Haines of the sea there are signs of the variables to make it very imprecise in terms of what might happen from here we've got some science and some expertise which says to us what might happen but the reality is that cannot be precise section the White Island death toll stands at 18 military specialists recovered 6 bodies last Friday amid fears of a new volcanic eruption experts say North Korea appears such a launch a long range missile as a kind of Christmas gift to the United States they always build Gallow and so looks back at 21000 u.s. North Korea equation 21000 began with Kim Jong un warning he may take a new way if the u.s. Didn't soften its stance on nuclear talks the world may soon find out just what he means by that talks broke down after Donald Trump walked away from a February summit with Kim and annoy they were willing to do you know portion of the areas that we wanted but we couldn't give up all of the sanctions for that we had to walk away from. Within weeks the North Korean rockets began flying and kept flying by some measures 21000 was North Korea's busiest year ever for missile launches Trump shrugged off the short range tests the talks never got back on track that was v.o.a. As Bill Gallo reporting from Seoul Chrysler and p.s.a. Pre-show have signed a deal 485050 merger creating the world's 4th largest automaker Here's a p correspondent Matt small the company says the new group within you will singles of $8700000.00 cars will be led by p.s.a. Peugeot's c.e.o. With the Christmas chairman is chairman of the merged auto maker no plants are due to be closed but the combo is intice a painted to create more than $4000000000.00 in annual savings which executives say will be invested in sustainable mobility in part to meet strict new emissions regulations principally in Europe the deal which was announced back in October is expected to take 12 to 15 months to close so far with the new company will be called hasn't been decided I'm that small South Sudan's president Salva Kiir Mara date and a rebel leader. React much Shahr have agreed to form a transitional unity government by February deadline even if keep political disputes remain unresolved the 2 men who signed a peace deal in 2018 had missed 2 deadlines to form a new regime Gene Randall v.o.a. News. This is border crossing radio's number one of the hour and now your host Larry London hello there welcome to border crossings welcome to your requests and dedications here on The Voice of America it's great to be with you once again I welcome our worldwide friends and followers and I also would like to welcome our audience on Bongo Radio 95.2 f.m. Thank you for listening everybody in Bangladesh who gets their requests played for the Bangladesh segment also gets a v.o.a. T. Shirt which is available for you to pick up in Dhaka at the radio offices and so we're going to start today show off with a request from. And it's a rush and broken angel. cut cut. Border crossings and that is broken angel Ross featuring a request from f.a. Farrukh and I want to say hello to Corona Conn to Paul in West Bengal India and brand new listener whose name is Violet the sea. So welcome to border crossings as well it's great to hear from all the new listeners in some Aloha is with us and Tess Fayez tuned in to teach. Chara is with us so we heard from Mohammad Abdul non And Sudeep to chose and so hello to everybody who's joined us and also check in on our Facebook page Facebook dot com slash v.o.a. Larry London it is great to hear from you around the world thank you so much for listening our phone lines are open at 202-619-2077 you can also e-mail border crossings at v.o.a. Dot g.o.v.t. Justin Bieber sent out a tweet just about 5 days ago and it sent all of his fans on the Internet into a frenzy everybody is assuming now something because he wrote simply 2020 on his Twitter account and he's also tease new music for a while now so apparently everybody is expecting a new Justin Bieber album there are those people who say that the new album will reportedly be about his struggles which he's talked openly about dealing with fame and things like that and also his marriage to Hailey Baldwin songs about love inspired by his bride and the new song we're going to play right now for a committed is a d.j. Snake song that features Justin Bieber and d.j. Snake has been busy as well working on new music and going night clubbing apparently with. And Diddy the 3 of them got together and decided they were going to go out clubbing apparently in New York so here is a song from d.j. Snake with Justin Bieber Safad mad let me love you. Live. No no. No. You need to let it go. Now. You need to let it go let it go. As you. Can. Tell me. No no. No. Thank you. I don't want to. And on the. Border crossings we say yes yes yes that is Megan trainer and a request from. Karate and that song is called obviously know if you haven't figured that out by now Megan trainers got a brand new saw that she put out hopefully we'll get that on for you very soon and her new album which has been the laid about 3 times now 3 times and counting she was postponed out a couple of times last year but she's just announced the new release date for the album treat myself is now January 31st so circle that date on your calendar January 31st Megan's new album comes out she's got a new single out already which is called evil twin and in her new single she said she takes a look and embraces her wild side which is interesting so we'll hear how while she can get in just a bit I know that December 22nd is her birthday she'll be turning another year older and another year wiser hopefully it's a be her 26th birthday and also be her 2nd anniversary to borrow her wedding anniversary they got married on her birthday which is real romantic Thanks for listening to border crossings our email addresses border crossings at v.o.a. Dot g o v love to hear from you coming up next a song request from a sheer Hosain who's tuning in Bangladesh Radio 95.2 f.m. . And wants us to play this song from singer. And she's a young girl very talented singer and this song came out in 2016 for my request is Bella here on border crossings. Tell me tell me if you know. Me I'm not. Going to tell me if you. Mean the. News. be executed border crossings and that's called what lovers do that was a big hit for Maroon 5 with says and it came out 2017 from the band 6th album Red Pill blues a big hit what lovers do here on border crossings and the guys in maroon 5 are in an airplane right now and they are heading to cutter where they will be performing in Doha tomorrow at the convention center and then they head back home for New Year's Eve in a concert at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas but that they've got a one off show in a cutter and that is tomorrow night speaking of says and concerts she's going to be on stage tonight in watts which is a suburb of Los Angeles California and it's kind of equivalent that they look at Watts and l.a. As as if it were like Compton in New York it's a very hip hop. Oriented culture in Watts and so she got a big show tonight that will also be featuring Kendrick Lamar and Jay Rock and a few other artists as well which are all raising money and awareness for an event called Local Community Day which is tomorrow in that area and the ticket sales of the money raised is going to help out the kids in the community very community oriented group there and Watts and says as a part of that I'm Larry London and thank you for being a part of our community here on The Voice of America quasi And I heard from Leon Lee Sena also just checked in a little bit ago to say hi on Facebook dot com slash v.o.a. Larry London where we are playing requests and dedications for the worldwide followers and I thank you all for tuning in to our show and thanks for going to facebook dot com slash v.o.a. Larry London I did want to mention something and apologize at the same time we kind of we've been sending out the calendars for several months now for the 2020 calendars that came out beautiful calendars and somehow because there are hundreds and hundreds of calendars in many many boxes and you know Santas little elves are just taking their hand and reaching into the box pulling out of calendars putting it in the envelope and sending it off and sometimes they just didn't check to see what the date was on the calendar so we inadvertently accidentally sent out a few 2019 calendars in the process so it's not like we don't know that the new year is 2020 we do know that but those kinds of accidents do happen and I apologize and if you would like a new 2020 calendar sent to you and you got the 21000 version which is good for a few more weeks anyway you can always let us know send your mailing address to us not e-mail because these are not electronic calendar these are actually beautiful glossy photos so we have to ship it to you give us your postal mailing address and we'll get you off a 2020 calendar there's a. Photo on the front page of The Facebook page where you can tell Daisy you'd like her to send you a 2020 calendar she will you can also e-mail us so here's how you get ahold of us the e-mail address is border crossings at v.o.a. Dot g.o.v.t. And the Facebook page I referred to is Facebook dot com slash v.o.a. Larry London and again if you got the 21000 version we'll be happy to make it right and some people are saying what's taken so long once we set them out we don't control how long it takes to get from this part of the world to your part of the world so please be patient. Molests a request of this next song for everybody in Ethiopia including the prime minister Abi Ahmed who won a Nobel Prize and received it just last week so congratulations everybody still celebrating in Ethiopia as they should be so congratulations and here's a song that's going to make everybody happy it's spy for el. Well. You may. To be. A circle. Live live. turn and turn the ego to say thanks. Us. Us. Us. Us Us. Feel. Like. It was. Cool. Us. Excuse. Us. Was. Thank you if we. Are going to spend I love you you. You are. Good. To go a. Few a. Us. To a. Few of. Us . Thank you and. Thanks. To a. Few a. Few of. Us. Border crossings Michael Jackson that's a request from Bethlehem. And the song is black and white number 128 years ago this week and that's Michael Jackson the album that he put out before his death the album is called This Is it Michael Jackson's family has announced that they are releasing to the this is it collection 10th Anniversary Edition and there's only 1000 copies available and I'll tell you why in a minute but 1000 copies any true Michael Jackson fan will want to get this it's got 4 of Michael's I mean the all the songs from this is it but. 4 albums for actual vinyl discs 60 page colored coffee table book with photos rare never before seen photos of Blu ray disc and some other collectibles that have to do with Michael Jackson now you can get this 10th anniversary this is it collection for the low price of $479.00. So if you want to pick one up they will be taking preorders online very soon I know they're going to sell out I know there's a lot of rich people who are going to buy these up pretty fast but and Prince Michael's oldest son is 22 he just graduated from Loyola University and his younger brother Blanket we know him as blanket he's changed his name to big He's big Jackson and he showed up to the graduation celebration as well with the complete with cap and gown that Prince Jackson was wearing so a congratulations this is border crossings we also heard music before that by request from Barraza Jr in Nairobi Kenya it was a singer whose name is. Pharaoh and Tiziana Pharaoh is an Italian singer and producer and started back in the 2001 with a hit called pre-dawn hope and since that time he has been producing and recording music he recorded a song called Breathe gentle with Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child and that was the requests from a junior Kelly Rowland is reportedly reuniting with Michelle Williams and beyond say and that may be even Latoya will come back and the original Destiny's Child will reform there's a report that they have already recorded some music and that there's talk of a tour next year I want to say hello to I do Collins and Josephine Sue dipped not Kingsley Abdulla moon and sadistic Abdulahi all checked in and said hi to us on Facebook and so did he for Murali who listens to us in Ethiopia and again reminding us that the prime minister Abi from Ethiopia received his Nobel Peace Prize in Norway and I want to play a song for him to honor him so what better song What better artist then Ethiopia has number one son Teddy afro and a song called Ethiopia. Thanks a serious. From Your At 1st I was listening to that it didn't sound like Celine Dion but it is Celine Dion here. Border crossings that's called 10 days her new album is courage and it is out now and that request comes from Peter Kirk her who's listening to border crossings I saw a hilarious video a couple of months ago it was Celine Dion in the car with James Corden one of those carpool karaoke segments on c.b.s. Late night television here in America where Celine rides in a car she sings her song she tells things about herself that are a little bit known facts and just has fun riding in the car with this t.v. Show host so I think I'm going to post that segment on my Facebook page so you can check this out because it's it's funny it's very and she sings you know my heart will go on from Titanic they have a lot of fun so you're going to want to check this video I'll go to facebook dot com slash v.o.a. Larry London and I'll put that up for you a little later on today thank you Peter for your request Patrick in Ghana checked inside to Bhangra is listening as well thanks to all who went to Facebook dot com slash v.o.a. Larry London this hour and don't forget our e-mail address is border crossings at v.o.a. Dot g o v one more requests Karuna come to Paul who's very patient in India and has requested this next song he said please play me a John Denver song so here's the one that I picked because you know John was a friend of mine I played golf with him in Hong Kong very nice guy great golfer and what you saw on Cameron on stage was really who he was he was in love with his wife and he was a very very genuine family oriented guy and this is a song that was very popular and a lot of fun to sing and dance with every time he performed in concert it's called Thank God I'm a country boy. The guy earning 1. 100. Percent. Raise a family dog days are. I thank God I. Really got. Gotta. Laugh. When away. It's all. On the comfortable I. Thank. You. Thank. 2 you john them are live in concert in 1074 at the Universal apathy Los Angeles California thank God I'm a country boy this is border crossings coming to your country so I'm a country boy thanks for listening to the show and before we go I've got the Sinatra ultimate holiday cd giveaway to take care of today's lucky lesser of the day is Samuel Montse in a crock. And Samuel Johnson got himself a copy of the Frank Sinatra holiday classics all of Frank Sinatra's favorite Christmas song is going to love this cd it's great if you love Frank Sinatra and who doesn't you know really enjoy this thank you Joe Gil our engineer today Vince Vaughn our director thanks to you for listening to border crossings we've got some great things coming up soul sound for you tomorrow on the show so make sure you listen to our special presentation of soul sounds and that is tomorrow and then we're back with more requests and dedications and cd giveaways happening on Friday I'm Larry London and border crossings is heard on the radio a global network. This is the only news I'm Gene Randall this day in the United States is poised to go into the history books with only the 3rd impeachment of an American president ever the House of Representatives is arguing the rules for the bating 2 articles of impeachment against Donald Trump abuse of power and obstruction of Congress the expected vote would set up a trial in the u.s. Senate in early 2020 years a.p. Correspondent soccer Macone presidential historian Barbara Perry says the nation should try to avoid removing a democratically elected president of less absolutely warranted we present you not just with high crimes and misdemeanors but a constitutional crime in progress Democrat Jamie Raskin says the president's already subverted democracy and he is still trying to invite foreign election interference in.