The gulf as saudi arabia and iran work the media machinery. The numbers game, the u. S. Media and the addiction to political polls. In dakar, bangladesh convicts and sentences those guilty of murdering a secular blogger, and. Its a jungle in there. New years resolutions and the survival of the fittest at the gym. On january 2nd, when 47 executions took place in saudi arabia, including that of a shia cleric nimr alnimr, the diplomatic fall out between the kingdom and its regional to was played out. The National Narrative prevailed. The the execution of the sheikh was seen as part of a justified war on terrorism. In the islamic republic. The headlines cast the cleric as a dissident, the saudi action as a provocation, there was televised images of protesters ransacking the Saudi Arabian embassy. The development with saudi arabia and its regional allies severing diplomatic ties with tehran threatened to disrupt the process iran made on the International Stage this past year. Following the
25 years after the fall of the berlin wall, a deeper look. Should it be illegal to feed the homeless . Why some cities want the practice to stop. The last two americans being detained in north korea are coming home. Kenneth bea was in detention, forced to serve in a labour camp. Matthew todd miller had been in prison. They are on a plane bound for the u. S. James clapper, director of national intelligence, is with them. Rosalind jordan has more. Reporter the days of life in a prison camp are over for kenneth bae and Matthew Miller. They were released on tuesday and boarded a plane for the u. S. Its a wonderful day for them and their families. We are happy for their safe return. Doing a great job on what was obviously a challenging mission. Director clapper is james clapper, the u. S. s director of national intelligence. In a statement, the u. S. State department called clapper to release its not clear why clapper was brought in to negotiate. The North Koreans prefer to negotiate with e
Office. And for sale at a knock down price. Why detroit is selling properties, starting at 1,000 each. Ukraines foreign minister says they are ready to support is new round of geneva talks if russia supports the upcoming elections. His comments came as russias foreign minister said it would be unusual to hold elections in ukraine whilst the army was being deployed. Sergei lavrov is in vienna where the Foreign Ministers of the council of europe are holding talks on the crisis. Lets cross to our correspondent in kiev, nick spicer. Sergei lavrov has not sounded convinced about backing the elections in ukraine. Reporter no, it looks like a slight softening of language from what the Foreign Ministry was saying on the website, that the elections would be a sham. The foreign minister said it would be unusual because the activity taking place in the southeast of the country. He would like to see the people who are prokremlin, essentially the people who are antigovernment. There are a lot of di
We have a lot of show coming up in the next 60 minutes, but i want to start with the first look now at the new republican tax reform plan set to be unveiled later on this afternoon when President Trump gets on the road and heads to indiana. Heres some of what we are just now learning. He would cut the Corporate Tax rate to 20 . Set three tax brackets to 12 , 25 and 35 . He would double the standard deduction, double the Child Tax Credit, eliminate deduction for state and local taxes. And eliminate the estate tax. We are going to walk through some of the details. I want to bring back for you stephanie ruhle. Steph, you have had your hands on the tax reform plan in the last few minutes, as i have, this is not a surprise because we knew a lot of this was coming with the streamlining of the tax brackets. Tell me what stands out to you most from what youre seeing. It is not a surprise. One thing to know about streamlining the tax brackets, we knew that was coming, but that was never a compl
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