To war. The nightmare stage of trumps rule is here, says michelle gold berg in the New York Times and paul krugman simply calls our president a bully. Democrats lining up to attack the president , Bernie Sanders says hes like putin. Assassinating dissonance. Meanwhile, theres real chaos, where hundreds of thousands on the streets for the funeral procession of Qassem Soleimani and then a stampede. Iranian state news media says more than 30 are dead. Overall this is a morning of confrontation, war talk threats and military preparations and as for the market, a shrug. Monday the dow made a 200point uturn and actually closed higher. This morning were looking at futures, minor loss for the dow and the s p, a 10point gain maybe for the nasdac at the opening bell but look at oil, another shrug on that market after the Soleimani Killing the price of oil moved to 63 64 a barrel today its back to 62 and the price of gas, Holding Steady the National Average still right there at 2. 58 per gallon.
Again back in business. And excited to welcome doctor chris fourmac. And for those of you in the know, is of course secretary of state for international. It previously done a tour on President Trump. He worked previously in capitol hill brent naval reserve, but most important link all around great guy. And through these conversations going to be a lot of fun. He held from cincinnati. Home of finley market i might add. Not bad. [laughter]. Will give a few framing remarks and then give you a little time to ask clarifying questions. That went out, chris, welcome back. [applause]. Thanks ryan, its great to be back here. I applaud your assistance. After last time in rescheduling this of the explosion. Its actually not that bad. Those of you have been around washington the long remembered there was a series of exploding mantles in georgetown in the mid 1990s are so afraid thank you for cheaping at it and thanks to all of you are wheeling to come back. It is been nearly ten years since the la
Save homes and lives in australia the military is on standby as lightning starts even more bushfires. And stepping into a new decade across the world the year 20 twentieths pressured in with spectacular celebration. The u. S. Has flown marine reinforcements into its rocky embassy after angry protesters tried to storm the compound President Trump is blaming iran but its denied any part in whats been going on hundreds of people marched into the heavily fortified green zone in baghdad and besieged the Embassy Compound on Tuesday Morning they pelted the building smashed doors and set fires theyre angry at u. S. Air strikes carried out on iraqi soil and in syria targeting the hezbollah brigades an iranian backed group 27 people were killed in the strikes which of anger at the Iraqi Government to describe them as an attack on its sovereignty simona 14 begins our coverage with this report from baghdad screens. Oh angry and determined they marched across the river tigris through unmanned check
Over the territory shows no sign of dimming. I am was another hour and another city welcomes in 2020 new yorkers here to celebrate the new year in times square. I am. The u. S. Marine reinforcements into its Iraqi Embassy after supporters and members of iranian backed Popular Mobilization forces broken see the components. Of this video shows u. S. Army helicopters releasing flares over the embassy the pentagon says its deploying 750. 00 soldiers to the middle east in response to the protests President Donald Trump is blaming teheran but says iran denies any parts innocent soul theres widespread anger over u. S. Airstrikes in iraq and syria targeting the hezbollah brigades well small awful scene reports from baghdad. Oh angry and determined they marched across the river tigris through unmanned checkpoints into the heart of the fortified green zone thousands of members of the iranian backed Popular Mobilization forces and their supporters surrounded the compound of the u. S. Embassy to d
Christopher ford is the assistant secretary of state for International Security and nonproliferation. He talked about Nuclear Security policy at the Stimson Center. Some other of the topics included Nuclear Terrorism prevention, efforts to denuclearize north korea, and chinas role in fostering Nuclear Security in the region. Well, ladies and gentlemen, a very good afternoon to all of you and welcome to the Stimson Center. My name is brian finlay. Im president and ceo here at the Stimson Center. For those attending this very event for the very second time, many apologies. It was not, as you may have assumed, our speakers agenda that caused the cancellation, but an exploding manhole. We started paying our bills yet the Stimson Center again and were back in business and very pleased to be welcoming dr. Christopher ford back to the stage. Chris, for those of you in the know, is of course the assistant secretary of state for International Student and nonproliferation. Chris previously has d