And this thursday, he signed changes to the law that established this memorable date , in his congratulations on the occasion of the First Anniversary , the head of state called the reunification a historical and fateful event, and the decision of the residents of donbass, kherson and zaporozhye regions during the referendum to be with their a longawaited, hardfought and truly popular fatherland, despite attempts to intimidate them and take away the right to determine their own future. Vladimir putin also noted the courage of the residents of donbass, against whom the kiev regime. Started a fullscale civil war, organized a blockade, constant shelling and punitive actions. And the head of state also noted the support of new regions throughout russia. The people of russia supported the free and unambiguous choice of our brothers and sisters with all their hearts, understood and deeply felt the main thing, by defending our compatriots in the donbass in novorusia, we defend. Russia itself,
House denying it was a ransom payment but we have learned Senior Justice Department official expressed concern over the timing of the payment as the president said Donald Trumps strong rhetoric against muslims fueling terrorism. What about putting 400 million in the hands of terrorists . Amber, something of a complicated story. If you go all the way back iran gave us 400 million before your time. It is in the history books. We owe them this money and it was before 1979 and all of a sudden through the cosmic stars are aligning they got cash the same way hostages are released. It is a nice excuse and back story for the administration who made a reckless decision when they breached longstanding us policy where we dont pay ransom for american citizens and that is exactly what happened. When you have americans who are held hostage or are illegally detained, and the government pays money and hostages are released, that is the definition of a ransom, the four americans were released, now that
Opening, comparing and switzerland. And theynd is drowning defend their domestic economy this morning. I know jon ferro where is he . Somewhere lost with an important conversation. Francine lost in the outs about about the alps franc. British warplanes will target Islamic State in syria, including oil pumping facilities and emma dumps. Thel recently infrastructure targets have not been hit because of the kurdish ground troops. At the climate talks in paris there is a dispute of who will pick up the tab. Developing nations will receive 100 billion a year. China insists when it comes to Climate Change it is a developing nation itself, so they will not be contributing. India and pakistan have agreed to resume peace talks. The two countries have a disputed border and increased fighting and the region has made it difficult to get talks going again. In washington, congressional negotiators are moving closer to a deal that would make a series of tax breaks permanent. They will heat up talks o
Not used to. Usually the Car Companies have been beating estimates, but it is still a gain, at first the 45th , which omit consecutive month of yearover year sales increases for chrysler. They started at a low bar during the bankruptcy, it has come roaring back under the leadership of Sergio Marchionne. Yesterday we talked about the deal he clinched, purchasing the rest of chrysler from a union group with a lot of chryslers own cash. A real coup for Sergio Marchionne yesterday. Of 6 . E have a gain the 45th consecutive month of sales gains. The best december sales chrysler have seen in six years, better than they have done since 2008. 9 . Year sales are up about the strongest annual sales growth since 2007. Marchionne isgio a self subscribed corporate fixer. We will have figures out from ford, gm, what do you expect . Ford is expected to post sales growth of about 4. 3 in december. Gm is expected to be 1. 5 . More interestingly, we are expecting all three u. S. Usemakers, and i will u.