but the u.s. navy in the u.s. military knows what the confederacy is up to so there like we should have our own ironclad. so she will create a kind of a commission to come up with the various design ironclad and design one of the most famous and that is the monitor. so the battle will unfold over two days, there's a two day battle. and they had the confederate ironclad in virginia and it is good command of buchanan and i keep using the word she, because 19th century, that's what they did and so, buchanan is in control of virginia so this as vessel and going to. [inaudible]. in room 10:00 p.m. she runs right into the u.s. cumberland, this was a 1600-pound ironclad and this is a giant hole in her hall because of the slamming grade in next, another u.s. ship, the uss, and they said this was a bad idea and this ironclad vessel. and they are pending in congress, until eventually the u.s. vessels of day one, march 8th, ironclad wooden ship and would destroy all of the wooden u.s. ships read but it's different on march 9

the u.s. says moscow needs to de-escalate tension on the ukraine bored. russian troops continue to build ahead of a potential attack. it follows vladimir putin's comments he warned about the neighbors in eastern europe. getting home for christmas just got a little bit harder. united and delta have cancelled around 200 christmas eve flights. united said in a jump in omicron cases is affecting the availability of the crew. delta blames that and the potential for bad water. bit coin has jumped to around 51,000 dollars touching the highest level in more than two weeks the largest crypto currency is benefiting from a risk appetite. the digital coin is up to 76% this year. it's on course for its third year of gains. and that's your bloomberg first news. we speak to sayad abikash and why his strategy is to stay short treasure risk that and long dollar. steady today after and all-time high in the u.s. market. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> we certainly favor value into 2022 over growth and are much more on

the u.s. economy, killing jobs and affecting millions of jobs, are we supposed to be nice to these folks? the country that is increasing emissions four times for every one ton we are reducing in the united states. madam chair, as the mad states lead the world in reducing emissions, the global community has increased tenfold for every time we have reduced. let me say that again. the strategy in europe is a great example and california is a great example. we can either follow strategies that work or continue to do what you all are trying to do, and manipulating technology, taking options away from innovators. at the end of the day resulting in higher emissions and higher prices. it is a flawed approach and it is irresponsible to continue in this direction. i yield back. >> without objection members who wish to enter opening statements of five business days to do so. we will hear from experts on the challenges and opportunities for international climate action as world leaders prepare together in

u.s. cpi. omicron concerns radel stoxx but treasuries hold steady. the pboc surprises markets with its most substantial move yet. delivering for christmas. we are live from the uk's largest automated warehouse for the latest on the supply crunch. good morning to you. happy friday. we start the morning with breaking news volvo cars. it's all about a new plant and a battery partnership they are forming with north voltage, $3.3 billion. it's a battery partnership specifically. they will confirm the location in early 2022. again, this is a large-scale battery plant in europe. really ramping up the ev battery making in europe. elsewhere, it is friday. congratulations. you've made it to the end of the week. it ends in a bit of confusion. soul-searching is the word used by cathie wood to describe what has happened recently. small caps selling off yesterday. what do you do if you have a portfolio strategy that relies on the success of highflying tech cap names? here's what cathie wood's had to say

the u.s. military, as you know, is getting ready for transitioning of u.s. doctrine away from the physical destruction of the enemy's order of battle toward shaping the adversary's behavior and perception, trying to win in the cognitive realm as opposed to annihilation of forces. the u.s. military is transitioning towards this new information form, but i don't see u.s. defensive capabilities getting ready for the risk that adversaries will do onto us as we are preparing to do unto them. and that is crazy, right? given chinese and russian doctrine that i alluded to earlier, it makes no sense to focus only on ongoing coercive -- i'm sorry, ongoing corrosive campaigns and ignore the risk that hybrid warfare techniques, for example, that elisabeth wrote about, so eloquently, might be adapted to very different circumstances of coercing u.s. behavior. mr. ferrari: yes, thank you. i will pick up on the point on how it is affecting the u.s. military. if we were to say couple of years ago that china or russia could reach into the u.s. military and eliminate 5% of the

u.s. and its allies will take strong economic measures to respond to any attack on ukraine. bruce, develop your thoughts for me in terms of how the two sides are describing what happened. are we aligned? bruce: the u.s. is saying that president biden warned president putin that there would be a harsh response to any russian military invasion of ukraine that would include crippling sanctions, that would, for instance, make it impossible for russian banks to convert rubles into dollars and other foreign exchange. it would also potentially involve germany cutting off the nord stream 2 gas pipeline which is not yet operational between russia and germany, and that would be a major blow to russia and potentially could be a major blow to germany too. so that would be something that maybe president putin would perhaps not be as concerned about. for his part, putin talked with biden about his concerns about nato expansion, warning that nato should not continue expanding eastward toward russia. he a

nearly all u.s. cases are linked to the delta coronavirus variant, though health officials warn the omicron variant continues to spread rapidly. on thursday, federal regulators approved booster doses of pfizer-biontech vacces for 16- and 17-year-olds. the world health organization warned thursday the omicron variant continues to spread rapidly worldwide. in south africa, coronavirus infections are up by more than 250% in a week, nearly all of them omicron cases. and the united kingdom's health security agency said thursday omicron appears to be outcompeting delta and is likely to become the dominant variant in britain. kate o'brien, the head of the who's department of immunization, warned rich countries against hoarding vaccines in response to the new variant. >> into whatever the omicron situation is going to be, there is risk th the global supply is again going to revert to high income countries hoarding vaccines. amy: a warning to our audience, this story contains disturbing footage and descriptio

i will promote u.s. commercial interests in pakistan and encourage pakistan to promote more transparent investments in sustainable financing with a focus on the environment till and social impacts of investment projects. pakistan is a partner in the covid-19 pandemic. in may of 2020, pakistan donated 100,000 face masks, 25,000 protective suits to the u.s. to safeguard the health care workers in the early stages of the pandemic. united states donated to pakistan 26.7 million doses of the pfizer and moderna vaccine's, as well as 200 ventilators. on climate, pakistan has signed onto the global methane pledge, announced a moratorium on new qualified power generation, and renewables provide 60% of energy generation by 2030. it is if women get 10 billion treeplanting campaign. -- it is implementing a 10 billion treeplanting campaign. i will never shy away from human rights on pakistan. religious minorities have long faced discrimination, including accusations of blasphemy. these accusations have undermined the

the u.s. and its allies are suspicious. is this the start of a new cold war for global leadership? this is inside story. ♪ welcome to the program. the u.s., europe, and their allies often portray russia and china as threats to global peace, they cite examples including rossa should build up along the border of ukraine and china scrapped down on human rights in hong kong. moscow and beijing accused the west of destabilizing their countries by imposing sanctions and interfering in domestic affairs. xi jinping and vladimir putin reinforced at that point in a virtual summit on wednesday. they pledged to cooperate on trade and security and to respect each other's interests. >> a virtual summit and show of solidarity, the president of china and russia spoke for more than an hour on wednesday, hailing their close ties. >> the world has entered unprecedented changes with the pandemic in the last century. china-russia relations have withstood the test. >> historical traditions of a mutual understandi

in other news, u.s. antitrust officials are suing to block nvidia's proposed takeover of chip designer arm. the ftc says this would harm competition in the semiconductor market and would give nvidia control over computer technology and designs rival companies rely on to develop competing chips. arm is owned by softbank group and licenses technology to all the major chipmakers, including nvidia's competitors. coming up, we are joined by josh silverman, ceo of etsy. he will talk about the meeting with president biden to discuss supply chain issues, and the hottest items selling on the online marketplace. ♪ emily: etsy, the global online marketplace, is hot off the heels of the week's busiest shopping week. shares rose leading up to black friday, but have since retreated, down over 50% after the last seven days. josh silverman shared his take on why traditional retailers are struggling to navigate supply chains, and why he things etsy is thriving despite it. i will bring in etsy ceo josh silverman himself

u.s. about how and if the united states can protect the island. >> china has built up its military significantly. it's got real capabilities to overwhelm taiwan if left alone. and there's real doubts in china's mind about america's willingness to come to taiwan's aid. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the world's most pressing problems-- skollfoundation.org. >> the lemelson foundation. committed to improving lives through invention, in the u.s. and developing countries. on the web at lemelson.org. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for pub

the u.s., although omicron now makes up the vast majority of cases. we have to talk about the policy response when we talk about the virus, and the u.s. not heading towards lockdowns or really any kind of restrictions. damian: i wonder if this has anything to do with is in joe biden's weak ratings. what comes next for the democrats? what comes next for congress? we have to start looking ahead to the november midterms. it basically looks like it is going to be a republican house. kailey: we started this week was a pretty ugly session. part of the question was what was going to happen with fiscal policy in the u.s. we still don't really have those answers, and yet it seems people have decided to look through that, at least for now. guy: next year looks really difficult, doesn't it? you are going to have a fed tightening. you still got high energy prices. you look back at history, certainly back to the 1970's, and history tells us recessions are caused by the fed tightening and/or high energy pri

the u.s. did with vaccines at the beginning of the pandemic, and germany was frustratingly lagging behind. you have a reverse situation going on in terms of testing right now. but kailey mentioned the biden administration is hoping to put 500,000? kailey: 500 million. but is that too little, too late? matt: next month is not that far away, so unless you mean in 30 days, if you mean in january, that is only the end of this week. i think the u.s. can catch up. the question is how much is the economy going to take a hit from people who do not get to come to work for 10 days? none of this stuff, a decision on how long you have to stay out or getting testing to your door, is going to happen immediately. for now, you will have to situations, like we see rep -- like we see representative in airlines today, ripple across. jonathan: it has been surprising to see this administration lag so bad unequivocal issue. i remember a press conference where the press secretary was asked about the visibility of te

u.s.. yields are lower, stocks are lower. here, stocks are higher and yields are higher as well. i've been talking about it all day. the s&p is up by 0.8 percent. most of the sectors in the green. apple down almost 3%, but the s&p kind of just shrugs that off. the nasdaq is rolling over, so that is having an impact on the overall tech space. but within the broader market, everything seems ok. selling all across the curve, and particularly the fives-30's. we have not seen this level of flattening since march 2020, and a huge portion of that is a selloff at the front end of the belly of the curve. i wonder how long the to can diverge, european equities and u.s. equities, the ecb on the fed. that is really a question for me. guy: let's talk about the valuations story and figure out exact a what is happening. european stocks are down today. we are dealing with obviously a lot of volatility around omicron, trying to figure out what is happening with the oil narrative as well. but in some ways,

u.s. global travel requirements taking effect today as new york city officials announce the most sweeping vaccination mandates in the country impacting virtually all private companies. tonight we go into the heart of a community under siege with the team coming to the rescue of a health system teetering on the edge here's miguel almaguer >> reporter: tonight with omicron now discovered in nearly 20 states, the mayor of new york city is implementing the nation's most sweeping vaccine mandate for all private employers. by the end of this month, those who work in person must have at least one dose of a vaccine unless they qualify for an exemption. >> we needed to do something bold quickly and get ahead of all of this. >> reporter: with new testing restrictions also implemented today for all travelers entering the u.s., our nation is bracing for omicron but already facing a disaster set into motion by delta. >> i used to wake up crying because i thought i was going to die. >> reporter: like 99

u.s. futures are looking positive but after hitting records in the final days before the holidays, you would imagine that would be the case. a lot can happen between now and the next session on monday. right now you have the s&p 500 futures pointing to an open of half a percent up. the same for the rest of the futures. the crude oil is up. we have had all sorts of volatility in oil and natural gas prices. u.s. cargoes are on the way to europe and that gave traders in europe a lot of hope for the new year sessions. i want to point to new york city's new year because we will see what happens around the globe. plans are changing by the day when it comes to the times square ball drop. 15,000 is the limit that bill de blasio is putting on the times square grouping and it will be socially distanced. that changed in the last 24 hours as we saw omicron cases flareups. everyone will need to be vaccinated, but they will not need to prove they've had a booster shot. haidi: when it comes to times squa

the u.s. declined. this is something that you have been focused on. given where we are, we thought it was important to delve into a lot of detail with ron about these issues. let's go with a little history before we get to today. there has been a lot of reporting and israel, here in the u.s., that given where the state of iranian nuclear escalation is, a number are claiming that it was a mistake for president trump to withdraw from the jcpoa a few years ago -- and this is something when you were ambassador, this was prime minister netanyahu's priorities, to persuade the u.s. to do that. why don't we address that issue and then we can move up to today. ron: sure. thank you. welcome to everyone on the call. when i was ambassador at the time, i said that president trump's decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal with iran was the single most important decision that any president has made for israel's national security, and i still stand by that. i think it was a critical decision for israel. it

major u.s. banks are making more money than ever with record bonuses to match, but there is a feeling that success and wall street is being overshadowed by crypto and whatever elon musk is doing. being the master of finance no longer means being the master of the universe. why all of the angst amongst bankers? tom: it is a fascinating story from my colleague, who identifies three reasons where this angst is coming from. they have had a record year, that means a lot of hours and a lot of stress. and these very competitive people, despite all of that work and big payouts in february, they have fallen behind people in crypto, intech, in private equity. 2021, covid, a rough year, and people are exhausted. dani: 2021 was a record year. tom: if you listen carefully, you hear the world's smallest violin. we have been reporting that dealmakers goldman are expecting 50% bonuses. in some cases it is difficult to feel much sympathy. dani: what does the outlook look like? is there anything in 2022 that can

today the u.s. missile defense system focused for example on north korea has a track record in testing not a perfect, it certainly. for its efficacy we might expect we would want one missile fired at a time and optimal conditions . what would be a reflection of the extent to which the benefits of withdrawal are an extension of technological defense? >> is a technological progress but also a change in the mission. so star wars, my recollection is the star wars vision ronald reagan promulgated as interpreted and applied by the defense department was to use the strategic defense initiative to mitigate the leading edge of the soviet ballistic missile act -- attack. it was an anti-soviet conception and an effort by ronald reagan to sort of say we should not base on our security on threatening to obliterate each other, but we should agree that we will defend against each other's system. at that is a more humane and more away as a space -- moral way as a base for a deterrent. the bush 41 hundred different

getting u.s. policy back on track will require his administration to substantially change the way that washington conceives of and carries out cybersecurity. your thoughts on that, and what do you think that approach should look like? >> yes, well, that was another change in 2021 that was very welcome and that was that we saw presidential attention on this issue. i think it was the first time cybersecurity was mentioned in a state of the union address multiple times. and we have senior leadership in the white house, in the national cyber director and a deputy director for national security and strong leadership in my old shop at the cybersecurity infrastructure security agency. so that's a significant change that needed to happen. and the national director can bring a much more coherent approach across government and the private sector. that's the second thing that really needs to change. we need to move from a notion of pushing information across to the private sector to an understanding of the n

meaning u.s. officials won't attend the opening ceremony of the games due to take place in two months' time. this was expected. the run up to the games, you have u.s. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle demanding a diplomatic boycott over human rights abuses by china, including charges of genocide being committed against uighurs and other ethnic muslim minorities in the western region in china, an allegation china denies. last month the u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken said that he was discussing the issue of olympic participation with a number of other countries, other world leaders, like the british prime minister have been weighing the possibility of a diplomatic boycott and china has been condemning these calls, saying that these calls for diplomatic boycott are, quote, malicious hype that's politicizing sports. let's bring up a recent statement for you that came up from a spokesperson of the ministry of foreign affairs. this is what we heard. he said, quote, the u.s. and a handful of

. >> the u.s. is definitely vulnerable to an attack today. >>> new killer drones that could change warfare a close-up look at the tiny weapon that packs a major punch. >>> jussie smollett back on the stand in his own defense prosecutors target his own messages as the criminal trial heads to closing arguments >>> new roadblocks for the january 6th committee. >>> remembering pearl harbor, 80 years later. >>> and investigating a mysterious object just discovered on the moon >> announcer: live from cnbc, the facts, the truth, the news with shepard smith >>> good evening right now the russian military is on ukraine's doorstep with nearly 100,000 combat troops, plus tanks and artillery all along the border and now president biden is stepping in to try to prevent an all-out invasion today a high-stakes video call with russian president vladimir putin. the white house says mr. biden warned him directly that there will be a strong response from the u.s. and our allies if russia attacks recent satellite imag

u.s. politics. our economy is going to move forward through creating jobs, providing opportunities, but also addressing the very costly impacts of the climate crisis. it appears now that we are poised to vote on a build back better plan that will help us combat climate change for all american families and, just as a summary of president biden just left meeting with the democratic caucus where he outlined a lot of the meetings in that framework. what we know now is that frame work will cut greenhouse gas pollution over a gigaton by 2030, reduce consumer energy costs, give our kids cleaner air and water, create hundreds of thousands of high quality jobs and advanced environmental justice by investing in 21st century clean energy economy, from buildings to transportation, to industry, electricity, agriculture, smart practices all across this country. it will help restore america's leadership role in the world. but we have a lot to do heading into glasgow. climate change is a global crisis. ac

u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan, we will speak with bill hartung of the center for international policy. then we will be talking about a new film, a short film by astra taylor from the debt collective called "your debt is someone else's asset." >> t america dream ud to b owninger own he. w it i bng debfree. altother, americanowe a rerd-breakg $15 trli and counng. bt is tooften annchor, draggi people dn with ounding terest a fees. pulng weah from the working class amy: then "the invisible wall: inside the secretive libyan prisons that keep migrants out of europe." >> this effort to southernize european border and push the southern border of europe further into africa is an overall policy from the eu to try to stem the flow of people attending to reach europe. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. as covid 19 cases continue to search across europe, north america and south africa, a new report finds the worl

the u.s. fearing russia is getting ready to run over ukraine, a critical phone call is about to happen between president biden and vladimir putin. can the u.s. president get putin to stand down? >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm dana bash in for jake tapper. we begin with the health lead and the sweeping new vaccine requirement for nearly everyone who works in new york city. today mayor bill de blasio announced all private sector employers will be required to implement a vaccine mandate by the end of this month. just as covid cases, hospitalizations and deaths are at their highest levels nationwide in six weeks. so far 17 states have identified cases of the omicron variant and while more cases are expected, delta remains the dominant strain by far in the u.s. as jason carroll reports, dr. anthony fauci says there are encouraging signs that omicron may not be as severe as first feared. >> reporter: new york city's mayor has made it official. anyone working in the city will be subject to a vaccine

20 years ago december 13 u.s. pulled, where going to be on this discussion and supreme court justice in california empire was the director of the spending institute at stanford which is the cutting edge research and other related issues. in that capacity in developing programming with the foundation, he is quite versed in the policy. therefore eager as one of his first public items as new president to address this topic with the honorable rose so i'm going to get out of the way and turn it over. >> thank you, george and thank you everybody for joining us today. it my pleasure to host this event and moderate this event. we are lucky to have giants in the field from a former national security advisor and rose from one of the most nuclear negotiators in history. i've had to work in the past with them but just to get a bit of context, it's not unusual to find us engage people when i had a chance to work with others in the stand, it struck me that difficulties facing up to the nuclear threats in the world, not only wit

., and bill of the u.s. and that typically predates the civil war but there going to experiment with it and it explosive devices printed torpedoes and you can see a picture behind me, this is one of the torpedoes what it lod like an an explosive device in the waterways of the ship would cause to explode and then actually they were have designed and pass out summaries predict the use of a whole lot of experimental technologies and they learn to take risks, they are ready and a huge disadvantage. in the last thing the confederacy does, they issue this mark in the use experimental technology and it last thing they do is employ this that i write about, they are going to use those and literally pay people to sabotage and destroy commercial steamboats and other vessels pretty and i can identify at least 40 different kind of steamboats that they were able to destroy and potentially paid out out of the confederate government the money. the confederate congress has sanctioned this to happen. so now they understand so

here in the u.s., and predictions it will eventually take over from the delta variant, is what's happening there in the u.k. a precursor of what will happen here? >> well, kim, i think many people are fearful that what's happening in the u.k. will come to the u.s. after all, after alpha in the u.k., after delta in the u.k., we cau the ripple effects and a similar surge in the u.s. several weeks later. so again given that precedent, many people believe that what's happening in the u.k. comes over here. >> right, but the way that the u.s. and the u.k. sort of dealt with that suggests that there might be some differences this time around. take us through what those might be. >> yes, so definitely, so i think in the late spring and early summer, the u.s. and the u.k. were in very similar positions, but for different reasons. the u.k. was coming off the delta surge. the u.s. was beginning their delta surge. and they handled it in very different ways. because at some point the u.k. was also going up in case

but at some point, after the u.s. intervention and after the u.s. troops arrived there, he was a key figure in establishing the anti-government insurgency in the province and he became-- he's an egyptian with links to al qaeda and he became the al qaeda liaison. and because he had a high profile, a well-known local figure. he become a flashing lights that the u.s. pursued for years, but the reality is, in retrospect. at no point was an international terrorist figure involved in plotting. you look at people at also an egyptian figure who was running around the province about the same time who indeed was involved in plotting external operation in the early 2000's. but he was operating without the military knowing about it. he kept a low profile and became distracted by another al qaeda figure who was not what we believed him to be or feared that he was. this whole dynamic played out again in the late obama administration, centered on an al qaeda figure, qahtani. and this is a guy who wound up ensconced in the mountains of the pech and the seals in may

they say the u.s. should stop politicizing sports and hyping up the so-called diplomatic boycott so as not to affect cooperation in important areas. this is like the middle ground for the u.s. because biden can appeal to folks in the u.s. who want him to stay tough on china, he can show of course officials will not show up this beijing as really a plethora of issues from human rights violations with uighur muslims to the crackdown on pro democracy protests in hong kong, to issues with taiwan, to covid origins. you name it, we've been through several issues that are facing china and the u.s. and really the world at this point. but china is using this as a moment to step up its nationalistic rhetoric and bolster its support domestically. but this could pose a bigger problem for china because what is worse than not having u.s. athletes attend but having them attend and to be here in the mainland on chinese territory and to use these human rights issues as potential platforms to vocalize their concerns wit

it shows u.s. spending went up 9%, which shows this is holiday spending, people just pulled some of their spending forward. if you look at some of the big winners of the holiday season, a big box store like target, their foot traffic was up during that same period. it looks like it is a volume story more so than just inflation and people paying higher prices for their gifts. kailey: i certainly do not think i bought any gifts this year on a discount for their were not that many sales out there. but obviously retailers had to manage their inventory for the holiday season carefully. a lot of them may be did not get what they wanted to get in time. does that now need to be marked down? jordyn: it depends what the items are. if it is going to be a shelf you will put outside, you will see that discount, but if it is a winter sweater, retailers will be smart about how much discount they can give. retailers are also smart on which days they gave discounts. super saturday, the saturday right before christm

the u.s. senate has voted to overturn president joe biden's vaccine and testing mandate on large businesses. it's a largely symbolic move that's not expected to become law and the measures are already being blocked while litigation moves through the courts. meanwhile, infections are on the rise across the u.s. with the leading expert warning cases will, quote, light up even more in the coming weeks. a strain on health systems is get being worse in some parts of the northeast. new york, maine and new hampshire are deploying the national guard to help support hospitals. the delta variant is still driving the pandemic while the emerging omicron variant has now been detecteds in 22 stagts. this as pfizer says data says a third dose of its vaccine dramatically improves protection against the omicron variant. the company says it's yet another reason to get boosters now. >> if you get your third boost, it rise 25, very dramatic. so, yes, in a way you could say to be protected of omicron, you really n

juliette: the u.s. senate has averted a government shutdown from a passing a stopgap spending measure which now goes to president biden for his signature. the vote followed a day of negotiations between senate leaders and conservative republicans. democrats agreed to vote on an amendment to block the biden administration's covid testing and vaccination mandate for large employers, an amendment that ultimately failed. new york state has reported 11,300 new covid-19 cases, the most since january, with dozens of hospitals nearing capacity. mayor bill de blasio says new yorkers should assume the omicron variant is spreading in the city. a visitor from minnesota who attended a credit convention last month has now tested positive for the variant. u.s. antitrust officials have sued to block nvidia's proposed takeover of u.k. based arm, saying the deal would harm competition in the semi conductor market. the ftc says it is acting to prevent a chip conglomerate from stifling the innovation pipeline from next gen

let us look at the u.s. and russia, and we had a call in which president putin came away happy and there is still a lot of negotiation to go on between the west and russia in terms of what he intends to do in ukraine, how do you view it? >> i think the world is actually a dangerous place as we come to the end of 2021. the united states is totally focused on its domestic internal politics, and yet we have a pattern whereby russia is testing the united states and testing the nato alliance really across the length of their entire border with the nato alliance from ukraine all the way out to sweden and the baltics. and china too we have this pattern of warfare where china is simulating attacks on u.s. carriers and stimulating attacks on u.s. forces. china has a fishing fleet that behaves a lot like a coast guard or paramilitary force that periodically attacks oil projects in vietnam and so forth. it is like we are on a trip wire outside the world and i am not going even into our ran at this point --iran at this

the u.s. president says the federal government will cover the first month of cleanup cost caused by tornadoes. joe biden toward the devastation in kentucky. president biden: i have been involved in responding to a lot of disasters. you can see in people's faces that what they are looking for is to be able to put their head down on a pillow, close their eyes, take a breath, go to sleep, and make sure that the kids are ok. that is what people are looking for but a lot of hard work has to happen in the next three months for people to bring it all back. the government will cost 100% of the costs for the first 30 days. every single cost, the government is going to take care of. u.k. reports the highest number of covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic and warns omicron will lead to an even bigger surge of infections. there has been a breakthrough at the nuclear talks in vienna. cameras will be able to film at a sensitive site. the issue had been a sticking point. zelensky spoke in brussels a

u.s. supreme court hears arguments in the most significant abortion case in a generation. the first case of omicron is found in the u.s. as the world scrambles to contain the spread of the variant. u.s. and allies carry out drills off the coast of japan in front of a very important audience, china. >> we are 500 km off the coast of japan on the island of iwo jima. laura: world aids day. we go to liverpool to remember those who were lost too soon. ♪ welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. the u.s. supreme court has been hearing arguments today in the most important case on a potion rights and half a century. mississippi bans abortion after 15 weeks. conservative leaning justices seemed to be minded to uphold the mississippi law and that would be a devastating blow to abortion rights activists. our correspondent sophie long reports. sophie: antiabortion activists gather outsid the last remaining clinic still providing the procedure in mississippi. >> murdering children i

i am talking about moderna and pfizer -- moderna, the u.s. gave billions two, pfizer, the u.s. promised to purchase so much about corporations among others have made billions and yet what can the u.s. do to ensure that these vaccines can be made in other places like requiring that moderna release the recipe? still, they will make a fortune. what has biden not done that would allow people to have access to these lifesaving vaccines? >> i should say that europe's record is worse than that of the united states. biden has made some effort, but the wealthy countries have not, including the united states, or notrimarily the united states, they have not taken measures that are within their capacity to ensure that other countries that have the resources toroduce vaccines will he accessot only to t products, the vaccines, but also the process of manufacturing. should recognize the wto rul, instituted mainly in the 1990's largely under the u.s. initiative, they are radically protectionists, radically anti-free market. they provide protection for major corporations, big pharma, not only fothe prod

nio as a u.s. listed company, do you have any plan to shift your listing to hong kong following in the footsteps of others? william: we hope political issues won't affect much of our company's growth, and we will abide by the local laws and regulations. charlie: are you considering to list yourself in hong kong one day? william: anything is possible. charlie: you mentioned nio will enter 25 countries by 2025. can you give more details? when you plan to sell cars to the u.s. market? william: we have set up a research department in san jose in 2015 with hundreds of staff to develop our global product. we started fiercely considering the north american market since 2017 by making our products more competitive. of course, we are still working on the plan. we will enter germany, sweden, denmark, and the netherlands next year. and more european countries the following year. our international strategy has always been making long-term plans and staying patient. dani: the nio ceo and cal -- co-founder sayin

the u.s. center for disease control says over 60 vessels are under investigation due to the number of reported infections. officials from mexico, colombia and the caribbean islands stopped ships from disembarking after too many covid cases were found on board. at the beginning of the pandemic, several cruise ships were quarantined. passengers on the diamond princess off the coast of japan were confined for two weeks. more than 700 passengers were infected and 14 passed away. the cruise industry shut down in 2020 and liners were only able to resume services over the summer. trying to recover with vaccine requirements and additional sanitary protocols. despite these additional measures, the rapid spreading omicron variant and surge in numbers may again threaten the industry. anchor: poland's president has said he has decided to veto a media law that would have forced the u.s. company discovery to give up its controlling share in a polish tv network. the law was criticized for aiming to silence t

but we have a u.s.-e.u. council that met in pittsburgh where technology discussions were a big part of it. same thing with a quoted. we don't have anything like that that i know of with our own hemisphere. and whether that's a missing piece. brazil is pretty technologically advanced country. it's got a lot of things that we probably ought to be talking with them about. would that be a good idea, do you think? >> i think it would be a good idea. and you know, if you don't mind, i would -- talk briefly about one the proximity of this. david, you said back yard. i would like to use neighborhood because neighborhood resonates with our allies and partners in latin america. and they -- the proximity to our homeland here in the united states, folks don't realize how close the south com a.o.r. and all of these 31 countries in the caribbean, central america, south america, i can go to 83% of the countries in the south com a.o.r. in a shorter time distance than it took most of you to come from d.c. here to this forum.

u.s. and it is only been 21 days since the first case of it was detected. take a look at this chart, it shows it visually. the yellow bar shows how delta accounted for nearly 100% of cases, four months until a couple of weeks ago and just in the last two weeks you see omicron shoot up from just a small percentage to now 73%. three-quarters of new infections. it is important to note this, this is the big question, how severe of illness does omicron cause? we still don't have complete data on that. have a listen. >> you obviously want to pay attention to the number of infections because they could be the forerunner of severity. but if you have a lot of infections, and less severity, it is much more important to focus on hospitalizations. >> and that's where the jury is still out. fauci also emphasized that getting vaccinated and boosted remains a strong defense from severe illness for all of the variants. u.s. has now confirmed its first death from omicron, notably an unvaccinated texas man

let me begin with u.s. cyber command. u.s. cyber command is one of the combatant commands. one of 11 that is part of the department of defense. i work in that role for the secretary of defense and the president. we're 11 years old and we really do three things. think of us as doing three things. first of all, we defend the department of defense networks, data and weapons systems. you say well, how big is that? let me give you an example, we have about 4.5 million and points. about 3.5 million users. and about 600,000 mobile devices spread across both classified and unclassified networks. the second piece is that we work very, very closely with the federal bureau of investigation and cisa, to ensure the security of the nation's cyberspace. the final thing is that we provide support to all of our combatant commanders. so whether or not you're deployed around the world or in europe or the pacific, if you need cyber support is going to come from u.s. cyber command. so, that's my cyber command side. let me talk a little bit about the national security agency. next week, or 69 ye