In no the interlude structural failure because a lot was thought sparks reported out of original cast rolling which effectively upheld the principle of innocent until Proven Guilty saying that there was insufficient evidence that those russian athletes had been doping this was the original cast. In twenty eight cases the evidence collected was found to be insufficient to establish thats an antidoping rule violation was committed yet concerned its been such an emotional roller coaster of ours and for these athletes the real saugor of the months weeks years of preparation they had this glimmer of hope last week with the cast this is not they could go to the games represent their flag their country their have them and cetera although thats been overturned there are still legal routes appeals that could go down but of course the Opening Ceremony has now just finished the games are about to begin whatever Legal Options are available they simply wont have time now to but just to hear some reactions from those athletes many of whom were hoping to even make a debut at their first Winter Olympics i was hoping that cast would rule in our favor right now i dont know what to do im disappointed but of course i wont give up on sport ive still got a lot ahead of me i will compete and win medals for my country until the very end we were hoping the decision would go in our favor now i feel sadness. But i will compete in every competition i can if i have enough strength in the opportunity to compete in the next olympics i will prepare for that. I have no words. I had no emotions left we had our bags packed we were just waiting for it is the i think so just did you asians make you stronger emotionally. Sports columnist alan moore gave us his reaction to the cast decision. Its no longer supports your husbands voice for a long time it really comes down to the fact that the i. O. C. Put their necks on the line by not going as hard as some people would have liked the people want to control the Olympic Movement and water of course as well they did these are the you can add to your being us underdog and they want to take control of the whole. Money train but they want to grow you to rule however. It is political to a large degree because if we say the g. O. C. Are playing politics they want to keep control so they have to be seen to be very very strong yes mind you these athletes have never tested positive as me that they havent doped however there are some who would not have dont put it been tarred with a brush that is completely wrong and feeds into this kind of geopolitical narrative that russia is bad and good lets beat them will stick. Around seven hundred fifty thousand children have almost no access to medical care in the water an iraqi city of mosul has according to the uns childrens rights body unicef and estimated seventy four Million Dollars is needed to rebuild Health Facilities seven months after the euphoria that greeted the liberation of mosul from Islamic State the iraqi cities struggling to get back on its feet. There are a number shargel thank. The number of. Health care centers or hospitals is very limited these stand to the damage has affected it i was there in one of the Health Centers the other day the one family came in with their baby is a two month old baby they wanted a vaccinated there was vaccine there was everything there and starts were seeing over one hundred children a day were able to vaccinate this child but those families have to walk far i also saw the baby unit there were nine incubate has six of which which were filled with premature babies who would not have survived unless those incubate as with their its a wide area wide level of levels of devastation families have to walk enormous distances to be able to get the health care what were saying is that the Cumulative Health care that is required of any child anywhere else in the world is not available yet in mosul. And more than half a year since its liberation the city remains strewn with corpses and warning you may find the following seems disturbing the condition of many of the bodies is making it difficult to confirm their identities most of the victims appear to be civilians women children and elderly people residents are calling on the government to do something you know a Service Representative in iraq Peter Hawkins said the situation in mosul is worrying. I think what we need to understand is the extent of the problem this is a massive city mosul city probably faced one of the biggest urban warfare since World War Two and. Two point two million to two point four Million People affected its an enormous challenge for everybody to try and clear a thing up and get the people working again. Three giants of social media have been grilled by a panel of u. K. Lawmakers over allegations of russian interference on their platforms during the breaks that vote but theres been little if anything to back up those allegations. We looked at all advertisements with any connection to russia and we found no evidence of our services being used to interfere in the referendum a very small number of suspects its Research Agency linked accounts forty nine such accounts were active during the campaign which represents lost im not point nor some of the total number of accounts these are very low level things until we complete this investigation we wont know but what we havent had this. Information that enabled us to target on a particular page or a particular phenomenon despite all their commitment enthusiasm and hard work spanning over a period of really several months when this inquiry kick started it seems like the u. K. Parliamentary committee thats trying to find out the truth about a russian any brecht that meddling they seem to be really hitting a brick wall this week they travelled all the way to washington thousand and thousands of miles presumably having spent thousands of pounds to get there and what they ended up with while it questioning the executives of twitter you tube and facebook was just a frustration it seems and that was thick in the atmosphere Investigative Journalism for instance as it led to suggestion that there are lots of campaigns going to have it looks like you havent looked have you thats the thing you havent looked theres a Common Thread going on in the horror like you just well it seems who did look with twitter and what they said they found was that they were only forty nine accounts connected to russia during the time of the bracks it referendum again im no mathematician so correct me if im wrong perhaps but it seems that there is and this is really nothing to write home about given that twitter has hundreds of millions of accounts and despite the chair of this Committee Damian Collins saying that his quote instinct tells him that the number should be higher that did not turn out to be the case so despite this goes chasing continuing in the committee keeping asking the executives to look harder it seems no fruitful results so far. Much of the media has seemingly been hungry for scandal which the Russian Investigation is failing to provide because look at some of the headlines now this one says twitter has finally conceded that russian accounts tried to influence a break states and only a few small words at the bottom explain the story is about a few dozen accounts the same with the times headline the which admits the existence of socalled russia trolls but the first paragraph then reveals there were only forty nine searches suspicious accounts one more example hey you need to look even deeper to dig actual numbers out of a lengthy article while the radio host john gaunt told us the russia investigation is searching for a ghost this is a fast these employees want all the way to washington to question do they dont understand how the internet works they couldve got them on a School Called question its fast a waste of my taxpayers money very very annoying its a joke they actually almost Kangaroo Court fashion following questions that you and hardly waiting to listen to the answers you know or i dont think the British Public care they know why people voted for lets just get over it and accept democracy still to come new evidence from Human Rights Watch accuses Iraqi KurdishSecurity Forces of committing war crimes against Islamic State finances more details after this short break. Very few now to speak pay more attention to. The north Korean Nuclear issue i believe the us coming can come will be just. To use his real name too much attention from military solutions but the us would pay more attention to solution to the north Korean Nuclear problem. The bond market will not crash this time it will continue to go even lower and negative yield on various bonds will increase from the multi trillion dollars worth of negative yielding sovereign debt now to even more multi multi multi trillion dollars of negative yielding sovereign debt and were going to go down the rabbit hole even further but it certainly smells like what the panic drawled in places like china and west and all these various markets and what the oil price is climbing higher in gold looking better than weve got here fashion reversed. Welcome back cumin rights watch has accused Iraqi KurdishSecurity Forces of mass executions of suspected Islamic State front is back in august the report claims the killings took place near the town of zuma and the parents mass grave site has been found the Iraqi Kurdish government denies the accusations claiming the bodies belong to i still find has killed in battle with Kurdish Forces we discuss the findings with its author a senior iraq researcher for Human Rights Watch both kids will. Since september weve been looking for an eyewitness who can testify to the fact that the men were captured they were captured alive and later they were killed by Kurdish Security forces b. S. And. And and what we found two weeks ago is the actual great site for now we know where the bodies. Were after they were still and where the bodies were then burry what in the reports that weve released today we include extensive material including Photos Videos satellite imagery of the best grave sites as well as footage of the my face say that we ourselves the silts the coalition to demand that the quickly Regional Government demonstrate that they are taking the seriously that theyre holding those commanders in places that feel its really injured on the International Community make a very strong on this matter and make sure that this is an exception. Not tensions own ready threatening germanys proposed a grand coalition off the social democrats leader that insisted hypno longest a committed stereo post from all i want to muscle his decision means for the countrys current tubby and political scene im joined by on hate all of it and then pay to get to see how well could this lead to for show some for the grand coalition. Well its a big change from wednesday when this Coalition Deal with how mad out between Angela Merkels conservatives in the social democrats it was supposed to see Martin Schulz installed is in the new foreign minister now this was actually in the document the signed document the the proposed Coalition Deal document. Friday though and Martin Schultz will not be taking up the position as foreign minister now rumors are abound hes been forced to step down by some of his social Democratic Party colleagues who blame him for the partys failures however mr schultz put out a statement himself in his own words saying why he wouldnt be taking the position i renounce joining the federal government and at the same time i hope that this will end the personal debates within the s. P. D. We all make policies for the people in this country and my personal ambitions must be behind the interests of the party of the future of a socalled grand coalition between merkels conservatives and the center left s. P. D. Hangs. With the membership of the social democrats around four hundred twenty thousand of them will be casting ballots over the next three weeks to decide whether they want to accept this deal but its a social Democratic Party thats in turmoil at the minute on friday morning we saw the current foreign minister. Lash out at Martin Schultz over well at the time his decision to accept the position of foreign minister gabrielle saying that all that was left was regret and and regret at how little respect well there was between senior figures in the party put that alongside the fact that the youth wing of the social democrats are vocally campaigning to say no to a coalition with anger merkel and for the party to spend four years in opposition theyve picked up around an extra twenty thousand members on the promise of sign up. And say no this all comes alongside the news that marshalls will not accept the position as foreign minister we started friday and the end is thursday even talking about the future of angola merkel even if this coalition went ahead would she stay the full four year term well now were talking and those who are in the know here in berlin its all king whether this is the end of the road politically for Martin Schulz whether the former European Parliament president can come back from yet another embarrassing u. Turn pitting one of i thank you for those details well for all the latest headlines my colleague neil harvey will be with you at the top of the hour. Across europe municipalities are taking their water supply back from private companies to me to peep out the cells with simple song alone even find company elsewhere they invite private companies to take over the utilities anybody tell us. A lag from us you guys we got. To go buy been this is us because im out. 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This is boom bust broadcasting around the world from washington d. C. Im partial to. Coming up in the wake of Hurricane Maria how are individuals and businesses in the economy fairing in the u. S. Territory of puerto rico well i ask an expert plus sticking with the caribbean i sat down with a business a social entrepreneur from eighty sasha cramer to discuss how that nation has overcome some critical challenges with an eye towards business now lets get to the days top stories. As we reported yesterday the u. S. Trade deficit has ballooned to nine year high of five hundred sixty billion dollars creating more trade challenges for the trumpet ministration some have hoped that a controversial trade deal between the European Union known as t. Tipped the transatlantic trade and Investment Partnership could move forward however frances Foreign Affairs minister has told the French Parliament that his country will quote insist that t. Tip will never be revived if trump carries through on his promise to leave the paris Climate Change agreement that President Trump said he had tends to do so the minister said no Paris Agreement no trade agreement the u. S. Knows what to expense since each of the twenty eight member nations could veto any new free trade deal the french threat alone could be enough to kill to tip good night irene good night. If you spend any time warner near us highways you know about pilot and flying j. Truckstops well the future of the former president and Vice President of the company marc a as well would and scott womble and two other employees is in the hands of a jury in chattanooga tennessee who will determine if the defendants committed a fraud by conspiring with their Sales Division to rip off customers with promised rebates the scam is said to have netted pilot more than fifty six Million Dollars. The chinese currency the yuan has dropped one percent against the u. S. Dollar on thursday notching its biggest one day decline since the Chinese Central Bank devalue the currency back in august of two thousand and fifteen. And months after Hurricane Maria pummeled caribbean and particularly the nation of puerto rico the territory of puerto rico our nation how are individuals businesses and the economy fairing here to discuss we are joined by antonio c. Martinez the second chair of the latin american practice that Gotham Government Relations and communications both here in washington and in new york antonio thank you so much for being here really appreciate it so whats the status of puerto rico now the status is still dire had still a very very. Painful. Complicated recovery that theres still a long way to go still. Without power and much many of my most parts still. Five thousand businesses are still closed. They are just only now getting the ports reopened theyre just getting to the infrastructure that they which is the priority to get that back up and upon line. And making sure the people are getting food and water the basics in the critical issue to get energy up and running which are still just were still theyre still not there yet and obviously puerto rico would like to reopen and really be back for open for business and tourism its a Beautiful Island beautiful beaches. And no passports required because thats the other thing puerto rico is an island of. Several million more than three million american citizens and is a population that is larger than many states yet they do not have Political Representation in the congress and that means to be addressed once and for all sort of like right here in washington d. C. Taxation without representation you know it tony or holland cook who hosts the big picture here on our t. America had the mayor told last weekend and she spoke about the Hotels Getting back online listen to what she had to say no the resort was i can go in is is is in Good Condition they have the most people over there we have five motels the way theyre there for all of us all to live in the in the wall in the his clothes that have been so over and now when all those or authority are going to be open in the in the north there are all those all hotels that are open impose that all the hotels are roaming. My wife was just recently down there doing. Some work and some volunteer work and her experience was a lot of the hotels are open they did have some problems with power periodically going on and off is that what youve heard yes and i would say to people if you like puerto rico and youve been there go is the best way that we can help people in puerto rico is by investing our dollars and connecting they are part of the United States they are american citizens and we need to finally hold them with that regard and dont be scared because theyve had this devastation oh go ahead and go there and maybe youll even get a deal. They had just actually opened she was there the first week i think that this place was was open and they were really appreciative let me ask you talked about five thousand businesses being closed there is a really i mean is it pretty much everything is that just focused in on one or is that its a rural area thats across thats across the country i mean in some of the rules that rule areas you have a situation where the desperation to get power restored there where the local townspeople are now doing the job of the Power Company and the army corps of engineers clearing in the woods and trying to clear a pathway to get lines reconnected and restored a town of calm all in puerto rico one hundred since out in the southeast part of the island so its pretty its a pretty dire situation but at the same time it is a tribute to the human spirit of how hard these people are working and we as their neighbors can support what theyre doing by investing our dollars there and also by finally extending to them the respect and place that they deserve in this country you know i want to play a clip another clip of the post mayor where she talks about being a treated a certain way lets look at that real quick. Right now the president will go through there in the budget so that all these queerly. As a to read california takes us on our world isnt free. Seems to not just be fair but make a lot of sense. It is a u. S. Territory dont need a passport to go there has that been the case so far antonio. Again this issue about territory and we need to resolve this issue either we admit puerto rico into the union which i believe i think thats what the people want or if they if the people who decide let them choose independence but treating them like a colony treating them like weve done it its really in a way its almost a disgrace and its a shame and its just inherently unfair that we need to address this injustice but what about you know theres been a lot of concerns there was whatever it was ten days maybe two weeks ago that famous said it was pulling out and then people would know were not pulling out were just not going to be bringing any more water to deliveries and how does that look today are they still there or the. Theyre still there but there is that tension and and it begs an interesting question is why why why would even thema even ponder the idea that they would pull out out of a place where there are americans who need. Emergency assistance that is their charge that is their responsibility governments got to got to got to serve the people theyve got to get to do the job they were they were empowered to do ive seen a couple of stories about not frauds but mismanagement by contractors yet there are there any of those that we should be i mean you should be concerned about fraud in any regard but are any of those particularly notable lessons for sure that the one with the lady who was hired to provide millions of meals and can only only have. Around fifty thousand visual yet entered so that really is not a reflection of. Hundreds of a million below it. Just heard by yourself the triangle has something trying to do its never could have done it wasnt wasnt equipped but but the contracting process where youve got a screen youve got to do your contracting process where youve got a screen youve got to do your Due Diligence yes there is an emergency but even in an emergency there are mechanisms in place to say these contractors are qualified they have the resources and the structure to to respond to these kinds of very high demand for services but that does something that can be fixed but yes it certainly was an embarrassment i dont want to get into it now but i hope youll come back to talk about the puerto rican im more concerned about the businesses the individuals the economy get up we appreciate you coming in and tell us the martinez the second chair the latin american practice that got them Government Affairs and communications both here in washington and in new york thank you very much part of my pleasure of being back to thank you. Time now for a quick break but hang out there because when we get back we move from puerto rico to eighty and before we take a break two things one the dow has taken a nother big tumble that looks like one thousand and thirty two down thats after the eleven seventy five the other day thats monday and then last friday that ominous number six sixty six down so this is not good news for mark not good news for markets you know we were up thirty percent over the year and this brings us to year over year that is this brings us to about probably twenty ish percent anyway and before we go to break russia and saudi arabia have teamed up to build a twenty seven billion dollar liquefied natural gas plant in northern russia the cooperation despite being on opposite sides of the syrian conflict show how Important Energy related issues are to the two nations who have for the past eighteen months worked in concert on other issues such as opec Russia Oil Production cuts which. Are at least partially responsible for slightly Higher Oil Prices crude oil at Nymex New York Mercantile Exchange was trading around sixty one dollars a barrel today and here are the numbers at the closing bell. The pentagon recently released its new Nuclear Posture review its critics are stunned not only the use of Nuclear Weapons is now more thinkable but its also the threshold for their use has been lowered dr strangelove would be proud is the world facing another dangerous arms race. In america a College Degree requires a great deal