Monday is when the deadline looms. Where do things stand right now . Yeah, monday is fast approaching. You know, the president as you see right there is back in the United States now at joint base andrews. We expect him here any minute now after gets off the plane, back to the white house. Now, he says that if we get a deal with mexico, they will buy more agriculture from the United States, if we dont, then the tariffs will go into effect. Now, thats a little confusing, that tweet that he put out, thats because this is supposed to be about illegal immigration coming to the southern border and mexicos help with illegal immigration. The negotiators are working today on the asylum part of this, having Asylum Seekers wait in mexico before their Court Hearing here in the United States. As of right now, the plan is to impose those tariffs on monday. The president has all the options on the table. But talks have been very collegial, amicable, and, you know, my briefing on them has been that t
Counting down well tell you how people here in berlin are planning to celebrate with a bang in just two hours time also coming up with. The iranian president Hassan Rouhani breaks his silence on the antigovernment protests sweeping cities across the country earlier the government blocked social media sites and threatened a crackdown will take a closer look at rouhani as an initial reaction. And welcome to the program the world is ringing in the new year and australians were among the first to celebrate with the annual fireworks display in sydney harbor now as the new year sweeps across the globe were seen as celebrations in the greek capital athens. And earlier people fear. Or that there would be little to celebrate as the city was jolted by an earthquake fortunately no damage was done and no one was hurt. Relief and celebrations in athens this hour and meanwhile the german capital berlin people are heading to the party of the year at the Brandenburg Gate and our very own rebecca rigge
Next, a look at the Global Energy outlook with fatih birol. He testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee about issues including u. S. Oil and Gas Production. This runs an hour and 45 minutes. Good morning, efveryone. The committee will come to order. Id like to provide specific welcome this morning to our new member, senator smith. It is good to have you as part of the committee. I think you will find that this is a committee that does good work. We like to focus on policy and we like to do things in a bipartisan way every now and again. Looking forward to starting the new year off with that good foot. We dont have senator capito with us this morning but she is also returning to our committee and i look forward to welcoming her in her ongoing contributions. We do have a lot on the agenda today. Our broad bipartisan Energy Natural resources bill where again were looking forward to continuing that as the year progresses. Our efforts to increase our nations minera
Good morning, efveryone. The committee will come to order. Id like to provide specific welcome this morning to our new member, senator smith. It is good to have you as part of the committee. I think you will find that this is a committee that does good work. We like to focus on policy and we like to do things in a bipartisan way every now and again. Looking forward to starting the new year off with that good foot. We dont have senator capito with us this morning but she is also returning to our committee and i look forward to welcoming her in her ongoing contributions. We do have a lot on the agenda today. Our broad Bipartisan Energy Natural Resources bill where again were looking forward to continuing that as the year progresses. Our efforts to increase our nations mineral security, our need for wildfire funding fix paired with for estry management reforms, Park Maintenance backlog, islands and territories. Weve got a wide range of public lands. Those are a few of the things that we h
A stunning super bowl upset the fans go wild after the Philadelphia Eagles defeat the new England Patriots to win american footballs biggest prize for the very first time. Also coming up turkeys president visits pope francis after vatican later today its not their first meeting but its expected to be a sensitive one protests are banned in rome as feelings run high over turkeys offensive against Kurdish Militia in syria. And the berlin wall stood for more than twenty eight years but today marks a turning point the wall is now been down for as long as it was off to meet a man who helped east germans to escape. Im serious almost gone there good to have you with us germans are still waiting for a new government the countrys a two biggest Political Parties say they need more time for Coalition Talks they had. Set a deadline for sunday but there was still no breakthrough theyll pick up negotiations again today its been more than four months since National Elections can chance for uncle merke