Welcome to what will be a pretty intense show as we gear up toward that inauguration in about nine days from now. We have a new report from the World Economic forum on global risk. They talk about unemployment as one of the big risks. Inequality and increasing polarization. What they mean is the polarization of politics within various countries. Weve seen it with brexit, with trump, but also polarization in terms of various countries around the world. They talk about environmental risk. Not also talk about Society Keeping pace with technological change. We will speak to the chief author of the report a little as wen in surveillance also geared towards davos, which starts next tuesday. First things first. We will check in on the markets. This is european equities. I would suggest that most of the moves and the most important moves are going on elsewhere. It is currencies, but also the emerging markets. This is a picture we are seeing for the turkish lira, hitting a dataow ahead of the l
Reporter Chinese State television issuing a strong message to th u. S. A abo the region. The country senent out warships includuding its first Aircraft Carrier on military exercises in late december. The ships route included waters around the taiwan strait, and the disputed South China Sea. The reaction from the taiwanese . Reporter some of the drills coincided with taiwan president s tsai ingwens meeting with republican lawmakers in the United States. Tensions started to rise back in december. President elect donald trump took a phone call from prededent tsai after his election win. It was the first such phone call since 1979, the year the u. S. Switched diplomatic recognition from taiwan to china and started to follow the onechina principle. It acknowledges taiwan is part of china. An asiapacific region expert says chinas military drills show the country is concerned. Although the Aircraft Carrier cannot be used in the real operation, its a training ship. But china must set their fig
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Museum in kansas city, missouri. Ms. Vogt lee pollock is the executive director and trustee of the International Churchill society. As a Winston Churchill expert, he has spoken about the extraordinary life and times of the late Prime Minister to audiences throughout the United States, canada, and britain. His presentation this evening, we are looking forward to his presentation with our young Friends Group over whiskey and cigars. So, truly, if you are not a member of our young Friends Group, you should consider that, too. This morning, this is about churchills political transformation and how it shaped the kind of leader he would become during world war ii. Please welcome lee pollock. [applause] mr. Pollock laura, as one cubs fan to another, thank you for that very nice introduction. Hold on just one second. I think someone picked up my notes from here. [laughter] mr. Pollock hold on a second. [inaudible] mr. Pollock if anyone there we go. Like Winston Churchill, i have spent the best
You are all heroes for making it to the show tonight. This is i have to say, this is an emotional time for us here in l. A. , because a terrible thing happened. I hate to say it out loud, but its raining. Water from the sky. Rained last night, this morning, or this afternoon. Which is making it very difficult for us to light our recreational marijuana. The traffic today was terrible. It was like every other day really, it was terrible. Rain is not something we take lightly here. When we have a bad hair day in l. A. , the governor declares a state of emergency. Its crazy. People dont know what to do. Its like when it snows in hell. And of course theres one group thats hit the hardest not the homeless. Its the people who suffer the most during a time like this, our local weather reporters. Were right in front of valley view school. That would be a problem if school was in session. School still out of session. The rain is starting to intensify a bit more. Well leave you here with a live l