blake: blake. blake: i don't know about you, you add the numbers of bernie sanders and andrew yang and pete buttigieg that is a lot of money folks were not talking about months, a year ago. >> exactly, blake. these are guys without huge track records. pete buttigieg, yes, mayor of south bend, indiana, not a huge city. andrew yang certainly been in business, no political experience previously. these guys are pulling in a lot of money but of course, money isn't everything. i think of the last race. i believe bernie sanders raised in total 230 million in the primary, still lost to hillary clinton. who is one of the most unpopular presidential candidates, i'm glad you say money it everything because at this time last year or last cycle, candidate trump was not putting a lot of money raising money. we know who is sitting in the white house right now. >> exactly, blake. especially democrats. a lot of people think that money is so important and they complain about money in politics you know it's a terribl

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>> blake. he was five months premature when he was born. they didn't know if he was even going to breathe. he has been special his whole life. >> reporter: john's only son blake goes to billings west hse john wanted to make it to may at least. >> so i can see my kid graduate. what parent doesn't wt it? >> that's a huge milestone in a kid's life. >> reporter: pam rudolph, blake's mom and john's ex-wife says there was no guarantee he would live that long. >> yeah, that's when i realized we have to do something. >> reporter: what pam did was reach out to the principle at bi billings west. she made up an excuse to lure him to the school and into the auditorium. >> he didn't have any idea the band would be playing, and this was really happening just for him and for blake. ♪ >> reporter: it was a graduation of one, staged for this audience of one. >> i started thinking about everything, how much time i had, what i could do. i'm just going to spend as much time with him as i can. >> reporter: blake will still have to finish out the school year,

. >> hi, blake. >> hi, blake, this is gwen stefani. >> how are you doing, gwen stefani. >> see what happened? she happened to be in the neighborhood ready to go. we had a chair waiting for gwen stefani. the two got together when they were going through painful divorces. it's interesting to see how it's worked out for both of them. they are now performing a song at the grammys on sunday "nobody but you." it's really -- everyone, it's one of those things you go, i like it. if you're involved in a relationship, you want to sing it. if you're not, you want somebody to sipping it to you. >> i think it's going to be a really cool moment. >> i do, too. i know so. you can see more of our conversation with blake shelton and a little more with gwen stefani. another big game in the special airs tomorrow night at 9:00 central on cbs. >>> tomorrow we'll share part of the conversation with billie eilish. she was so fun. the grammy awards right here on cbs. >> sir patrick stewart returning to "star trek." he's in our toyota green >>> it is certainly a little foggy out there and warmer than yesterday. our h

>> blake. he was five months premature when he was born. they didn't know if he was even going to breathe. he's been special his whole life. >> reporter: john's only son, blake, goes to billings west high school in billings, montana. he's a senior, which is why john wanted to make it to may, at least. >> so i can see my kid graduate. what parent doesn't want to see it? >> that's a huge milestone in a kid's life. >> reporter: pam rudolph, blake's mom, and john's ex-wife, says there was no guarantee he'd live that long. >> yeah, that's when i realized we have to do something. >> reporter: what pam did was reach out to the principal at billings west to arrange a surprise for her ex-husband. she made up an excuse to lure him to the school and in to the auditorium. >> he didn't have any idea the band would be playing, and this was really happening just for him and for blake. ( ♪ pomp and circumstance ) >> reporter: it was a graduation of one, staged for this audience of one. >> i started thinking about everything, how much time i had, what i c

blake: right. in the end our overall guidance for growth and performance for the year is reaffirmed. it is unchanged from what we presented to novembers -- two investors in november. we are seeing a contribution from inorganic growth. primarily due to the joint venture with schlumberger that we announced in october. we saw a great first quarter them. we expect that to continue to have a good contribution of double-digit growth through the year. we made an acquisition of a cybersecurity company, and an indian company that specializes in delivery of information solutions. we are using all of our strengths to win. amanda: tell me what you are seeing globally and the non-north american market is a source of strength on the investment front. we have seen plans to invest in capital equipment in the u.s. flag a little bit. are you seeing stronger foodchain outlooks elsewhere? blake: asia was a good grower for us in the quarter. we saw mid-single digit growth in asia. china grew for us. india was double-di

blake lively loses her family and the rhythm section? blake lively loses herfamily and an air accident, she discovers it is not an accident, she discovers it is not an accident, it was an assassination. she resolves to find the killer, in order to do it, she has to find it jude law, somebody who has specialist experience, and is not pleased to see her. here is a club. who else knows you're here? i can't hear you. no... no one... no one knows but me. why did you come here then? i'm going to kill reza. oh, god...he must be terrified. help me find him. you want to kill mohammed reza? you need to hire a professional. i don't have any money. oh, well, you have a job. you're a prostitute, aren't you? so, some talent there, good talent in front of the camera, behind also, reed morano. the problem with it is that it wants to be a serious character study, on the other hand, it wants to be a james bond style action adventure, which is maybe like a rerun of look—up is on's nikki ta, a somebody shot something like atomic blind. no you never invest

>> blake. he was five months premature when he was born. they didn't know if he was even going to breathe. he's been special his whole life. >> reporter: john's only son, blake, goes to billings west high school in billings, montana. he's a senior, which is why john wanted to make it to may, at least. >> so i can see my kid graduate. what parent doesn't want to see it? >> that's a huge milestone in a kid's life. >> reporter: pamolph, blake's mom, and john's ex-wife, says there was no guarantee he'd live that long. >> yeah, that's when i realized we have to do something. >> reporter: what pam did was reach out to the principal at billings west to arrange a surprise for her ex-husband. she made up an excuse to lure him to the school and in to the auditorium. >> he didn't have any idea the band would be playing, and this was really happening just for him and for blake. ( ♪ pomp and circumstance ) >> reporter: it was a graduation of one, staged for this audience of one. >> i started thinking about everything, how much time i had, what i could

we sat down with blake hutchinson, the incoming ceo of ontario communities. suing --in said adele citadelsit -- suing. risk onwe have this sentiments once again. we have the broader s&p 500, every group moving higher, despite energy and gold having shown on initial weakness, we are seeing neither of those groups. finances leading the way higher and the techs are also strong again. take a look at boeing as the news develops. this is very sensitive geopolitical news for boeing, the understanding that it may not to be company specific is important. at one point, the stock was up almost at 2% on the day. attention may turn to jobs data that we get tomorrow, jobless claims numbers turns to strengths, and all eyes back on trade if and when the geopolitical risks stops being on the front burner. 190,e: we had the 10 year back to 185 now. plenty of basis point moves in the last couple of days that have come in the geopolitical sphere. seeingail index were stocks plummeted. kohls, down 9%. holiday sales were weak for the notrtment stores, but for everybody. the semico

the comments, blake brought it up. larry kudlow made the case to liz last hour, the president basically has been telling people or told people today, phase one may have been more difficult, just getting over the hump, i suppose, getting things started that was the tough part. conventional wisdom, some issues left for phase two, those are more difficult issues to deal with. china, as you know, subsidizes many of its companies, especially state-run enterprises, it has for years. will they ever change on something like that? when you talk to the chinese about it, they say, no, no, that has to deal with our national sovereignty. we don't want to give in. that sounds difficult. >> i think president is optimistic thinking that phase two will be easier than phase one. in part we already know we tried to get in phase one some issues that are now going to be moved to phase two and couldn't get it in phase one. so they're very difficult. the second as you correctly point out, a lot of these are related to china's goal of becomin

melissa: blake thank you. stock closing in the red but it is green for the week let's go to christina partsinevelos with more. kristina: you're right, they are closing for the red but if you take the bigger picture none of the indices actually close 1% lower they are all a little bit less than that still seeing strength i was speaking to traders saying we talk about buying it and honestly there wasn't a 500 point drop we've seen in the past. there is still a looming threat there could be retaliation not tomorrow, not the next day, not next week but in the near future so that is an overhang on the markets and of course, when we're talking about the intraday we did get the manufacturing numbers that came in lower for december showing a further contraction in the u.s. manufacturing sector, so that added to some a little bit of a sell-off midday or around 10 a.m. but for the week, since you brought that up we're talking about all of the indices nasdac, s&p 500, and the dow, they are up for the week the dow and the

. >> it may seem far-fetched but not long ago, country superstar blake shelton did not think this day would come. >> and now here i am with the grammy nomination. >> that's right. he couldn't imagine anymore hit songs in his future. >> i felt like that window closed. that time came and went. >> was he having a pity party for himself? >> i don't think so. as strange as that sounds, how do i fit in anymore? >> why are you talking like you're on the downside of your career? >> i feel like one of these days people will wake up and say, that guy has been doing this for 20 years and that is enough . >> reporter: he was working on his ranch in oklahoma. as producers in a demo of a new song called god's country. >> i completely lost myself in this moment listening to this song. the second time i played at my heart started pounding. i want to do this. >> he recorded god's country just a few days later. >> he is part of the music power coupled with gwen stephani and they will perform together at sunday's grammy awards. our special coverage leading up to the grammy starts on friday night right h

but laurie blake, this is -- this is a very kick-ass character to play. have you enjoyed it so far >> oh, my god. i had a ball yeah >> seth: i mean, i can only imagine. >> yeah. >> seth: i should note that in the comics which took place in the '80s, laurie blake's character, you played, wore a lot of spandex now you're an fbi agent. >> yeah. >> seth: are you happy - >> that was one of my first questions is don't make me wear that outfit. >> seth: yes [ light laughter ] >> yeah. >> seth: and it seems like the fbi outfit seems very filack oka >> but he's very psyched about the show he loves the show. >> seth: okay. that's good. [ ght laughter ] >> seth: just hanging in there >> yeah. >> seth: the cool mom thing. >> yeah. >> seth: the wonderful actor, you could not tell behind his shiny silver mask is tim blake nelson >> mirror guy. >> seth: mirror guy, tim blake nelson how is it working? it's a fantastic cast from top to bottom. but how is tim >> he's a new buddy. i just love him. first of all, he's one of the smartest people i have ever met in my life he's

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blake what can you tell us? >> blake: liz we are expecting 3,000 u.s. troops to be headed to kuwait according to the defense department, kuwait of course on the southern border of iraq. a spokesperson over at the pentagon within the past hour here described that decision as a "appropriate and precautionary action." now, president trump earlier today tweeted that qassem soleimani who for years was recognized as a terrorist by the u.s. government dating all the way back to 2005 the president said was actively plotting against the u.s.. here is what he said on twitter. that soleimani has killed or badly wounded thousands of americans over an extended period of time, and was plotting to kill many more, but got caught. the secretary of state mike pompeo this morning, echoed those comments as well saying that soleimani was spearheading an imminent plot. meantime, here in washington d.c., there is a debate breaking out about whether this air strike, this decision from the commander-in-chief was both legal and prudent. mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer both too

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jonathan blake reports. back on the campaign trail, sir keir starmer launched his bid to lead labour in stevenage, a conservative seat, which voted to leave the eu. he says the party's recent radical policies are needed to win here and beyond, but after a long time making the case for the uk to stay in the eu, he now says it's time to look beyond brexit. the argument has to move on, and the argument now is, can we insist on that close relationship with the eu, close economic relationship, but collaboration in other areas, and also, what is the framework now for future trade relations? labour could one day argue to rejoin the eu, says another contender for leader, and claims that she is best placed to reconnect with voters. this has got to be about whether the labour party can speak and connect and be trusted by the public. none of it matters, about this fight with this person in the labour party, unless we can win an election, and labour values is what matters. another backbench mp putting herself forward sa

jonathan blake, bbc news. a senior figure in the review of the hs2 high—speed rail project says it could end up costing more than £100 billion — almost double the original estimate. lord berkeley, who's a long—standing critic of the project, says its costs are out of control. hs2 limited says it's determined to deliver a railway that's value for money. i think it's 107 now, and it probably will go even higher than that. you do not need to go 400 kilometres an hour, or even 360, in a country as small as ours. nobody else in the world does it. maybe in china, but nobody else does it. well, quite honestly, the higher the speed, it makes a big difference on the cost. obviously, you have to have a straight line, you have to go in a straight line, because trains don't like going round corners fast, but it's also the construction, the type of construction, whether it's balanced, and things like that, it does make a great difference to the cost. daniel cochlin, from the northern powerhouse partnership, says he

let's begin with blake burman at the white house. blake? reporter: it was part sales pitch, part victory lap for president trump earlier today in davos, switzerland, at the world economic forum. speaking before business and world leaders the president highlighted what he sees as his economic accomplishments like the two big trade deals that were in the headlines last week along with record how unemployment and economic growth. >> since my election the bottom half of wage earners has increased by plus 47%, three times faster than the increase for the top 1%. the american dream is back, bigger, better, stronger than ever before. we created 1.2 million manufacturing and construction jobs, a number also unthinkable. america achieved this stunning turnaround not by making minor changes to a handful of policies but by adopting a whole new approach centered entirely on the well-being of the american worker. reporter: while the president would like the attention to be on the u.s. economy his trip also comes as the senate starts impeachment trial. w

berman live at the white house following every little strand, blake. blake: hi, there, ashley, we should hear from president trump shortly, he's in the middle of an event ongoing in the white house relating to religious freedom, interesting that the first comments, some of the first comments from the president in that meeting were about the usmca trade deal that passed earlier today. according to reporters who were still inside the room, the president described it as, quote, unquote, very exciting noting that the trade deal passed by a comfortable margin as he put it, 89 votes for the usmca trade deal, in the senate a signature bipartisan piece of legislation for the president, the signature for bipartisan legislation to date, however, the headline being pushed below the fold due to impeachment trial against the president that has just become formalized, the supreme court chief justice john roberts swearing in the 100 u.s. senators for impeachment trial which will begin on tuesday, the first time we have seen something like this in 21 years, just the t

let's get to blake burman at the white house with more on fun in the alps. blake? >> thank you very much as the president says as we heard there ashley. that sound bite is interesting because this was part victory lap, i guess you could say for the president earlier today in davos switzerland but also parts sales pitch as he was there before world and business leaders trying to tout the economic accomplishments that he sees so far in the first three years of his administration. the president for example touting today the two big trade deals that were in the headlines last week along with record low unemployment in the u.s. and economic growth. >> investment is pouring into our country. in the first half of 2019, the united states attracted nearly one quarter of all foreign direct investment in the world. every business looking for a place where they are free to invest, build, thrive, innovate and succeed, there is no better place on earth than the united states. >> now, while the president would like the attention to be on the u.s. economy, his trip comes as the se

that right, blake? hmm. hoatzin. any other help you can give me would be appreciated. [laughter] >> well, i don't want to give the definition again. it's a stink bird. [laughter] it is a south american crested bird. [spelling word] h-o-a-t-z-i-n. >> oh. [applause] >> i'm really scared right now. i've never been this scared in my entire life. >> chupacabra. [laughter] can you use it in a sentence, please? >> we need real or fake first. >> right. thoseis this one of things where you say it is fake but it is actually real, like a tasmanian devil where everyone things of it is one thing but it is actually another thing and you are like, that is real? i think it is fake. >> yes. >> ok. [laughter] >> although we don't know for sure. we don't have cameras everywhere. [laughter] >> and even if we did. >> sure. can you use it in a sentence? >> the first reported sighting cabra was in march 1995 in puerto rico. >> any alternate pronunciations? yes. [pronouncing word] >> all right. i will go with -- [spelling word] >> correct. [applause] >> did the politicians get here yet? [laug

jonathan blake reports. back on the campaign trail, sir keir starmer launched his bid to lead labour in stevenage, a conservative seat which voted to leave the eu. he says the party's recent radical policies are needed to win here and beyond, but after a long time making the case for the uk to stay in the eu, he now says it's time to look beyond brexit. the argument has to move on, and the argument now is can we insist on that close relationship with the eu, close economic relationship, but collaboration in other areas, and also what is the framework now for future trade relations? labour could one day argue to rejoin the eu, says another contender for leader, and claims that she is best placed to reconnect with voters. this has got to be about whether the labour party can speak and connect and be trusted by the public. none of it matters, about this fight with this person in the labour party, unless we can win an election, and labour values is what matters. another backbench mp putting herself forward says

jonathan blake, bbc news. cricket now, and it was england s day in capetown, on day three of the second test against south africa. dominic sibley hit a maiden test half century on his way to an unbeaten 85, and joe root made 61, before losing his wicket, late in the day. england finished 218—4, a lead of 264 runs. the 77th annual golden globes ceremony takes place tonight in los angeles, marking the start of the hollywood awards season. the nominations received some criticism due to the lack of any women, again, in the best director category. hosting the ceremony, for the fifth time, is ricky gervais. our los angeles correspondent sophie long reports. it's that time of year when stars align and sparkle on red carpets, and young british actors get a taste of tinseltown. they don't come much younger than roman griffin davis. why so happy? things are changing. he's been nominated for best actor in a musical or comedy for his part in the heartbreakingly funnyjojo rabbit. not bad for someone who's only 12. oh, th

jonathan blake reports. back on the campaign trail, sir keir starmer launched his bid to lead labour in stevenage, a conservative seat, which voted to leave the eu. he says the party's recent radical policies are needed to win here and beyond, but after a long time making what is the framework now for future trade relations? labour could one day argue to rejoin the eu, says another contender for leader, and claims that she is best placed to reconnect with voters. this has got to be about whether the labour party can speak and connect and be trusted by the public. none of it matters, about this fight with this person in the labour party, unless we can win an election, and labour values is what matters. another backbench mp putting herself forward says those at the top of the party are out of touch, and only someone from labour's former heartlands, like her, can lead it to success. i think there is definitely a disconnect between the hierarchy of the labour party and the country. what we haven't understood is

jackie: thanks for that, blake. connell: thank you, blake. we'll talk about coming up the loss of a sports legend, devastating helicopter crash that killed kobe bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and also seven other people. how the world is responding to the tragedy is ahead. plus jury selection for michael avenatti's trial allegedly for extorting nike, that begins today. where does the fate of the embattled lawyer stand? we'll have that straight ahead. . i love you! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ ♪. >> i'm numb right now. my hero since i grew up with kobe. he is my age. >> he is in my prayers. i'm lost for words, you know. i'm still having a hard time with it. so, all i can do is just, you know, hope that his family you know, wish them the best. i can't imagine what they're going through. jackie: honoring the life of a hero on and off the basketball court. thousands are mourning outside of los angeles's staples center to remember kobe bryant who unexpectedly died in a helicopter accident. bryant's 13

blake berman has the latest from washington. blake, good morning. >> reporter: president trump getting his signature bipartisan legislation passed on thursday as the usmca received 89 votes in the senate. now that trade deal only awaits the president's signature and rat phratification in canada. the vote came moments before the senate formalized the impeachment trial of president trump. the first in 21 years, and just the third for a sitting president in u.s. history. the president l lamented that te trade deal isn't generating the headlines he believes it he deserves. >> today we just had passed the usmca. it's going to take the place of nafta which was a terrible deal and the usmca will probably be second to this witch hunt hoax, which hopefully everyone knows is not going anywhere. there was nothing done wrong of. this was a perfect phone call. >> reporter: the government accountability office potentially gave an assist to democrats on thursday as it released a report saying the trump administration did not adhere to the law

blake burman at the white house with all details on that one. blake? reporter: president trump could have signed this in the oval office. typical fashion like we see him do for legislation for a few years now. however i can tell you many in the building behind me felt it was signature piece of legislation. something that needed to be elevated. what we saw from the president, south portico of the white house. 400 people in attendance as the president signed a signature piece of bipartisan legislation to date. second trade deal victory lap from the president in as many weeks. >> this is cutting-edge state of the art agreement, that protects, defends, serves great people of our country. thanks to our proworker, pro-american economic policies, unemployment is at the lowest level in more than 50 years. reporter: democrats were not involved in today's ceremony over at the white house, though they were involved with changes made to the deal. house speaker nancy pelosi took credit for the final composition of the usmca trade deal. >> because of the work of our

great job, blake burman. thanks so much. appreciate it. the latest on the face-off with iran. >>> as that face-off continues, there is better news on the trade war front, with the senate possibly approving the usmca trade deal as early as friday and don't forget, phase one of the china trade deal looking so that indeed could be signed on january 15th, next week. there is lots of cause for investors to ponder every day. let's get right to the floor show, ask our traders at the new york stock exchange, the cme group and the nymex their thoughts on what's going on. scott redler at the nyse, this is only the second day of trading since the developments with iran. i feel like the reaction has been rather muted. are you surprised? >> i agree. i think that the market passed two tests in the past two sessions. it didn't fall apart, but everyone is kind of on edge to see what the real response will be. the trade war was one thing, there was volatility, economic repercussions, but now when we are talking about iran, people are worried there's going

but blake, we start with you. reporter: connell, we start with what's going on up on capitol hill right now as the top eight congressional leaders at this very hour set to be briefed on the president's decision to take out the top iranian general, qassem soleimani. back over here at the white house earlier today, president trump appeared to walk back the possibility of targeting iran's cultural sites should iran decide to retaliate against the u.s. >> that's what the law is, i like to obey the law but think of it. they kill our people. they blow up our people. then we have to be very get till with their cultural cultural institutions but i'm okay with it. it is okay with me. i will say this, if iran does anything that they shouldn't be doing they will be suffering the consequences, and very strongly. reporter: for a few days the trump administration said the president approved of the airstrike that took out soleimani because an attack against american interests was quote, unquote, imminent. robert brian and mark e

blake is sorting it out nor us including your name. reporter: busy week at white house. we might need some bourbon, that's for sure. there is a lot going on. start with the articles of impeachment. they are expected to be voted in the house tomorrow. the process formally to send articles of impeachment over to the senate. once that happens that will initiate the need for a senate trial to begin. expected to take place next week though senate majority leader mitch mcconnell earlier today identified tuesday as potential start date. president trump in recent days as embraced the belief from some who feel republican senators should support a motion to dismiss the charges right at the beginning of the trial, just end the whole thing but mcconnell said today there is as he put it, little or no sentiment for that possibility. here at the white house they say, whatever comes about they're prepared. >> we are not afraid of a fight. we are prepared. whether this thing goes to a full trial, whether it is modified, whether it is just dismissed out of hand for the sham, illegitimate

i get fascinated by that stuff of the thanks so much, blake. when the president makes comments we'll take it live. we always try to mind our ps and qs on "the claman countdown," except gasparino but today's closer said you should pay attention to one over the other. ubs senior portfolio manager alan says watch the five ps, what are the five ps, alan? >> overwhelmingly one is positivity. prior to the corona stuff we had sensitivity in the market unstoppable. potus, president of the united states, election coming up. powell, the federal reserve what is going on with interest rates. unfortunately now we have path owe agains. that is something -- pathogens impacting the market. the main focus people have to have preparation, set up portfolios, set up the investment protocols in a way they handle whatever the future brings. liz: as you're speaking the dow hit session highs. we were down 244 points earlier today. now we're up 123. that is a pretty significant swing. all in a single day on mostly headlines about the coronavirus, whether they fill peop

blake, what are you following? reporter: connell we learned from the white house earlier today that israeli president prime minister benjamin netanyahu will be coming over here to the white house next tuesday and he won't be coming alone in this case because his main political rival and the leader of israel's blue and white party, benny gantz will be here as well to sit down with president trump. there are reports out of israel today that the trump administration is getting ready to unveil its peace plan, it's long long-awaited peace plan in the middle east. the white house would not comment on that. trump took to twitter to tone down the reports tweeting this afternoon, the details and timing of closely held peace plan are purely speculative. the meeting between netanyahu and gantz was delivered by the vice president, who was in israel to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the. >> white house is coming next week to discuss regional issues as well as prospect of peace here in the holy land at the prime minister's

blake, thank you very much. we should note that the president's speech in davos begins tomorrow morning at 5:30 a.m. eastern time from switzerland. remember, they're six hours ahead, so fbn a.m. will carry it live. do not miss it. as world leaders arrive in davos on everything from private to commercial planes of all kinds, what's in a name? if it's the controversial boeing 737 max gent, one of boeing's biggest customers doesn't want to stick around to find out. to cofounder of air lease -- this is a company which helps airlines around the world grow their fleets -- said, quote, we've asked boeing to get rid of that word, max. i think therd word max should go down in history books as a bad name for an aircraft. this on news that fresh software issues could further delay the beleaguer model's return to service. would a name change -- i'm asking you guys this -- would a name change of the plane that crashed twice in a short amount of time killing 346 people simply be enough, or does the 737 max need to outright en

blake, let's kick it off with you. reporter: hi, there, melissa. there will be a big briefing on capitol hill, wednesday afternoon, scheduled to be at this point, involving the secretary of state, the secretary of defense, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and cia director. those four will be briefing members of congress about the president's decision to launch that airstrike that took out the iranian general qassem soleimani. democrats here in washington have a host of complaint about the strike's legality and timing, what repercussions could come potentially as as a result. appearing on rush limbaugh show this afternoon, president trump said soleimani's demise was long overdue and in the national security interests of the u.s. >> he should been taken out a long time ago. we had a shot at it, we took him out. we're a lot safer because of it. we'll see what happens. we'll see what the response is if any, you have seen what i said our response will be. reporter: over the weekend president trump threatened iran on two different occasions. if

let's speak to our political correspondent jonathan blake. the prime minister back in the country and needing to show leadership on this. two days on from the death of qasem soleimani, the first statement from the prime minister borisjohnson first statement from the prime minister boris johnson and first statement from the prime minister borisjohnson and it is interesting to read what he has had to say. it is in line with how the uk has responded over the last couple of days although there has been something of a subtle shift in that response. as you say, boris johnson stressing the threat that this iranians journal posed to the stability of the middle east and the deaths that he was responsible for and the key phrase they are saying that the uk will not lament his death. going on very quickly to say that it calls —— that calls for retaliation will lead to more violence which had no one's interests so warning against any further escalation of the crisis and stopping short, crucially, of offering full support to the us and their actions in

blake essig for us there in hong kong. thank you, blake. >>> let's go now to our meteorologist pedram javaheri. >> what -- which part of this story, that story with the ash and the rain, but that lightning, pedram, is just spectacular to look at. >> yeah, you know what? it has been such an incredible scene there. of course, natalie, when you look at the population density, talking about 25 million people. the impacts from that alone across this particular region are certainly going to be impactful over the next several weeks to several months potentially. showing you how things are playing out. winds in the upper level of the atmosphere west to east and certainly north of this region is where the winds are the heisheis highest. this is an area the aviation community would look to avoid for the next several weeks to months when it comes to the particular impacts of this eruption and how much of a long-lasting scenario is going to play out. the images in succession. 2:30 in the afternoon on sunday, we see the eruption take p

blake burman at the white house with the latest. blake. reporter: melissa the expectation here in washington that nancy pelosi and house democrats will initiate the process 24 to 48 hours to send the articles of impeachment over to the senate. it remains unclear, there is a little bit of a shift over here as it relates to the president, what might happen after that, and what his preference is after that. because as you remember, recently as friday when he sat down with our colleague laura ingraham. the president liked the idea of a senate trial, bringing up the possibility that his team could call joe and hunter biden as witnesses. however over the weekend he believed that the trial would give undue credibility to the process this is a tweet. many believe by the senate giving credence to a trial based on no evidence, no crime, read the transcripts, no pressure impeachment hoax. rather than an outright dismissal, it gives partisan democrat witch-hunt credibility that it otherwise does not have. i agree. now the white house press secretary s

you heard chad and blake speaking about it a little bit there. this whole thing about witnesses that came up, if you're pub bs looking from that point of view would you allow it, do a trade, you get the hunter biden testimony some republicans are pushing for if democrats get their witnesses, would you go that route or try to put it off? >> let me put my lawyer hat on. i think it would be malpractice to have further witnesses. i don't think you can fix what the house rushed judgment on. i don't think there is crime or misdemeanor set forth in the constitution or articles of impeachment. i think they're defective on their face. it should be dismissed once the house puts on their case. it is clear then there are no further witnesses needed. the house did not prove a case worthy of a trial. it should be dismissed. connell: you're in the no camp, no witnesses at all? >> right. connell: always good to see you. brad blakeman. >> pleasure. deirdre: the dow closed at new record. clearly above 29,000 points on friday. white house trade advisor told our nei

first to blake burman live at the white house. blake? reporter: president trump got signature bipartisan piece of legislation today, as the u.s. senate passed the usmca trade deal. that trade deal receiving 89 votes in the senate. next up now comes over here to the white house for the president to sign. ratification in canada. but that vote also came just moments before the senate also formalized the impeachment trial of president trump, the first in 21 years. just the third time it will occur for a sitting president in u.s. history. president trump afterwards, just a little while ago, lamented that the trade deal isn't generating headlines he believes it deserves. >> today we just passed the usmca. it is going to take the place of nafta which was a terrible deal. the usmca will probably be second to this witch-hunt hoax. which hopefully everyone knows is not going anywhere. there was nothing done wrong. this was a perfect phone call. reporter: meantime here in washington the government accountability office gave democrats potential assi

jonathan blake, our correspondent in westminster. australia's prime minister, scott morrison, has promised over a billion pounds in aid to help his country recover from the continuing bushfire crisis. the fires have so far destroyed an area roughly the size of ireland with several smaller fires in the states of new south wales and neighbouring victoria threatening to merge. mr morrison has been heavily criticised for his response to the disaster. last week he had to cut short a visit to the town of cobargo after angry locals heckled him. my colleague clive myrie is there. since a huge fireball ripped through this town back on new year's eve, there has been very little outside help that has come to the people here. there are local food shortages, people have to get stuff m, shortages, people have to get stuff in, water problems is one and there is no power. look at the south behind me. completely destroyed by that fireball. an irony of ironies. right over there it is extra to the local fire station. but it is the random nature of the

let's start with, hmmm blake. reporter: here in washington, u.s. officials believe iran shot down the uranium airlines flight that left iran and crashed in minutes. officials say they believe iran shot the plane down with surface-to-air missile and did so by mistake. one official telling fox of iran, quote, they just screwed up and it is tragic. iran of course first blamed the crash on technical issues on that boeing 737 but president trump today echoed the sentiment of the pentagon. >> well, i have my suspicions. it was flying at a pretty rough neighborhood and somebody could have made a mistake. some people say it was mechanical. i personally don't think that's, even a question personally. so we'll see what happens. reporter: meantime this is a live look up on capitol hill as the house is taking up a war powers resolution. that right there of course nancy pelosi speaking on the house floor, speaker of the house. this non-binding resolution calls for constraining the president's ability to escalate tensions with iran. earlier today the president d

to blake burman. blake, we are talking about the trade deal but that was far from the only big thing happening inside the beltway. reporter: welcome to washington. if that trade deal wasn't big enough, by the way, impeachment was going on. what was so interesting about this, both of them were taking place simultaneously. first off earlier today, over up on capitol hill, nancy pelosi announcing the impeachment managers, essentially the folks, the democrats in the house who will try the case for democrats in the senate against president trump. no real surprise here, as the top manager, there were seven of them total, but really, adam schiff, the chairman of the house intelligence committee and frequent critic of president trump, along with jerry nadler, the chair of the house judiciary committee, two of the seven but really the two especially schiff, who will be spearheading this. so as all of this was playing out, in the house, or just at about the same time, there was of course the trade deal announce

to blake burman at the white house. blake, we understand that you were able to ask white house deputy press secretary whether the white house has a reaction to the possibility that the crown prince of saudi arabia hacked into the phone of jeff bezos. reporter: it is an unbelievable story, when you talk about if not the world's wealthiest individuals, one of the world's wealthiest individuals, jeff bezos, a private american citizen, and the report that the saudi crown prince, mohammad bin salman, reportedly hacked into bezos's cell phone in 2018. i did ask the deputy press secretary hogan gidley a couple questions today. one, first off, what is the white house response to all of this, and then secondly, should american businesses, should american ceos, should they have reservations, at least does the white house believe they should have reservations about doing business with saudi arabia. this was his response here. listen. >> saudi arabia is obviously a partner and ally. i'm aware of the reports. i don't have any more i

jonathan blake in westminster, thank you. the headlines on bbc news: as the authorities in china fight to contain the coronavirus, we understand tonight that a flight to evacuate britons from wuhan will not happen as planned tomorrow. it's the end of the line for northern. the troubled rail operator is losing its franchise and being taken back into public hands at the beginning of march. a lawyer representing the victims of the grenfell tower fire has criticised a request by companies involved to be guaranteed protection when they give evidence. some of the firms involved in the refurbishment of grenfell tower have asked for assurances their evidence will not be used in future criminal prosecutions before appearing at the second phase of the public inquiry which began this week. the request was met with disbelief by bereaved families and survivors. today, the hearing also heard an unreserved apology from kensington and chelsea council for a number of failings" tom symonds reports. right from the start, grenfell tower was a cr

jonathan blake, thank you very much. councils in england have urged the courts to impose biggerfines to tackle the growing problem of fly—tipping. the local government association says there were more than a million offences last year, but only five per cent of fines were above a thousand pounds. richard galpin reports. this cctv footage captures the moment a lorry starts illegally dumping huge amounts of waste in the middle of the night. the premises of a small company, used by the fly—tippers to get rid of the rubbish. in recent years, fly—tipping has been getting steadily worse. blighting the environment, causing pollution and threatening public health and wildlife. it tends to be businesses who are trying to avoid paying the cost of disposal. of course the rural areas tend to be the areas that are particularly badly affected, private landowners or public land, people will find quiet places to dump, sometimes quite large loads. fly—tipping in england was at a comparative low ofjust over 700,000 incidents back