Next discussion of the progress of defeating are isis in iraq and syria. Well hear about Coalition Forces have made gains in the region and the role that they will play in combatting terrorism. Held by the middle east institute, this is an hour. Good morning everyone. Good afternoon depending on where you are. For the next hour or so ill be talking to major general, Deputy Commander resolve, which is the u. S. Led campaign against isis in iraq, and syria. Todays event is the ninth episode of the defense leadership series. Its a highlevel platform that we traded back in june, of this year. And it is a platform where current and former military in defense leaders from both the United States and the region are able to discuss some of the most important policy issues facing the two sides. We were extremely fortunate to integrate the series on june 10th, with a conversation, frank mckenzie. Since then weve had the honor of hosting some of the most seasoned leaders in the defensive space inc
This is the exact moment where Boris Johnson may be about to speak to eu leaders. We understand that most of it is virtual. We are expecting the Prime Minister to give his response on whether he is continuing to negotiate. There was that selfimposed deadline on october 15. We dont know whether he is happy with the progress or whether he thinks even if there is not progress, he still wants to give it a shot. Tom there is your update this morning. Lot, like about the map of the fisheries. Its like a big deal, right . In the north . Francine i remember being a young reporter a million years ago showing up in brussels and actually going to at the time, it was not much to talk about, but our editor said watch out for fisheries, because nobody talks about them. Its always a fishing problem, as we see with brexit in 2020. Tom there we are with your update. Ritika gupta just nodded off. Lets start the show with the bloomberg first word news in new york. Ritika good morning. President trump and
And out of the reigning super bowl champions is the new England Patriots in the playoffs. Mourners have gathered in the hundreds of thousands to welcome the body of custom sobhani Iranian Military commander assassinated by a u. S. Airstrike in iraq on friday so the bodies body has now arrived in the holy city of mashad of these are live pictures from the procession his body was brought back to iran early on sunday earlier he was carried in a procession through our was and will later be flown to terre ron these days is dramatically escalating tensions around the region on sunday donald trump issued a warning threatening to hit dozens of targets inside iran if it retaliates against the u. S. Now in an interview with the hizbollah or affiliated Television Channel just some saw the bodies daughters said she has no doubt they will be retaliation for her fathers death. Clinton could move to before anything id like to send my greetings to the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and also to
Oppression by providing water roads and other services. Its also disbanding the militias that have been accused of killing full unease and denying them access to basic services the truce is holding for now a few months ago driving along this highway would have been extremely dangerous even for the Security Forces but now a decent number of vehicles used the old killings and abductions used to happen here almost every day so for most people the relative peace they now enjoy seems and feel is almost unreal. And its not only the displaced who are happy with the turn of events in some of. The police who have been targeted in the mayhem say they realize that the force of arms cannot end the violence along. A military or security actions mistake. As thousands of what does not a simple official move from. The coveted to their grandest sign it came with an idea of having it will result in this issue that is use in dialogue. And that has started peeling off several assault rifles and rocket lau
Front lines of our nation and bringing us together in this important fight. It was an honor to be with you today and thank you for the honor of joining us today. So good to be here. Good morning, everyone, i hope you are able to get caffeine in your systems, get your blood flowing. I do want to acknowledge all the media that has been with us the last four days. We appreciate all your coverage and everything you guys have done for us, so thank you guys for being here. We would like to follow that fireside conversation with the honorable and newberger by taking an indepth look at the future of cyber. For our next session, 2020 four and beyond, the hard road ahead, we have invited a distinguished group of experts to look at the topics through multiple listings. Moderating this discussion will be the former cio nasa. Our featured speaker for this conversation on the road ahead are dave frederick, assistant Deputy Director for china, National Security agency. Eric goldstein, executive assis