Hello im rob matheson this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. There is not peace if someone uses clued. Us recognition of jerusalem as israels capital costs a shadow over christmas celebrations in the palestinian territory and beyond. A show of solidarity people in the philippines pull together in the aftermath of a deadly Tropical Storm. Leading opponent of russian president Vladimir Putin wants to run against him in next years president ial election well tell you why his name may never get on the ballot. And how Holiday Shopping but im saying colombia is leading to fierce competition between local vendors and chinese dealers. As billions of christians around the world celebrate christmas the u. S. President Donald Trumps recognition of jerusalem as israels capital is looming large in this years festivities pope francis is presiding over celebrations in the vatican hes been a voter called critic of trumps move and is calling for the status quo to be p
Every day, some new atrocity occurs, like yesterday or the day before. Three more people came forward with the idea that he had raped them. This has been going on for years and years and years. There were eight settlements against him. Obviously everyone in the company knew about it. I have to say, i wonder about his wife, who i gather last night announced she was leaving him, finally. How she could possibly not have heard about this. How do you think this happened . How is this allowed to go on and on and have nobody ever speak out until now . Gretchen because as a society and as a culture, we protect harassers. If somebody can actually tell me why that is the 20 million question, why . Why do we do that . Is it because we are protecting our own jobs . Is it because we are protecting a person in power . I think those are the top two reasons. But now that the floodgates have been opened, i give so much credit to the women who were able to tell their stories. By the way, eight settlemen
Preparing a huge parade of their military prowess. Us Vice President has reiterated all options are still on the table, he said the us and the allies were striving to dismantle north Koreas Nuclear programme and alleviate the suffering of its people. He has already said the us will institute the uss toughest ever sanctions against north korea. Well, here at pyeongchang, there was hope that it was possible that this high level delegation from the United States and north korea, given that theyre here at the games, might actually sit down and talk to one another. But weve heard from the north korean side that that delegation has, quote, no intention whatsoever of meeting with the us delegation. Were getting this from north koreas official, state run media, which said in an editorial, weve never begged for dialogue with the us in the past, and we dont intend to in the future. And all this as the north prepares a massive display of its military might. Yes, i mean, just as north korea is abo
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