s on u.s. exchanges alone which already far exceeds the previous full year record highs set at the height of the dotcom boom in 1900 so as u.s. equity valuations get increasingly stretched investors are actually forced to chase higher and higher prices and they get increasingly anxious when these fresh ikea's if they can just pull into from the floor but at some point you really got to look at it and wonder if it's worth the because. they drop out sharply in the midst of the pandemic gross bookings actually fell almost 40 percent year over year and i would make sense of people are looking at stake ations or at least something that's closer to them that would not require them to even get on a plane they could just drive themselves and all but these these i.p.o.'s are certainly interesting to to hear a boom bust co-host christine. thank you both for your expert analysis today. thank you. and what could be. one of the most significant legal battles with tech giants $48.00 states and federal author

that the u.s. is seen as an important goal in the region the obama administration with the linchpin of the rebound to trump administration scalded eight key democratic anger. i think the u.s. essentially seen maybe not explicitly. but as a strategic counter balance and economic alternative and democratic contrast to chin china. in other basis has supported india's rise and has invested india's rides. you can expect some adjustments that will help the administration will continue that. and also will not throw the baby out with the bathwater in terms of some of the things he trump administration is done that they've actually liked. spect thank you so much. i want to turn onto jonathan. you've written all southeast asia of the front lines does not want to choose between washington and beijing. so we see the india side basically tied close between u.s. and india. what we see in southeast asia? what is the picture there? >> it is a complex and diverse picture. the first things i say about southeast asia

the u.s. session as well. we did actually see a bit of a late rally in u.s. equity trading, up to some of those new highs we were talking about in headlines. all of that in the context of the hopes and dreams around u.s. stimulus. the concern about what can legitimately be done in the short-term and a lot of hope around vaccines. perhaps oncent day some parts of the equities space and a late rally in the u.s. yesterday and we are now pausing . we are pausing somewhat here. we are near global record highs for global equity markets, but pausing for thought nonetheless, treasury yields are interesting to watch. we are not far from 95 basis points. 93 on the u.s. 10 year yield. 93 basis points. we will continue to watch whether that spread continues to steepen. the pound is moving a little bit to the upside, recovering some of the losses it made yesterday after we heard barnier told ambassadors that there may not be a deal. we will carry for the headlines around french objectives on brexit this mo

the u.s.. seeing that the relief rally comes through -- if of hight that quintet beta currencies, is that driven by -- i started talking about m2. i put on the screen. money supply blows out by 14 trillion. money supply in the world is up 95 trillion. john: -- >> fiscal or monetary policy threat in 2021. leading indicators turning to point to a recovery. this will be enough to support risk sentiment and underpin the commodity complex. i've rolled off a litany of numbers. $17 trillion of quantitative easing. 3000 basis points of compounded rate cuts. i want to draw on the point that you made about some of the more emerging-market currencies. we've seen quite innovative policy response from the likes other asian and the central banks. very different from the gfci. do you think there will be more to come in 2021 from the asian central banks relative to gm? we are seeing a sustained recovery in chinese economic activity. they will have some very positive spillover effect to the rest of asia. i don

the u.s. is concerned about what iranian forces might do on the anniversary of solemani's death. the popular mobilization forces was formed in 2014 after a call from leading -- a leading cleric for iraqis to join the fight against isil. its members are mostly shiite muslims. has bola was set up just before the invasion of iraq by the u.s. it was -- has long-standing ties with tehran. the head of the she a militia -- the shia militia's forces fit -- fought in syria. let's bring in our guests, michael is senior fellow at the hudson institute and a former advisor to iraqi security forces. in tehran, we have a researcher at the center for strategic studies. welcome. let me start with you today. how precarious is the position that the iraqi prime minister is in? will he be able to confront the armed groups? >> thanks for having me. it is a difficult position for anyone who becomes prime minister to go after these militia members. in several cases, the prime minister has put counterterrorism forces

u.s. top infectious disease expert anthony found she appears to have shifted the herd immunity vaccination threshold to boost public support for the camp. and missions long awaited 5th generation fighter jet engines service we take a closer look at what the $57.00 can do. is pose a missiles accounting special instructional breathlessly.

health care experts in the u.s. evaluate the pfizer kuroda virus vaccine and recommend its approval for a nationwide roll ups. i'm convinced now this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up in a deal brokered by outgoing u.s. president donald trump morocco becomes the 4th of our nation to normalize relations with israel. the streets of argentina's capital erupted protests politicians are to vote on legalizing abortion. a total lockdown imposed in santiago an appeal for 2 lanes to stay off the streets as the government tries to bring the pandemic under control. welcome news in the u.s. as a panel of health experts recommends the emergency approval of the fire as a biotech coronavirus vaccine group advising the food and drug administration office some hope for an end to the pandemic that has killed more people in the country than anywhere else in the world and his political home explains the next step is formal approval to start an immunization campaign. good bye to the continuation of the go to court it was at ti

the u.s. has applied maximum economic and political pressure on iran to try to get the country's leaders to approve a new agreement on the nuclear program. many western experts see iran as a threat to political stability in the middle east iran has staged provocations in the persian gulf and its allies are playing an active role in conflicts in syria yemen and iraq. but the sanctions really having any impact on iran's foreign and domestic policy some western experts believe they have actually helps to keep the country's islamic governments in power but what is clear is the devastating impact they have had on ordinary iranians. at 1st glance the sanctions appear to have had little effect on the capital tehran . but a closer look shows that these measures have hit the middle and lower classes hard inflation and unemployment are high. lost her job at a factory cheering the 1st wave of u.s. sanctions in 2010 she's a single parent and now works as a seamstress every day life is hard. i'm learning t

the u.s. electoral college has formally confirmed joe biden as winner of last month's election in a televised address president elect biden told americans it was time to turn the page on the trump era and that democracy prevails. coming up next pope and hitler earlier this year the vatican opened it once.

the u.s. government which will allow people in the u.s. government to somehow prevail upon these pump aoe basically to prevail upon trump to be. somehow aggressive militarily against iran to carry out some sort of military activity which would then set in motion some escalation i personally don't think that's going to happen. primarily because pump a.o. 'd has tried at least twice during the trump administration to do precisely that in situations which are far more fraught with regard to u.s. perceptions of threat or or challenge than this situation and so i don't think that trump is going to be responsive to any effort to get him to do that and even if trump were responsive i can tell you that the u.s. military is dead set against any use of force against iran under these sorts of circumstances i want to ask you this character do you think that these kind of chains of events and why why this is happening now do you think this is something being you know pushed forward in order to kind of lay

the u.s. jobs report in order to break the $1850 level. the opec-plush on compromise, which falls short of expectations going into those talks. little changed but treasury futures edging higher on the vaccine pickup. vaccine news,of both optimistic and not so positive. therna says it shot has potential for durable immunity. pfizer meanwhile is scaling back production targets. bloomberg health care reporter michelle cortez is tracking these developments. let's start with moderna, giving more details on some results we had already known about immunity . immunity is still found after about four months. what more do you want to see? tohelle: clearly, we need see longer study results. that is great news. we know that after about 113 days, 90 days after the dose, that people who were enrolled in the first moderna trial, they still had neutralizing antibodies that were above the level they would expect to keep people protected against the virus. not only that, that group of people also had higher lev

u.s. president elect joe biden nominates to be the country's 1st native american cabinet secretary. 5 years after hans ray.

paul: u.s. lawmakers have cleared the last significant obstacle to a deal with a compromise on federal programs. that clears the way for a final agreement on the plan worked about $900 million to help the economy whether the coronavirus pandemic. ross present he has the latest. what are you hearing? a busy day on capitol hill. it finally seems like lawmakers are coming down to the final, final details but we still don't know if there is going to be a vote tonight or if it will be .ushed to monday there are lawmakers in the juste talking about funding the government overnight basically in some talking about a one-week extension to give themselves plenty of time. it was the fed lending powers that was a big sticking point and that was really settled about 24 hours ago, but at the same time, there has been discussion about emergency jobless aid, the size of checks that will be sent out to many americans, so still a few issues , but it seems like it is possible we will get a vote tonight or maybe mo

u.s. moves to blacklist more than 60 mainland companies as tensions escalate in the final weeks of the trump presidency. they say they have abused export androls, with chipmakers drone companies among the latest of face potential punishment. brexit talks may extend christmas -- may extend to christmas. negotiations will continue with fishing rights and aid to business remaining as standout obstacles. reports say france will veto any will offered that satisfy expectations of europe's fishing industry. the u.k. faces festive chaos with brexit 10 days away and mainland europe shutting its doors. other nations have banned asound travel from the u.k. the johnson government reports a new virus mutation. the channel port of dover has halted all outbound shipping until further notice, urging passengers to stay away. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am karina mitchell. this is bloomberg. l

u.s.. pressure rises on companies listed in new york as the house approves a bill demanding tighter audit restrictions that could see big names forced off wall street. and former bloomberg president gary cohn is the loan hold out goldman sachs seeks to recoup money from the mb one scandal. haidi: sophie kamaruddin is looking at hong kong. sophie: up one third of 1% while the aussie 10 year yield has climbed above 1% for the first time since september. the aussie dollar is holding onto gains we saw overnight, trading at its highest level since 28 dean august, this is the greenback falls. reflectingstrength, outlook for the australian recovery that we saw in gdp data yesterday. we have trade numbers from ostrow you coming out later today. jeffrey's saying the prefer australia and aussie on over china -- australia and asean over china in 2021. elsewhere, a muted start, s and p nudging slightly this morning, nikkei futures in the green. oil slightly under pressure, $45 per barrel as we way ope

the u.s. policy of imposing maximum pressure on iran is still in force international economic sanctions have crippled the economy and tehran no longer feels bound by the controls on its nuclear program outlined in the vienna agreement iran could soon produce enough enriched uranium to build a nuclear weapon. the country's relations with the u.s. are at their worst since the islamic republic was founded in 1979. with iran's leaders seem determined to stand up to the united states as a matter of national pride. believe. the face barriers in every day life but the ones in people's minds are lines unique and their biggest team the cat people with disabilities says unfortunately for novelty in the modern profession. and not because they are less skilled. how do you cultivate serious success stories made in germany. and 30 minutes on d w. enter the conflict zone with tim sebastian coe less than 3 months ago i would say nobody really collapse from a car and poisoning our guest this week for most pros

top u.s. officials are reassuring us that there's enough vaccine to go around and every american can get a jab hundreds of millions of doses will be available every month and we expect to have enough vaccines for every american but by the end of march early april enough across all of our vaccine portfolio to have for every american who would like to be vaccinated 100 percent of americans that want to baxi will had the vaccine by that point time although not everyone is going to take it. really. kind of the kind of i mean it's nice to have a choice isn't it well as trump rolls out his vaccines for americans 1st policies there are mounting fears that washington will not be able to deliver on its promises a white house summit expected to celebrate the victory of the jab had 2 key guests missing pfizer and madonna pfizer is reported to have told the trumpet ministration that it cannot provide additional doses of the coded 19 vaccine until mid 2021 they say other countries beat the united states an

if it's u.s. formal treaty allies against china, that's something like 59% of global gdp against china's 15%. working together we're in a much stronger position and that's a major advantage that china doesn't have. it doesn't have friends and trusting partners the way the free world does. >> i think that is a wonderful place to end. tom, did you have-- did you want to add any final comments on that topic? >> no, i think-- >> okay, well, thank you so much tom, sarah, matt, for the conversation today and i'd like to thank to atlantic koicouncil center for hosting this discussion and for the work and this report and go check it outten a peruse its findings and thank you again to all of >> has minority leader kevin mccarthy spoke replete to reporters following a closed-door fbi weaving on his probe -- briefing on his probe of a suspected chinese spy targeting u.s. politicians, including representative eric swalwell. [inaudible] i was tested: yesterday. i don't talk about what goes on inside there,

u.s. president elect joe biden has chosen a retired general as his defense secretary if approved by the senate 67 year old lloyd austin would become the 1st african-american to head the pentacle i chose lloyd austin as my nominee for secretary of defense because he will do whatever it takes to defend the american people when the islamic state emerged as a terrorist threat in iraq and syria president obama and i turn to austin who then lead us central command he designed and executed a campaign that ultimately beat back isis. well you just in served under the obama administration leading u.s. central command he was the main military architect of the u.s. led offensive against islamic state in syria and iraq he was also the one candidly admitted the failure of a $500000000.00 training program in syria i can 2015 it was shut down after producing some 5 trained fighters instead of the several 1000 which have been planned can you tell us what the total number of trained fighters remains it's a

the u.s. policy of imposing maximum pressure on iran is still in force international economic sanctions have crippled the economy and tehran no longer feels bound by the controls on its nuclear program outlined in the vienna agreement iran could soon produce enough enriched uranium to build a nuclear weapon. the country's relations with the u.s. are at their worst since the islamic republic was founded in 1979. but iran's leaders seem determined to stand up. to the united states as a matter of national pride. in the feeling of the but. the but. the but. the but. the face barriers in everyday life but the ones in people's minds are largely their biggest teeny kept people with disabilities unfortunately it's one novelty in the modern profession. and not because they are less skilled. how do you cultivate success stories made in germany. and certainly it's on. the beethoven is for me. it's for. beethoven. beethoven is for. the beethoven is for the frame on the beethoven 2020 the 50th anniversary

it was the u.s. involved. is the u.s. now a target for retaliation? but they seemed to proportionally act, it was very difficult for you don't to kill a u.s. general so they will try made me once and there's a way. but the timing once again is not the best. but to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states, and to all of our viewers around the world, welcome, we begin the day counting down the day is how long will it be until the 1st corona virus vaccine is approved for use on the public? well, the answer will most likely come from the u.s. . that is where developers of the 2 most promising back scenes are seeking emergency use authorization. pfizer, and by on tech begin their requests. last week today, moderna joined them. if approval goes as expected, doctors in the u.s. could begin administering the 1st injections between december 11th and 21st, we are told, but both maxie will require a high tech, low temp infrastructure for manufacturing all the way to delivery to the local doctor's office. so imagine keeping it x. colder than antarctic temperatu

u.s. food and drug administration expected to approve a second coronavirus vaccine for emergency use imminently. makers of the dharna vaccine are waiting for the green light to dispatch 6 billion doses nationwide. u.s. vice president mike was inoculated with the prizer biontech vaccine and president-elect joe biden will do the same monday. the nation's top infectious disease expert expressed optimism vaccine could help return life to normal within months. >> the sweetness is the life at the end of the tunnel. as we get into january, fabric, march and april, that light will get writer and writer. and the bitterness is going to be replaced by the sweetness. --that light will get brighter and brighter, and the bitterness will be placed by the sweetness. as we get several months into this year, we will have enough people protected we can start thinking seriously about the return to know maliki. >> a week after -- a return to normality. >> a week after they were kidnapped, 300 students in niger

essay but with china u.s. relations at what some call an all time low china is once again buying crude from venezuela in fact as the u.s. attempts to tighten its grip on but as well and china has recently nearly tripled its crude oil imports from that country. bloomberg venezuelan oil exports surged to more than half a 1000000 barrels a day in november with nearly all of it heading to china all things considered year over year that's still a 48 percent drop in oil exports for venezuela venezuela has the world's largest proven oil reserves and its energy industry has been a primary target for american sanctions in its long standing regime change operation against the country venezuela's oil revenues account for approximately 99 percent of that nation's export earnings as for china it intends to continue working with venezuela and promises to protect its businesses from american interference to a shelter china will take the necessary measures to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests and chinese enterpris

again next hacking alarm the u.s. media crying foul over the weekend's major breach of government computers that pinning the blame on russian hackers despite the f.b.i. still tracking those responsible and 0 official findings yet it comes as the white house reportedly convenes urgent talks with national security agencies to discuss the case the cyber attack reported sunday targeted at u.s. government institutions including the whole and security treasury and commerce department has been labeled with the most all day shares hacks in the country's recent history the attackers apparently used to texas based software company for the breach but next our senior correspondent we're going to have explaining the major appear rather hasty as usual in the usual russia did it narrative. the story goes an icy company called sooner wins was allegedly infiltrated lonely goo by hackers these company has thousands of government and business clients all over the world now you know how many apps get regular updates rothwell one of those

and that u.s. and its actually being completely self-sufficient self-reliant closed is that a really better world and better before we go we have just a minute left if biden is elected how do you see this relationship shaded basically the same question how do you see the u.s. relationship with china and these crackdowns changing or will it yeah i think it will change i disagree with christie in that i. think the biden administration would move very quickly to reverse a lot of what the president has done keep in mind a lot of what trump has done has happened by executive order and it's happened through the state department as well as the commerce department to some of these groups so these are all under executive power i think that a president biden would move quickly number one to undo a lot of the executive orders but number 2 i think a lot of it would just kind of dissipate it takes a lot of effort and a lot of work for the trip administration to constantly push its war not just on china but on c

the u.s. may follow suit by the end of the week as infections hit an all-time high. an exclusive conversation with the ubs chair. we will talk the future of european banking and the pandemic. welcome to "bloomberg: surveillance." i'm francine lacqua in london. let's check quickly on the markets. if you look at the markets, and a lot of them are looking at the concerning news or news brexit is going to weigh markets were hoping. the stock's european 600, down and the pound, looking to see if there is any swing on that. 1.3243. let's get to the first word news with leigh-ann gerrans. a british official says brexit talks need to show progress by tonight if they are to continue. european union's chief negotiator is said to have denied any breakthrough on the issue of fishing license. boris johnson is due to speak with the commission president ursula von der leyen. donald trump says his personal lawyer rudy giuliani has tested positive for coronavirus. "the new york times" says the 76-year-old was

u.s. officials didn't inform the mexican government beforehand the president wasn't happy and neither was the army and so talks started in mexico about putting that the way and the closer control in return a key question here has become what the us allow mexican agents the same so how is that the da it's hard for many years down here think of it that you that anything senator knight the u.s. ultimately handed sam for it was bad but it seems the damage had already been done . and now this will be a headache for incoming president joe biden as the powers of his drug agent south of the u.s. border will be dramatically reduced john heilemann how does it. it's crew city. now the asian games are coming to doha for the 2nd time qatar's capital one a vote in oman to host the 21st edition of the event in 2030 rival bidding city riyadh will stage the games 4 years later a new region reports the city you the high for to and with holes 2030 is gone. another sporting victory for cattles capital doha th

u.s. agency doing audits to make sure that everything's on the up and up it's not just the chinese bill it does focus on other countries as well but this one's been a little bit tailored toward china. like as much has recently against china and bipartisan so so interesting enough but this bill does go a little bit further than many other bills dealing with secular nation because it also focuses like you said specifically on communist party affiliation right. yeah that's the part of it i think that stands out the most to me and probably to a lot of people out there right because what the congress is asking for is that this would also require if it's signed into law that essentially if you have any communist party officials on your corporate board or have any shares owned by a government entity in china or a communist party official now that's pretty troubling to me because here's the problem with it the problem is that if you're looking at this from an american point of view or certainly th

the u.s. in europe, where covid are also rampant, a much quieter new years eve is expected, with most firework displays canceled. hafalgar square in london been closed off to the public. and, parts of england entered the strictest stage of lockdown today in an effort to curb the spread of virus. >> if that is what the government want to do then we have got to follow it. be honest we have been lockdown for so long we are all used to it now. >> brown: in berlin, germany, police enforced a ban on celebrations and fireworks sales.fl angela merkel ted on the s ndemic in what was most likely her last new yeae speech. >> ( translated ): what a year is behind us. risky, and unusualctiveehavior behavior normal. the year of the pandemic, 2020, was a year of learning. >> brown: in france, somece 100,000 pofficers patrolled streets to enforce anp 8:. curfew and prevent people from gathering. any covid cases caon as few if usual crowds gathered in auckland, new aland, to watch e annual new year's eve firew

u.s. government agencies are rushing to tighten their computer security after they've been hit by a hacking operation described as the worst in american history more than 40 organizations have been targeted including the u.s. energy defense state and homeland security departments software giant microsoft also confirmed it's been affected by the ongoing cyber attack the hacking operation was uncovered last week but investigators believe it's been going on for months u.s. officials suspect it's carried out by russian hackers and warned of the grave risk it poses to government and private networks the cyber security agency says it will be hard to undo the damage done to what it describes as the critical infrastructure of federal departments president donald trump is so far remained silent on the matter while president elect joe biden vowed to deal with the breach as soon as he takes office next month. you know russia has rejected accusations that it's behind the cyber attack with kremlin spok

what the u.s. government did was they had promised these victims, those that were killed and those that were injured in the square that day, that they were going to hold people accountable for their criminal actions for their crimes. and as you know, there was a long history to the criminal prosecution. indictments were dismissed. there was retrials and things like that. every time there was a setback, the prosecutors at the u.s. justice department told these victims that they were going to continue to fight for them, and they were going to hold people accountable. and up until a few days ago, the u.s. government had done that. and now, they've had, you know, the rug lurched out from under them and left them falling, without any legal support. and without the ability to hold people accountable for their crimes. and that's unfortunate, not just to them but, to a broader spectrum of how people think about the united states, abroad, and in other countries. >> it's important, i think, to note that thes

u.s. stimulus checks. trump rebuffed. mitch mcconnell blocks a quick vote on $2000 stimulus payments. the president warns failing to act for republicans is a death wish. open for business. eu and chinese leaders are set to approve a hard-fought investment deal paving the way for more foreign opportunities thisina, at least from continent. boris johnson rushes his trade deal through parliament. both houses debate the agreement today. just an hour away from the start of cash trading in europe. we see already arrows when you look at european futures. almost all. aex futures are up in amsterdam. most of the big benchmarks, futures contracts are trading lower. euro stoxx futures down 0.3%, as our dax futures. u.s. futures are trading slightly higher, although some of the air came out of the rally after mitch mcconnell shot down a quick vote on those $2000 stimulus checks and made it very unlikely that any vote on them will pass this week. we have some breaking news on the astrazeneca vaccine, t

this china-u.s. issue will be with us for the next decade or more, but i do believe the byber one tone is set central banks next year and it is a question of how much further they will go with stimulus? michael cummins are all, if you look at fundamentals and the economy, even if we have a sharp rise in gdp, we have to go back to levels we would have had before had there not been a pandemic. when do equities matchup with fundamentals? they arei think discounted one year out already. i'm not convinced at all this gap is in and of itself from. look 9, 12 months out and they are seeing a bright recovery, the pandemic going away, the central banks having put in historical stimulus that they can't put out very fast. size, compared to the financial crisis, we have three times as much. take halfng is let me or a full decade to get it away. secondly, yields. they are not going to be able to raise interest rates at the shorthand for the next many quarters if not a few years, simply because of the level of une

day i'll be the 1st in the line well the u.s. has experienced its deadliest week of the coronavirus pandemic since april 15000 americans have died from covered 1000 in the past 7 days much of the recent surge has been attributed to thanksgiving celebrations there are warnings that will only get worse as more people travel for the end of your holiday season an inquiry into the new zealand mosque shootings has found failings by the police and intelligence but says nothing could have stopped the attack they were all commission says security agencies were almost exclusively focused on the perceived threat of terrorism by muslims 51 people were killed a nationwide strike by farmers is under way in india transport workers and teachers are among the other unions supporting the strike tens of thousands of farmers have been count outside india's capital for almost 2 weeks. you have today so the headlines on al-jazeera more news at the top of the hour that's after inside story up next but by. as joe biden prepares for the united states to

accused china of the u.s. under u.s. president donald trump accused china of trying to cover up the initial outbreak. thorens looking at the coronavirus pandemic more widely what has the w.h.o. had to say about the pandemic is progress or of course the asia pacific region. well the w.h.o. says you know even though the western pacific region am has fared fairly well in terms of handling the pen demick this really isn't a time for complacency and especially we're seeing countries that initially waybill to contain the demick quite well then are reporting a rise in new cases we're looking at south korea we're looking at malaysia so the w.h.o. officials are really keen to stress that the the the the measures that governments have put in place to contain the outbreak of the virus they still have to be men tamed and it all officials are also very keen to stress that a vaccine the successful vaccine is really not the silver bullet that people are hoping for it is the light at the end of a very long tunnel but it would be foolish

u.s. president elect joe biden is vowing to quote respond in kind to the recent cyber attack on u.s. government agencies which he strongly suggesting was curried delegate by russia as well. initial indications including from secretary pump aoe secretary of state attorney general william barr suggest that russia russia is responsible for this breach this is all happened on donald trump's watch when he wasn't watching he still has responsibility as president to to defend american interests for the next 4 weeks but rest assured that even if he does not take it seriously i will. but live tour u.s. correspondent killam up and strong words even fiery rhetoric there from biden kaleb on an issue where evidence has been lacking take us through what he had to say that well the american public was just a draft by the president elect he began by talking about coded 19 his plans to turn things around his holiday wishes to the contrary from there i he got into allegations about this security breach and

if u.s. troops were drawn not just to korea and in terms of you know supplies at this particular base that the supporting after violent capacity building supports to our military forces in afghanistan they will not be able to survive in the absence of the u.s. troops this is why we have seen the news that their general secretary of nato is inviting president elect joe biden a 2 didn't to nato to collectively make a decision on how to arrange this exact unfortunately and the way the media is portraying gets a probably this was because of the election season and the united states it is like troops withdraw and that's so it's 0 brits on the ground if you ask me as an afghan i am more happy more than happy to actually hear that if troops 0 troops on the ground is going to end while until my country it's going to end so the side bombings assassinations raining bombardments off civilian young that is happening as well. why would i not celebrated i would be the 1st one to celebrate it but the realit

the u.s. has officially removed sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism which could help the country get international loans and revive its battered economy in october sudan agreed to pay 335000000 dollars to the victims of the 1998 al-qaeda attacks on the u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania it also said it would normalize relations with israel the deal is a boost for sudan's transitional government which took power after the military removed the former president omar al bashir from power saudi arabia's energy ministry says an oil tanker delivering cargo was hit by a boat full of explosives at jeddah port it also described the incident as a terrorist attack the shipping company have said that it's boat the b. w. right was hit by what it called an unidentified external source that caused an explosion and fire another tanker was that image by a mine off the coast last month that attack was blamed on you yemen's who the rebels and various craig is an assistant professor at the fence s

u.s. president elect joe biden has nominated a retired general to be his secretary of defense if confirmed lloyd austin would become the 1st african-american to lead the pentagon as no nation has gotten much praise that also some concerns of his own hunter castro before. retired general lloyd austin has served in the u.s. military for 4 decades rising from west point graduate to leader of u.s. central command as the leader of u.s. forces in iraq austin oversaw the withdrawal of troops under the obama biden administration and austin was a diplomat it was not an easy task he build relationships with iraqi counterparts and with our coalition partners austin said wednesday as defense secretary he would continue to work to strengthen coalitions america is strongest when it works with its allies. and over the years i've worked hand in hand with their diplomatic colleagues and partners around the globe and witness 1st hand what we're able to accomplish together biden says austin is a skilled lead

deployments of the u.s. military presence in their rock these are the facts and not not the other christian missionizing heroes are it russell crowe if you call on the iraqis to take to the streets today you will see that they will do they don't want u.s. troops on their soil because they remember that you know the boots of the of the u.s. troops and their carpets they do not forget that blackwater committed crimes against iraq a civilian and now donald trump pardons those killers those murderers so it's not difficult to imagine how the iraqi people will react to that but let me point to another key issue what is the root cause of all this the united states is following the doctrine of the cold war. and this towards iran. not the no conservatives and the in the united states have been looking for an enemy and they find iran as a replacement for the soviet union the u.s. policy has been one of containment of iran and this policy of containment sometimes it has got close to regime change i am sorry to interrup

u.s. regulators have approved a second's coronavirus vaccine for emergency use the rule out of millions of doses of the missouri job is expected to begin this weekend tests show it's more than 94 percent effective and given in 2 doses 4 weeks of parts of the nation's top diseases expert expressed optimism that life could return to normal within months president elect joe biden will receive a dual softer vaccine on monday. the sweetness is the light at the end of the tunnel which i can tell you as we get into january february march and april that light is going to get brighter and brighter and the bitterness is going to be replaced by the sweetness and we all hope and i think this is doable that by the time we get to several months into this year we will have enough people protected that we can start thinking seriously about the return to normality the inspector general antonio good terror says called on armed groups in central african republic to put down their weapons peacekeepers were de

the u.s. affirmed that understanding when we passed the u.s. hong kong policy act of 1992 with bipartisan support. that act recognized that china would exercise sovereignty over hong kong, but under a one country, two systems framework, hong kong would retain its current legal, social, and economic systems for at least 50 years. in fact, we said in that legislation that we must safeguard human rights in and of themselves. i would be remiss if i didn't know, by the way, that our current majority leader was the sponsor of that legislation and our colleague, the incoming chairman, perhaps, of this judiciary committee cosponsored it, chairman grassley. over the last six years in particular, china has reneged on that deal that they struck in order to gave sovereignty over hong kong. where i come from, when you make a deal, you sign the agreement, you stick to it. china hasn't only gone back on the deal, they've used violence, suppression and intimidation to chip away at the rights and freedoms of t

the u.s. affirmed that understanding when we passed the united states hong kong policy act of 1992 with bipartisan support. that act recognized that china would exercise sovereignty over hong kong, but under a one country, two systems framework, hong kong would retain it's systems for at least 50 years. in fact, we said in that legislation that we must safeguard human rights in and of themselves. i would be remiss if i didn't know, by the way, that our current majority leader was the sponsor of that legislation and our colleague, the incoming chairman, perhaps, of this judiciary committee cosponsored it, chairman grassley. over the last six years in particular, china has reneged on that deal that they struck in order to gave sovereignty over hong kong. when you make a deal, you sign the agreement, you stick to it. china hasn't only gone back on the deal, they've used violence, suppression and intimidation to chip away at the rights and freedoms of the people of hong kong. in 2014 the standing

u.s. stocks hit another record. nancy pelosi and joan schumer back a bipartisan stimulus proposal. covid isn't relenting. the u.s. had its deadliest day ever. los angeles orders residents to stay-at-home. the clock ticks. france warns it could veto a trade deal between the u.k. and the eu if it doesn't like the terms. it comes as officials on both sides of the deal could be done in the next few days. increased scrutiny. the house of representatives clears a china delisting bill, sending it to president trump. the measure could lead to companies being kicked off of the american exchanges. 6:00 in london. 7:00 in paris. 10:00 in downtime see iop. we have the lifeline of stimulus. stimulus against the risk, the u.s. deadliest day of hospitalizations so far. the reality of covid is trumped by stimulus. good morning. annmarie: if i would have told you a few years ago that we would have the s&p 500 hitting a fresh record high at the same u.s. had its deadliest day with 2700 people dying due to c

u.s. secretary of state mike pompei all sent out this tweet the u.s. is sanctioning p.r.c. tech firms c e e e c for enabling the majority regimes efforts to undermine democracy in venezuela their support to restrict internet service and conduct digital surveillance against political opponents is robbing venezuelans of a democratic future while the us has unsuccessfully attempted to install venezuelan politician want guy go as ruler of the country venezuela's president nicolas maduro continues to remain in power and his government is recognized by the united nations as well as backed by cuba russia and china meanwhile china is criticizing the u.s. move against the company from that country saying that not only is it an attempt to interrupt business between 2 sovereign nations but it is also illegal the may find the relevant actions of the united states are purely a pretext to suppress relevant enterprises in venezuela and china and china urges the u.s. to abide by international law and the basic norms of international relations to take concrete actions to correct mistakes an

government u.s. intelligence people were involved in that is the, the portrayal of a, an effort by the iranians to obtain the technologies that they needed to enrich uranium. this was back in the early 1990 s. and they managed to portray crees a day as being in charge of that by saying that he was at the instant the institution that they were holding the us intelligence people were holding accountable. the fact is, he was not at all involved in that institution, and this was proven later on by the iranians in their documentation. that's what it's not. and all you can hear that is absolutely fascinating. and you know, michael, what is the best course of action for iran right now? is there any option that keeps going from providing more excuses for 30, arabiya israel and the us to ramp up tension by i think they're going to be much more strategic in their thinking. they may not do something immediately. i think that they, they will probably hunker down and continue on their course, working more toward

u.s. diplomacy also cleared the way for agreements between israel and longtime foes the united arab emirates and bahrain they came together over a common enemy. iran which has long been considered an axis special threat by israeli governments the trump era saw the us walk away from the iran nuclear deal which was meant to relieve sanctions on tehran in exchange for strict controls on its nuclear program but netanyahu bitterly opposed it saying it would allow tehran to build nuclear weapons without interference. last week a senior iranian nuclear scientist was killed in an ambush on a rainy and territory tehran has blamed israel and the us. protests in iran followed with tensions so high it may be more difficult for the incoming u.s. administration to react or the nuclear deal. as an end to the trump era that would sit some on the israeli right justified. well joining me now the studio is german our soccer off israel's ambassador to berlin thank you very much for coming in today my pleasure

the chinese, russians, the u.s. and many countries are developing the systems and putting them together in different ways to have some military application in the future. and i think we are on the right path, i believe. but the key here, none of us are going to get it perfect. the key is to get it less wrong than your enemy is. it's going to be very dynamic, michael. >> one more question before we get to the budget environment and then we get to some audience questions. i wanted to get a different take on the defense innovation and revolution question. how do you feel about the vulnerabilities in the u.s. armed forces today that some of these technologies are already creating? leave aside what would be the situation in 2030 or 2040 as you just mentioned. but i'm talking about our command and control systems, cyber systems, the electronic warfare environment on the tactical battlefield and what that could do to our radios, our dependence on satellites and fiber-optic cables. an issue that my colleague frank rose ofte