in thailand custom officials ceasing 88 million dollars worth of crystal meth hidden in packages headed for taiwan. allows country opening its first railway to china 642 mile railline cost 5.9 billion dollars. both nations say it will boost economic growth. in indonesia a volcanic blast earlier today killed one person injured at least 35. people were trapped in buildings as smoke and ash covered several villages. and in brazil mayor of rio de janeiro cancel new year celebration this amid concerns over the omicron variant which recently was detected in that country. and that is a look at some stories from around the globe. up next,
beautiful old buildings turned into a strip mall. you know what happens in some of the towns, you know what would pop up there, the banks. tucker: cvs. alisyn: pharmacies are everywhere. do you understand the temptation are not wanting something beautiful to then be torn down or turned over? however, they need to figure out how to make up 15.9 billion dollars that they lost this year. tucker: it s pretty simple. look, if you re hemorrhaging money take a look at your balance sheet, where is the money going? the money is going to personnel, to salaries, benefits and above all, pensions. clayton: right. tucker: he retirement and health care. and those are the results of union contracts. this is one of the most heavily unionized work forces in the world and it doesn t work. and so maybe it s time to renegotiate the contracts instead of laying it on the rest of us, we re not getting saturday delivery and the center of town will become a