but we need this discussion of the disarmament issues to be done independently of purely mpt processes, insofar as, clearly, the situation in south asia and elsewhere, suggest the challenges cannot solely be addressed in the mpt, and we do not want to get snagged on the political rocks there. we hope it will be possible to insert wisdom into the mpt process and demonstrate, through cnd, that there is actually serious work being done to try to address the many challenging questions. but we envision this to be complementary to and in parallel with the mpt process, even though we hope they will usefully inform and enrich each other. that is sort of where we are at the moment. as to where we are ultimately going, i am trying to avoid being prescriptive about that, because this belongs to the participants themselves. we didn't sort of dictate an agenda for where this should be going. these lines of inquiry rose out plenary -- out of plenary discussions from coun

we need this discussion of the issues to be done independently of purely mpt processes, clearly the issue in south asia and elsewhere, the challenge of nuclear weapons solely cannot be addressed in npt and we don't want to get snagged on the political rocks there. and we hope to demonstrate through cnd that there is actually being serious work being done to try to address the many challenging questions, but we envision this to be complementary to and in parallel with the npt process even though we hopefully they'll usefully inform and enrich each other. that's where we are at the moment. to where we're going, i'm trying to be avoiding to be prescriptive about that. we didn't sort of dictate an agenda for where this should be going. these lines of inquiry rose out of discussions from countries with a diverse range of perspectives. the north, the south, industrialized, nonindustrialized world and we have treaty for prohibition and the p-5 there, and people from both sides of all the major political and economic and ideological fault lines in south asia, europe, the middle east and els

we hope it will be possible to feed them into the mpt process and through the c&d that there is actually serious work being done to try to address the many challenging questions. we fully envision this to be complementary to passing power with the mts p process even though we hope that usefully inform and enrich each other. so that's where it is at the moment, as to where we are ultimately going? i'm trying to avoid being very prescriptive about that. because this is a process we feel belongs to the participants themselves. we didn't sort of dictate in agenda for where this should be going, but these lines have arose out of plenary discussion between countries are involved in extraordinary range of perspectives. we have people from the north, the south, the industrial world the nonindustrial's world, members of the treaty for the prohibition of nuclear weapons as well as nuclear alliance participants. we had p5, people from both sides of all of the major political economic and ideologically faultlines in south asia, europe, the middle east and elsewhere. bring that group of people togeth

mpt, net whatt do you think it has on the overall economy? >> i mean, on the overall economy i would have thought tiny. although we see more gig workers than we used to. they're still a small fraction of the economy. and the t proportiot will be aircrafted which in small are. it's going to be very disruptive for small numbers of people. if you are aircrafteds in a big. de but overall economy it's not going to have a massive effect. >> for the san francisco economy which is sizable do we know the we don't. as the report mentioned there is a sensehat the b companies that use the contractors potentiallyee major new costs. you know, assuming that they do reclassify them as employees, i understand thatber and lyft are sticking to their guns and saying the people are contractors. in the immediate terms it's ing to be more about lawsuits than it is about kindr e concrete consequences there is a potential forig costs. >> if you divided it up into winners and losers would you put employers strongly in the looser category? >> yes, i mean, some of the c

end mpt day he's saying these people who swore and oath to uphold and defend the constitution of the united states are violating that oath by becoming political and out to get him. i think end of the day it comes down to a president and a white house that's seeing people if they aren't professing allegiance to the president they're suspicious of them. people who presumably aren't on the president's side. end of the day, important to understand especially those who cover these agencies it's the right thing you don't have agencies that are political. the "washington post" article you talked about stunning in the way it described how career officials are now fearing for their own safety. this so-called whistle-blower at cia who kicked off this whole thing apparently now has armed guards sometimes escorting him to work because of perceived threats. in these intelligence agencies trying to do your job and in a political climate you haven't seen before. center stage and in the cross hairs of politicians. >> paul, waving your finger. jump in quickly. >> add one last thought. that is, one th

mpt mca getting a yes and the economy doing well at the -- wrkt for being as broken as it is it's done well at the end of the year i like that going into next year next year congress is in the big spending deal they've done they are setting up a health care debate mid-year next year likely drug pricing. i don't think anything will happen >> isn't that bipartisan enough that something might be able to happen or is there so much even more animosity after this process is done that they can't even look at each other. >> the difference is right now it's just naked partisanship but in a couple much months it's trump versus somebody else when that happens, when it's a -- when trump knows his counterpart or his opponent is a real challenge that's the tribalism in the state. >> you talk about impeachment priced in. talk about the fiscal spending deal i'm hearing 1.4 trillion all the different numbers. where could it be? and handicap the probabilities and what sectors benefit. >> well, i think that number is base right and there is going to be a permanent removal of taxes baked in and congress w

so weak that we don't have mpt suessi today. >> i know we need the rain, but it's nice to have. >> we're making big gains in 's. thanks, lisa. >>> just ahead in the holiday season of shopping with all of black friday and cyber mondays how about a free sale. it might be your family's favorite one yet. this one you will want to hear about. stick with us. tto harrison, the wine tcollection.. to mateo, my favorite chair. grace, you get the beach house... just don't leave the lights on, okay? to craig, this rock. to jamie, well, let's just say, enjoy the ride. the redwoods to the redheads. the rainbows to the proud. the almonds to walter. thaches to the bums. ano else, karl. all 39 million of you, on one condition. that you do everything to preserve and protect them. with love, california. the ones that make a truebeen difference in people's lives. and mike's won them, which is important right this minute, because if he could beat america's biggest gun lobby, helping pass background check laws and defeat nra backed politicians across this country, beat big coal, helping shut down hundreds of

, a big fight that is taking place on the world stage today in saudi arabia as well as the ipo, one mpt b of the biggest ipo in the world. the timing is terrible. >> never a good time for something like this to happen, but, yes. this is especially an awkward moment for the saudis. they will be hoping that this is not held against the saudi state. with khashoggi, that was quite different. there was tons of evidence and american intelligence con clundclund concluded that the hit was ordered by highest authorities inside saudi arabia. a specific chain of command involved there, and more and more information has come out about that, that that implicates all sorts of people in the saudi government. this is too early to say whether that will be the same thing that we find out here. seems unlikely, but that's not to say there are no questions to be asked. >> in the early stages of this investigation. appreciate your insight. >>> as impeachment proceedings continue, under way in washington, the president's personal lawyer returns to the country at the center of the scandal. rudy giuliani's trip