i m about to show you something that has shaken me unlike anything i have seen in 25 years and eight other hurricanes. thursday night i stood right here and interviewed the owner after bar called snappers and a bunch of very festive key west residents who were debating whether to evacuate or stay. peter, that time, was determined to stay. hold up inside his bar. he changed his mind. good thing he did. because it is completely gone. look at this. gone. the entire bar. right here. where i sat and had shrimp tacos with my crew after la live shot and hang out with these warm gracious people. gone. shoved up by the storm surge into the side of the fence of the neighboring businesses here. this was the bar. can you see they tried to board up with plywood and the storm, winds blew through it.
turkey and russia to monitor it and to enforce it. the u.s. hasn t played any role in that. is the united states going to be an observer or have a more active role. at least if the last several weeks are any indication, it may simply be in an observer role. that will be up fot president-elect donald trump to desite what role the united states wants to have in syria moving forward. invited three days after inauguration. it is a game of geopolitical chess. it will be interesting to see whether the u.s. accepts the invitation or not, how it will participate, how it could or not mohammed lela live. around 70 countries are meet ng par meeting in paris for a peace conference. they hope to urge israeli leaders to commit to a two-state solution. the key issue that divides both sides. it is the city of jerusalem.
of the year. you see what happens as you work your way to the warm season. a bit of a worrying start. hopefully that won t continue. good to see you my friend. donald trump warning north korea about its nuclear ambitions. we ll tell you which country he thinks should handle the threat, coming up. also battle lines are being drawn, republican and democratic lawmakers return to washington with opposing agendas, 27 minutes past the hour. we ll be right back with more of cnn l.a. live. with the xfinity tv app,
with met at barricade and a lot of fans grabbing prime spot to cheer on the best female soccer players on the planet. they beat japan 5-2. it was a sweet revenge victory because they lost to japan in a penalty kick last time. 60 minute in carli lloyd scored a hat trick which was a bomb from mid-field. there have been 200 ticker tape parade down broadway. others have been honored like neil armstrong and amelia earhart. this is even better. in this day and age with all the fan support. being in l.a. live and coming back here to end it with a
neighborhood, which i did. as i was packing to get ready to come here. people are engaged in this. they are watching it. the numbers are going up and as far as the business side of this is concerned, these folks are giving up a huge marketing opportunity and companies are taking note because soccer or football, depending on where you are, i live in l.a., it has a lot of people who are interested and galvanized now and therefore the numbers keep going up. one marketer told me it s like the holy grail of marketing opportunities because it s so huge around the world but not so much here that it can only grow. these younger people as they come up and growing up, they are all about it. i have to tell you i went to l.a. live, michaela knows this, this is downtown l.a. they have the conga room. they have the match-up in mexican versus brazil. it s so much fun to watch it in spanish. soccer is here.