u.s. by yesterday. it was spectacular. since 2009, all but one stock gaining, a jump of 5%. u.s. equities have just averted a bear market, but previous that, we saw the s&p 500 closed lower. we have avoided a bear market for now, the dow having its biggest jump in my points ever. and judging by the futures, like that bounce we saw, it may not continue to date. futures lower, nasdaq futures lower, and dow futures pointing lower as well. is is going to be a repeat of 2011 or not? meanwhile, we are the dollar weaker against the yen. we saw it again just once in the past 10 sessions, that yen firmly been. japanese equities dropped into a bear market earlier in the 10 year yield down to basis points. so we are seeing money move into those safe haven assets. crude, we saw a drop below $50 a barrel. , somebouncing back positive sounds from russia in terms of another opec meeting. down 3/10 of a percent. yvonne man in hong kong has more on the markets. good to see you. >> good to see you, naral. -

u.s. troooops from syriria in a movet shocked many in the region and in the political establishmement in washington. we will speak toto syrian-canadn writiter yazan al-saadi anand phyllis bennis of the e institue for policy studies. then we look at the growing scandals surrounding facebook. >> we did not take a broad enough view of our responsibility, and that was a big mistake. it was my mistake, and i am sorry. i started facebook. i run it. and i am responsible for whahat happens here. amy: eight months after facebook's mark zuckerberg apologized to congress, the naacp is calling for a weeklong facebook boycott for allowing russian trolls to target african-americans out of the 2016 election. we will speak with naacp president derrick johnson about facebook, about passage of an anti-lynching law, about criminal justice reform, and momore. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. on wednesday, president trump orde

of the u.s. congress what it needs for the first time on january third will what it means for the democrat and for president donald trump joined us for coverage of this historic shift in american politics the new hold on al jazeera. hello i'm sam is a than a welcome to counting the cost an al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week things to watch in two thousand and nineteen financial storms could be forming in the global economy kind out why and where what's in store for economies and people living here in the old dependent middle east. plus a look at what economic collapse means for venezuelans in the new year. when america's sneezes the world catches a cold so the saying goes when there's a perceived weakness in the world's biggest economy the ripple effect elsewhere now as we're headed into the new year global financial markets felt a chill all on concerns over the health of the u.s. economy the dow jones industrial average saw its worst christmas eve tradin

many of the u.s. soldiers in particular who worked at and we have since come down with illnesses that they say were caused by their work there. jim mandrel is one of those soldiers for years he suffered from a myriad of complaints he says a link to his service on in a way talk he had as go bladder out shortly after their. seventy pound tumor cancerous tumor in his abdomen i suffer from roughly four year forty five years old from the going to. us that is far more liberal of the watching good news the problem for former cleanup workers like jim enthrall is that unlike the other us soldiers involved in the atomic tests the government does not recognize them as atomic veterans this means the four thousand plane a bit friends have no special health care coverage many lumbered with crippling medical bills washington argues safety precautions on in a way top where exemplary workers radiation exposure fell below recommended limits and that their illnesses and the time they spent on and away talk and not linke

the u.s. and china at the g20 in argentina. on monday, global markets cheered the weekend record, which suggested the two presidents agreed to a 90 day tariff tax, but things changed the next day when doubts emerged over what the world's two largest economies had agreed on. we will set the scene with this report monday with michael mckee who was at the summit. michael: the agreement may be the best investors could hope for, but it doesn't necessarily mean big changes in chinese behavior ahead, particularly for tech. it is not even clear what was agreed to. the white house has a list of semi-specifics, including reconsideration of the qualcomm deal if the companies are interested and purchasing what president trump calls massive amounts of agricultural, energy, industrial, and other products. chinese officials haven't mentioned qualcomm and say only that they are "willing to expand imports according to the needs of the domestic marketplace and the people." no specifics on products. the u.s. adm

tonight the u.s. issuing an ultimatum to russia over nuclear weapons respect a landmark missile treaty within sixty days or we are out of nato members are backing the ultimatum accusing russia of violating a key nuclear missile treaty from the cold war also coming up france's prime minister backing down on a controversial fuel tax increase he says no tax is worth sacrificing the unity of the nation but so far his move has not convinced form chester's and jewish people around the world are celebrating hanukkah the festival of lives here in berlin holocaust survivors mark the day by sounding a warning about the rise in time some of this. time it's good to have you with us tonight the united states has given russia a deadline comply with a treaty on limiting nuclear weapons within two months or the united states will call it quits the u.s. and its nato allies are accusing russia of violating the landmark one thousand nine hundred eighty seven intermediate range nuclear forces treaty which is also known a

the u.s. decision to leave syria was seen as a concession to turkey which has been angered by washington's alliance with the syrian kurdish armed group known as the white peachy turkey's president has threatened to cross the border offensive to target why peachey fighters inside syria. we know of none of these in the east of the euphrates in front of us they can do if they want they can go on the ground if they want when the time and place calm and they will be buried in the ditches that dug no one should this any turkish military move into syria will likely have to be coordinated with russia they will also have to discuss and decide if the syrian government or the turkish bacteria and rebels will fill the vacuum the u.s. presence in syria was militarily insignificant but it was a deterrent now will the white peachy fight to maintain territory or reengage with damascus to reach some sort of an arrangement to avert military action either by the turkish russian iranian and or syrian army's who c

the u.s. administration will spend 90 days negotiating unforced technology transfer, intellectual property protection, nontariff barriers. the chinese say president xi agreed to open markets and resolve the legitimate concerns of the u.s. there is no indication china will make any changes in its made in china to 2025 effort to lead the world in the technologies of the future. on the other hand, the u.s. made no concessions on exports to china of dual use technology with potential military applications and -- detailed review. ofn if there are 90 days negotiations, that hardly seems enough to make progress on complicated issues, which leaves analysts saying the countries kicked the can down the road. trade tensions will come back in 2019. only: michael mckee there monday. tuesday, the president posted tweets hinting he could extend that period of the taunt -- det ente, coming after more confusion on eliminating tariffs of u.s. made cars. told foxnews the deal isn't finalized, but he expected chi

and it is ththose u.s. bombs and u.s. coalition-led bomombs that pressure,ng enormous wreaking havoc on the people of syria. again, this is something spoken about eloquently. only look at raqqa in the other cities largely destroyed by u.s. bombing, after being under attack, both people and infrastructure of cities, by isis. this is not going to qualitatively change that on the ground. amy: "this is not going to qualitatively change things on the ground." andrew bacevich, for those who think the u.s.s. will not be involved in the bombing of syria, that it would make it more an air war along the lines of the u.s.-backed saudi bombing of yemen right now? >> i think she's makingng a gret point. you don't haveve to have troopsn the ground in order to engage in war. you don't have to hahave troopsn the ground to engage in wars that are stutupid and counterproductctive. we are far fewer troops in afghanistan today than we did in past yearsrs. trump wants to have even fewewer still.l. ifif i'm nott mistataken, u.s. airstrikikes i

so they're you know the u.s. is not going to give them a soft deal so it trumps a killer approach to his overseas counterparts whether it's lender or whether it's brussels is this is a personal thing or is this really right now a truly new lasts lasting the actor of american foreign policy. well his kind of. erratic behavior. where he got on the radio when he was in britain and supported the prime minister's opponents i think that will go away because you know us is pretty much presidents try to be pretty consistent pretty predictable trump is the opposite of that. but i think there is a new attitude in the us largely from the degree that us is oriented much more to china and china is the peer competitor europe more and more should be on its own. now that snot to say that the nato alliance is going to. disappear but you know us would share his both sides of the aisle would share his view that the europeans need to do more for their defense so we'll get to defense in nato but what you're saying basically is that.

and the u.s. senate has passed the funding bill to keep the government running for now temporary legislation was approved to avoid a complete federal shutdown after a deadlock over president transborder war it now needs support from the house an approval from the president president previously refused to sign a spending bill that does not include five billion dollars for a wall along the us mexico border. or the family of a guatemalan girl who died in u.s. border police custody is calling for an independent investigation seven year old jacqueline caro died from shock and dehydration the family says she was not given medical attention to spy feeling unwell she was then put on a ninety minute bus journey to a medical facility by the time she arrived she had stopped breathing and died. the constitutional standard is that there is a system of ready access to adequate care and mismanaging or denying in proper intake screening is a constitutional violation so we need an inquiry to look at the actions ta

u.s. consumer but. if the labor market is strong, there is underlying growth and you go from there. caroline: there we have the closing bell. you talked about the semis and we had technology leading the gains throughout and managed to cling onto them going into the bell. --es to losses to the gains gains to losses to games. romaine: some of the defensive sectors in the leading sector staples, foodfood beverage and tobacco. that is not seleka market that is very risk on. among the big decliners, you have diversified financials. you do have the nasdaq outperforming but you have tobacco and consumer staples. hard to suss out a theme. it has certainly been a few days of underperformance on the bank situation. let's dive deeper into the market reaction. taylor, what were you watching? ? taylor: i watching oil because we are not talked about oil too much today. it is rising nonrenewed optimism plus willck -- opec level out supply. the latest cut, saudi arabia said they plan to produce 10.2 milli

u.s. calls on beijing to do more. recent trade war optimism is draining away. tencent music it's a good note on its first ipo day in new york. let's get you started with a quick check of the markets close in the u.s. a risk on day for equity markets as the dow gained .6% and the s&p 500 gained the most in a week. more positive sentiment coming from more positive headlines on trade. prime minister may surviving the no-confidence vote. the nasdaq also gaining for the third consecutive session. s&p futures not doing much at the moment, but the narrative throughout the session was on trade and brexit. the risk of a hard brexit rising. prime minister may facing that challenge to her leadership. but sterling now looking like this after falling to the lowest level since april. throughout the session, it gained more than a month. sophie? sophie: we do have political and trade developments to consider in asia. also the eu and japan approving a draft fda deal that eliminates virtually all tariffs. b

in may, u.s. officials accused china of using military grade lasers from this base to target and distract u.s. pilots on ten different occasions. two of our american pilots suffered eye injuries from exposure to laser beams. son they may hand over control of the container terminal, a strategically located shipping port on the red sea to chinese state-owned enterprises. should this occur, the balance of power in the horn of africa, between europe, the middle east, and south asia would shift in favor of china. and our u.s. military personnel could face even further challenges in our efforts to protect the american people. russia, for its part, is also seeking to increase its influence in the region through corrupt economic dealings. across the continent, russia advances its political and economic relationships with little regard to the rule of law or accountable and transparent governance. it continues to sell arms and energy in exchange for votes at the united nations, votes that keep strong men in

stephen: according to the u.s. border patrol, about 224,000, or so, unaccompanied children, plus other families, have crossed the southwest border in the last year alone, data that includes 57,000, just in the last month. many of those, like jaime, fled out of fear that gangs in their home countries would kill them. the numbers of people fleeing central america have become so large, there's no room in court or in holding facilities. so after picking the refugees up along the border, federal agents rerelease them back into the u.s. if the immigrants have relatives already living here, who can pay for a bus ticket. in exchange, these refugees agree to report to local immigration authorities once they get to their relatives' hometown. galen hunt: many of them were dehydrated. they were hungry. their, you know, clothes were torn and dirty and-- stephen: over the course of several days, the investigative unit documented family after family arriving at this bus station in tucson, young mothers and their children, even a

a secret project by u.s. democrats to test online tactics that during a state election is revealed in a new york times report it is claimed they used the methods of an old adversary those much of a lot maligned russian bobs. and another hit for the trumpet ministration defense secretary james mattis announces he is stepping down just a day after the u.s. president surprised allies by saying he is withdrawing american troops from syria. are broadcasting live direct from this is our two international i'm john thomas certainly glad to have you with us our violence has erupted ad independence protests in spain's catalonia region more than sixty people have been injured including at least thirty five police officers as anger flared at rallies over a federal government cabinet meeting which had been relocated to be held in the city as a conciliatory measure. was . extra police were brought in and at least thirteen protesters have been arrested demonstrators threw rocks at officers started fires and built barricades

well because the u.s. is using this ninety day trade truce to increase the propaganda war against china in a form of economic warfare and also there's no evidence of any of that stuff and this is a big problem when you have the u.s. government making these outrageous claims without any evidence to back it up and yet with a clear nach national and political political interest and whipping up a kind of domestic frenzy against china. the u.s. was correspondent angela merkel not so well but so might be the. right now the u.s. is is famous for its for its hacking and cyber surveillance of every political system in the world i mean so this is this is getting really out of hand and it's trying to be i must say deeply embarrassed scene for the u.s. on international economic stage but unfortunately i have to tell you speaking from atlanta georgia today that most americans are ready to believe anything bad about china because you have seemed to have cultural penchant to want to think there is a devil out there somew

u.s. says its will planes have killed more than sixty al shabaab figes in somalia a u.s. senate report says russia used social media to meddle in the u.s. election in two thousand and sixteen and is still meddling today and more breaks it uncertainty in the u.k. as the opposition labor party calls for a no confidence vote on prime minister to resign me. i am. thank you for joining us a u.n. brokered cease fire has come into effect in the many city of ho data but reports say sporadic fighting is still taking place in the embattled port the fighting pits saudi backed government forces against hoofy rebels in the area the warring sides had agreed on a truce during political talks held in sweden last week international observers are expected to arrive to monitor the cease fire who data is critical for the supply of food and aid to millions of young menees who are on the brink of starvation and they are many challenges on the ground for international observers diplomatic editor james frey's exp

for the u.s. the u.s. have been so has been supportive of this campaign of the saudis and yemen and the americans for that matter the iraqis have a pursue slightly different political goals and also have a different approach but but the u.s. have been somehow complicit and so has the u.k. and other european countries if we go into the u.k. ambassador g.m. and that earlier this evening and trying to get to the answer to that question in a diplomat gives a diplomatic answer of course it's an embarrassment for the international community and in particular for europe and the united states and i think we heard president trump a couple of weeks say i want this to end the saudis also need to compromise on this and as you know very general as this statement is i think we see that the u.s. has lost its temple with with the saudis on this and they want this to end also they want the strategic. importance they they need the horn of africa and yemen as a strategic place for international trade and a further escalation

they use saying that the u.s. is the epicenter of the global trade crisis now earlier i asked our correspondent my ass waiter what their opinion in washington was on that. well this is very typical trump style we see it in his political dealings as well as in his business dealings he likes to come into an established system and blow it out cause an earthquake so to speak which is exactly what we see him doing here and a lot of the current dispute seems to revolve around as we heard at the end there the what's called the appellate body which is the highest court within the w t o and in order to appoint judges to the appellate body every country must be in agreement as to who gets to sit on it and the u.s. has been basically blocking all appointments in an attempt to force well trade organization were form and this is then the latest explosion shall we say at the with indeed the us being the focal point here now the big problem here is that the world's biggest two economies the u.s. and china are at loggerheads alth

u.s. secretary of state mike pompei old slams russia china and iran and proposes a new democratic world order it comes as nato ministers try to save a cold war era missile treaty that they say has been violated by moscow plus u.s. president donald trump and the first lady pay their respects to the late president george h.w. bush as he lies in state in washington the state funeral takes place on wednesday. the hauraki great to have you along everyone we start off in france where the government has reacted after a weekend of rioting in paris and other cities prime minister has announced that an unpopular tax increase on diesel and petrol has been suspended until next summer in a live television address phillips said no tax was worth putting the nation's unity in danger he called for an end to the violence but that hasn't stopped the protests these images that you're about to see. are from must say where students clashed with police so-called yellow vest protests began in november and have si

i want to go back and recap what happened in the u.s. session u.s. markets are closed today in memory of president bush i want to talk about some of the price action that happened in yesterday's market we saw a spike in volatility 800 points lower for the dow down 3% for the board. clean sweep. very, very heavy losses. a lot of volatility there in terms of the dow, caterpillar, boeing and apple had the most impact on that index back in october, again, we had what people were calling a shocktober, which saw s&p down 7% f.a.n.g.s lost market cap of about $1 trillion. some of these fears are coming back into the market we thought we were out with the more dovish powell and the trade truce, then you did get this technical damage that's because of what happened in yields. let's talk about yields and price action going on there. there are two things going on. on one hand we had a big rally so yeels moved lower we saw technical damage especially when the ten-year broke through 3% 2.92 is the number here. very quick to get through those levels people were ta

the u.s. presence in afghanistan amounts to 14,000 u.s. troops. they've been there since 2001 after the terrorist attacks. trump has been critical about the u.s. -- [no audio] >> differences with the president on alliances, saying president trump has a right to the defense secretary that is more aligned with his own views. now we're getting the latest reports that the white house ordered the pentagon to withdrawal from afghanistan on top of the we sent -- recent withdrawal from afghanistan. jim mattis announced his resignation. plenty to judge us for investors -- digest for investors. the dow falling 2% and the s&p 500 at a 15 month low. the nasdaq on the brink of a bear market, ending only 19.5% below that august record. s&p futures right now unchanged, but a loss for markets in asia as we had the fed rate decision. we have trade tensions between the u.s. and china, as well. how are we shaping up so far? sophie: in the week before christmas, anxiety is piling up. we keep be looking at -- we could be looking at a tempestuous session.in asia in syd

the u.s. president's visit to iraq was just three hours long but it has had an impact here in baghdad now there was supposed to be a meeting or a phone call between the iraqi prime minister. and president donald trump that didn't happen because they couldn't agree on the parameters of that meeting what was supposed to be discussed within that meeting president the u.s. president donald trump made a commitment to his troops. basically and he said that they would remain in the country however he hasn't actually discussed that with his iraqi counterpart so far the iraqis are actually right now debating on what the future role should be within iraq itself there is a commanding control base here there is a forward operating bases here and they've been using them as part of their campaign in syria however they're now withdrawing from syria and this concerns iraq ease because they feel that there are still pockets of eisel fighters both in the west of iraq and in syria itself and if there's no u.s. p

u.s. is lifting sanctions on rusal. aluminum falling to a 16 month low. we are watching a lot of these movers in terms of the japanese tech players, you can see on the screen off 5%. goldman sachs saying investors should brace for more spending cuts. pretty much the only stock that was higher today in the japanese by 7% on the close. rebounding from a six-year low after moody's downgrade. pretty much apart from that stock, very red and the topix in bear market. nejra: we are asking the question, how long until u.s. stocks enter a bear market question mark we heard that the topix has entered a bear marker. you can join the debate and reach out to us on your bloomberg. let's get the bloomberg first word news. have: asian stocks followed u.s. markets lower after jay powell signaled. and raising trump u.s. interest rates for a fourth time in 2018 powell signposted caution about the destination. there policymakers expect two rate increases down from the three projected in september. >> inflatio

we begin the day with u.s. president wrongs announcement that u.s. troops are leaving syria the decision yesterday called almost everyone off guard from berlin to london to in so. by the pentagon and the white house the president's national security advisor john bolton was reportedly livid washington and its allies blindsided by trump yes but you would have to be blind not to see the immediate consequences a geo political reshuffling is taking place as we speak russia iran the syrian government and turkey are ready to fill any vacuum created by the u.s. exit israel reportedly feels abandoned by washington and without the cover of their u.s. allies the kurds in syria the fierce fighters who helped defeat isis are now sitting ducks if turkey decides to attack trumps snap decision has produced clear winners and losers a member of syria's parliament foreshadowed much of this just a few days ago take a listen. to some of the kurds who in the end are syrian citizens equal to any others are still betting on the americans. but if one draws lessons from histo

so's the presence of u.s. troops for seventeen years thousands of american soldiers have been stationed in afghanistan now there are reports that may be coming to an end for a make near them we consider this good luck if they get lost and disappear from here would be very happy with. their own fourteen thousand u.s. military personnel in support an advisory role for more than two hundred thousand afghan troops but the u.s. numbers may be harped. we would be happy that u.s. troops are leaving if the f. kennedy forces were strong enough to defend us but unfortunately we do not have enough power to defend our country similar concerns were voiced three weeks ago by the general nominated to command all u.s. forces in the middle east if we are precipitously right now i do not believe they would be able to successfully defend their country prison ashraf ghani and his government remained largely silent in response with organics chief advisor did tweet most analysts believe that afghanistan would collapse with the depa

because u.s. officials have in recent months warned that their efforts at the development of hypersonic weapons systems that they lag behind those of other countries such as russia do you believe that. well again that's what you how you define hypersonic weapon or vehicle i mean if it's a warhead that i mean a modified seriously modified reentry vehicle attached to a stick misao medium range or an intercontinental that's one thing and that's. rather easier to make though of course there are very serious problems there too for the of a chronic components not to burn out because of the high temperature that they the chiefs while going through the dense atmosphere but if you're talking about kind of plane or some kind of flying vehicle that will have an engine and who fly at him for sonic speed in the upper atmosphere that's a much more difficult achievement and that's what there are am united states is basically working on because you know the shuttle was also returning from space it flew a hyper sp

beijing is reducing current import duties on u.s. vehicles from forty to fifteen percent tariffs will also disappear for a number of other u.s. products the regulations apply to the first three months of two thousand nine hundred nineteen agricultural products energy automobiles except for a are among the items that china in the u.s. every chip consensus on. the new regulations are music to the ears for u.s. soybean farmers storage facilities for the soybeans are bursting at the seams china's been one of the u.s. is most important agricultural customers but during the recent trade dispute china stopped importing u.s. soil farmers held onto their crops now trade is blossoming again since china resumed importing soybeans chinese businesses as well as chinese consumers welcome the move that. soybeans are one of the most important products china imports from the u.s. . there's a big domestic demand for oil. all the trade dispute has weighed on china's growth as the latest figures show in november retail and industrial production fell wel

the u.s. and of the european union. we welcome each of you and we thank you for your time. we are grateful you are willing to come and spend some time with us today to educate us on these matters. an assumption has been prevalent in certain circles, including some of our colleagues on capitol hill that america has a monopoly problem, armed with this assumption politicians that antitrust enforcers confront these monopolies. often these proponents of more interventionist antitrust enforcement site the european union a a small front u.s. enforcers should proceed. the question of whether america has extensive monopoly problem is a topic for another hearing and not one for today. today we're going to focus on how european competition law compares to u.s. antitrust law what the europeans call abuse of dominance. the european commission, the eu's administrative body, has certainly been active in prosecuting company for allegedly abusing their dominance of european markets,, especially in the area of

we begin the day with u.s. president drums announcement that u.s. troops are leaving syria the decision yesterday called almost everyone off guard from berlin to london to inside. the pentagon and the white house the president's national security advisor john bolton was reportedly livid washington and its allies blindsided by truong yes but you would have to be blind not to see the immediate consequences a geo political reshuffling is taking place as we speak russia iran the syrian government and turkey are ready to fill any vacuum created by the u.s. exit israel reportedly feels abandoned by washington and without the cover of their u.s. allies the kurds in syria the fierce fighters who helped defeat isis are now sitting ducks if turkey decides to attack. snap decision has produced clear winners and losers a member of syria's parliament foreshadowed much of this just a few days ago to take a listen. to some of the kurds who in the end are syrian citizens equal to any others are still betting on the americans but if one draws lessons from history we

control then u.s. led regime change is over as well the old politics of american imperialism as it is called as it was called to establish. regimes and governments that roundly. is also the second this but in fact this historical decision and connect to that is the transition to a multi-polar world why because the united states is not able this is acknowledged by their president he's not able to really change on its own so who leads the probe the political process here in syria and in the middle east right now it's a trio of russia iran and turkey and of course the main. wait in this tree your. it's for actors actually is the syrian government and the syrian people so that is a political process that is led by different actors and the united states is not one of them anymore so this is a transition therefore to a multiple or a world where other countries in the united states and hmong themselves corporate owned that their man their future so definitely the united states will of syria and this is the be

the u.s. government shutdown is set to drag on as the senate stalemate continues over funding trump's border wall project plus. a double suicide attack in somalia fifteen people including a journalist killed in a bombing near the presidential palace also. more violence in the french capital as police are targeted by anti-government protesters. the end of a chaotic week for the white house there's been a second resignation from u.s. president donald trump's administration the top u.s. diplomat in the global coalition against eisold brett mcgurk has quit over trump surprise decision to pull troops out of syria it comes hot on the heels of the resignation of the u.s. defense secretary james mattis who strongly opposed the syrian decision a state department correspondent rose jordan as more u.s. president daal trump made two major foreign policy decisions this week he said he's pulling seven thousand u.s. troops out of afghanistan and trump is pulling out all two thousand u.s. service personnel fr

u.s. national security interests. in africa. and china's influence on the continent and the u.s. national security advisor america's previous approach in effect. russian national. who is accused of spying in the united states pleads guilty to failing to register as a foreign agent. jewish protesters clashed with police in the west bank demanding a key motorway be closed to palestinians israel. to i.d.f. soldiers were killed. and if. on its promise to push on with a high spending budget it rejected by brussels revising its plans in a bid to avoid. a welcome to the program here on international we come to you live from moscow as the new. stories but this. america's national security adviser has branded russia and china his activities in africa as a predatory practices john bolton was unveiling a new u.s. strategy for the continent which he claims is aimed at the prosperity and goodness of the african nation across the continent russia advances its political and economic relationships with li

the u.s. is steady. with opec in the example, you have 28 million barrel build year on year. 20 million of that has come from iran. it comes down to the distilling down to country level and tank level, to be able to look at where are the draws and where are the builds? that is the interesting thing we have seen in the past few months. going back to the fall around september, we were looking at an incremental continued build. the market was saying you would have continued draws. there is a big delta that is developing here from a latency effect. you can either trade off of that well or have an exposure. we have seen that pattern, these divergent builds versus draws and to be able to help people distill that down. alix: andy, using your expertise in the market, does a 1.2 million barrel per day cut next year do it? andy: that is the important question. you had opec cut by 1.2 million barrels per day. you have other things going on as well. on the negative side, there are headwinds regarding demand. worries

twenty summit on the growing trade war between the u.s. and china president on one trump and china's xi jinping will meet on saturday they're trying to find common ground on trade so they can revoke tariffs that are hurting both economies from beijing china correspondent adrian brown tells us what it is what's at stake and what to expect. in beijing last november president donald trump appeared to be excited about a new friend and my feeling toward you is an incredibly warm one as we said there's great chemistry. and i think we're going to do tremendous things for both china and for the united states it was the last time trump met president xi jinping who won't be fooled again says one academic he didn't count on trump's volatility the fact that trump could be you know a love in roses one day and in the next day we know launch a trade war. there's not much love now both sides are almost five months into a trade war and if there's no breakthrough at this weekend's g. twenty summit in one of saris the trumpet ministration is set to raise tax

a u.s. general injured in an assassination attempt that succeeded in killing the police chief of kandahar at the beginning of the fall, a horrific terror attack that took place in the afghan capital just this week with the death toll in the dozens. but the announcement that the white house was talking about drawing down troops there was one that caught many allies there in the region by surprise. the u.s. is one of some 41 state oaf contributing countries that are part of a coalition on the ground in afghanistan. the u.s. the biggest troop contributor. it definitely rattled and unsettled some of the allies there as well as the government that relies on the international coalition there and raises real questions about whether or not the u.s. is a reliable ally in a place even as complicated and bloody as afghanistan. >> before we go to break, we have a new piece of information from the pool traveling with the president. the pool traveling says that the president did not meet with the prime mi

the u.s. will go to beijing to continue talks. they had been going on all month as we understand by mont and other -- understand by phone and other methods. it does seem in the final days of 2018 the brinkmanship may be dissipating. each side has given some ground it seems in terms of concessions that could lead to the broader governance of debate deal. , you werestephen saying china will be more cautious with the latest developments. stephen: that is my read of it. but i have been a pessimist on these starts and talks. the united states, the white house, they want very ambitious reforms coming from the chinese that necessarily cannot be provided in the short-term, such as the intellectual property theft. we are hearing perhaps the chinese are looking to revamp their passive law and to give more teeth to intellectual property rights legislation and laws to give claimants more compensation if there are pr has been via -- ipr has been violated. xi jinping wants to see stable progress. they don't

top u.s. republicans have expressed concern and anger over the defense secretary james mattis his resignation senator lindsey graham is calling for an immediate hearing of the foreign relations committee to discuss what has. now opposition candidates in the democratic republic of congo urging supporters to show restraint as large protests grip cities across the country the latest on rest follows this week's perspire in meant of a long delayed presidential election malcolm webb has this report from the capital kinshasa that was. let go because they heard all over my these opposition supporters chant if there's no election by december the twenty third people will be killed. president joseph kabila has let the democratic republic of congo for seventeen years to do to step down for the last two. this man says he now could be this coming devastating power when there's no election her family felt pretty calm killer still. and this boy says we want the election it could be a doesn't want it he has to

the u.s. controls. the u.s. can either allow them to be treated as utilities for the good of all or they can use them to put the squeeze on other countries and that is what they are doing with iran. >> how much of this discussion is a result of geopolitical tensions? when there is much more harmony around the globe. what everybody not be so freaked out and be pushing back on the issue of the dollar mark? >> the weaponization of the access to the dollar is important. the g7 were5 weaponizing the foreign exchange market. we moved away from that and other u.s. is weaponizing access. the u.s. has some powers besides military power that they want to use to exert their will over other countries. using economic power is called financial statecraft. the danger of it is that by overplaying that card it can give rise to alternatives, people searching for alternatives such as things like that going. >> that is the thing i wanted to bring up. you think about emerging economies. in china everything is on your phone digitally

u.s. is not and should not be neutral and comes to the continued access of these in addition. helped create these multilateral institutions for good reasons, and americans have been among the leading beneficiaries. while the imf world bank and regional development banks are not perfect, and they require reform and balance, they have -- promoted as a state of the international economic order that has facilitated decades of extraordinary economic growth for both -- and people around the world. good, creating international customers and promoting peace, stability, and prosperity. the u.s.hy believe should continue to support these institutions, continuing to fill their import purposes and in woman reforms with where necessary. if we fail to lead and remain engaged in these multilateral forums, other nations will step up and replace us, mainly china. in a vacuum created by the u.s.es of leadership, beijing would twist these to their uses and state capitalist model. absent u.s. leadership and e

u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources. it's already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for the dry river beds like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered for even those who managed to escape their countries haven't truly been able to escape the war. to often on the streets of india. are victims but a new force is at play. female police officers are combative sexual assault and domestic abuse. but changing society is a challenge and so is life behind the badge for india's needy call. on disease. and. the top stories on our jazeera trump says he has no plans at all to remove u.s. troops from iraq as he made an unannounced visit to the country the president accompanied by his wife spoke to troops and met military leaders as it comes just days after he announced plans to withdraw american troops from

because u.s. officials have in recent months warned that their efforts at the development of hypersonic weapon systems that they lag behind those of other countries such as russia do you believe that. well again that's watch how you define hypersonic weapon or vehicle i mean if it's warhead that i mean a modified seriously modified reentry vehicle attached to a stick misao medium range or an intercontinental that's one thing and that's. rather easier to make though of course there are very serious problems there too for the of a chronic components not to burn out because of the high temperature that the chiefs while going through the dense atmosphere but if you're talking about kind of plane or some kind of flying vehicle that will have an engine and why at first sonic speed in the upper atmosphere that's a much more difficult achievement and that's what there are am united states is basically working on because you know the shuttle was also returning from space it flew a hyper speed than it was m

trying to persuade the u.s. not to follow through on a threat to slap a tariffs on european make cars so one of their arguments well all three have big factories in the united states b.m.w. in spartanburg south carolina cities in tuscaloosa alabama and folks fighting chattanooga tennessee together the plants employ forty nine thousand people including suppliers and service providers dealers sell around one point three million vehicles each year and looking at their trade balance german auto companies export more of a u.s. made cars than they import from germany making them net exports so can the meeting reduce tensions perhaps a little but trade talks are the responsibility of the european commission not make is the head of germany's institute levin's first also says the german car makers are not the ones washington should be negotiating with i asked him what's at stake for the comic has the or the car the tariffs on cars twenty five percent potentially are a threat and they clearly want to avoid that at the sam

the u.s. and china call a trade truce, but it is not as simple as that sounds. >> there is something of a disconnect. >> what are the exact items? we do not have details yet. >> a lot of volatility and angst in washington, d.c. reverberating in the markets. >> more battling over brexit. a key vote approaches. opec and its allies gather for a critical meeting. >> 1.2 million barrels per day is the number. >> some of that is fairly insignificant for us. >> investigators debate over the yield curve. over november jobs report. >> we are very ahead of what we are calling for in the session. >> if this trend continues, the fed may want to take a pause. >> a fed exclusive. the vice chair speaks his mind on policy. >> central banks need to be just as worried about inflation going on opposed to target. >> tension between the united states and china have affected all emerging markets. >> this is a new type of war, the hybrid war. abigail: the world mourns the loss of former u.s. president george h.w. bu

the u.s. existing u.s. is defenses can't deal with them but existing u.s. and defenses aren't that good against regular missiles so it is start this. doing away with the a.b.m. treaty is start a new arms race but i think you know we're just building more and more nuclear weapons when we should be trying to limit them and the new start treaty is coming which is the arms limitation for the longer range missiles is coming up in twenty twenty one so you know that would be a good time to cool you know cool off the arms race and you know lock in some limits on these types of weapons as well. britain's the times newspaper has printed a highly controversial interview with a kitchen fighting against antique of mint forces in east ukraine the head of his battalion admitted that his fighters wage jihad in syria and the lead it was even part of a terror group committing atrocities in russia who patrol. so a big piece in the times on chechens on east ukraine front lines from a few dozens to more than one hundred there shoulder to shoulder with kiev's army but technicall

the u.s. existing u.s. is defenses can't deal with them but existing u.s. defenses aren't that good against regular missiles so it is start this. doing away with the a.b.m. treaty is start a new arms race but i think you know we're just building more and more nuclear weapons when we should be trying to limit them and the new start treaty is coming which is the arms limitation for the longer range missiles is coming up in twenty twenty one so you know that would be a good time to cool you know cool off the arms race and you know lock in some limits on these types of weapons as well. britain's times newspaper has printed a honey controversial interview with a chechen fighting against anti-government forces in eastern ukraine ahead of his battalion mitzvot his fighters wage jihad in syria and even the leader will sponsor a terror group committing atrocities in russia trenker looks into the story. so a big piece in the times on chechens on east ukraine front lines from a few dozens to more than one hundred there shoulder to shoulder with kiev's army but technic

anchor: the u.s. is going to have a real deal or no deal at all in which case major tariffs will be imposed. china also does not want and punitive measures -- and punitive measures. how must claire -- how much clarity does this provide? >> not a great deal. it shows the u.s. and china are coming out feeling optimistic. acknowledgment there is this 90 day time frame that have not been in the original statement and of course, that 90 day in on march 1. often march 1 deadline if they don't get the talks going in the right direction. china saying they thought this went very well and as you say, we don't have the details around what was agreed. to see areas, you had trump saying china would reduce or remove those. the other is the agriculture products, particularly given again,ump treated -- looking to be chinese side. still, more details needed, but we have those comments in relation to the g20 meeting. announcing onalso it comes to intellectual property violation. they say they are not getting enough hea

trump is openly a betting these kinds of atrocities with u.s. tax dollars, u.s. equipment, u.s. diplomatic cover, and he knows exactly -- he sees the pictures of the slaughter of innocent men, women, children in yemen. a poor country of 27 billion people on the verge of national starvation. when was the last time we saw something like that? connected right to the oval office? atald trump, look yourself in the mirror. if you don't like the looks of a war criminal, stop the war in yemen now. amy: ralph nader, we want to thank you for being with us, longtime consumer advocate, corporate critic, and former presidential candidate. his most recent book "to the , ramparts: how bush and obama paved the way for the trump presidency and why it isn't too late to reverse course." when we come back, we look at a bomb made by raytheon in tucson, arizona, and how it made its way to yemen. the number of people are killed, who died, who was maimed. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in a historic vote, the u.s

from berlin tonight the u.s. issuing an ultimatum to russia over nuclear weapons respects a landmark missile treaty within sixty days or we are else. backing the ultimatum saying that russia has been violating a cold war era nuclear missile treaty. for the latest also coming up france's prime minister backs down on the controversial fuel tax increase he says no tax. unity of the nation. to appease the protesters they have defied all. good to have you with us tonight the united states is rattling its saber at russia the u.s. and its nato allies say that russia has been violating the landmark one nine hundred eighty seven intermediate range nuclear forces suspend its treaty obligations after a meeting of nato foreign ministers spoke about the wider implications of russia's alleged violations flow russia is responsible for the demise of the treaty and many other states including china north korea and iran are not parties to the i.n.f. treaty this leaves them free to build all the in all the intermediate range missil