Talking about. The government of ukraine. Exactly im not saying the whole u. S. Government feels that way the there is there is division on this but the neoconservative element very much to change the strategic dynamic in eastern europe. People and theyve been at this for a long time they came in around the issue of propaganda they studied how to create hot buttons for the American People they had this experience when they were getting the American People to get excited about Central America back in the 1900. And theyve been applying those same strategy. They were dedicated to achieving their goals they still want to get rid of. Syria for instance regime change. And they have now inside the news media inside the government means the. They can do a lot to control the narrative of any story so i think in america these days we have somehow told ourselves that there are a lot of ways of dealing with these problems other than hard power lattimer putin cares about hard power the neoconservat
What is described in the west as a russian invasion of crimea is a fact the presence of russian soldiers in crimea can you clarify that. They were could do would have barely spoken of a quote but the most of the most go full of the below. As long ago as 1804 sevastopol the naval base became the main military port of the russian empire on the black sea. During the 2nd world war the heroic defense of sevastopol lasted almost a year and took hundreds of thousands of lives. Therefore the naval base in crimea has a legacy of historical pride for the Russian Black Sea fleet as well as being of huge strategic importance. Those of us alive back then remember when there were soviet missiles put into cuba how frightened americans were and how angry and how we almost went to a Nuclear Confrontation over having weapons of that kind of destruction placed that close to the United States. Just so if the United States considers cuba to be in its backyard. Then crimea lays at russias doorstep. The cons
This is a boom bust the one business show you cant afford to miss. In washington coming up u. S. G. D. P. Close out 2020 at its worst rate since 1046. 00 and shrank by 3. 5 percent and the game stop saga continues as robin hood and other Major Trading partners are stressed in trading as the battle between wall street and small investors continues well explain what this means for future trading with the us pros with christiane and ben next have a lot to get to so lets get started. Heres a headline that will surprise no one in 2020 the u. S. Economy had its worst performance in 74 years since the end of world war 2 it contracted 3. 5 percent now this was of course because of the coronavirus lockdowns and the impact of the worldwide pandemic so whats in store for 2021 especially in an economy that remains so uncertain joining me now to discuss this and more. On it chrystia i ben lets start with you can you give us a rundown of how the economy did or didnt perform in 2020. Yeah i mean as y
Now this is about a half hour ago, but it gives an idea some of those city lights going on just as the sun starts to join us upstream we do have some scattered clouds to make note of they will come to pass throughout the Late Afternoon early evening member the sun setting early so to actually be probably close to sunset might have some nice sunsets out there. 30s right now across a good piece of real estate not just up in the north bay, but in the far east bay livermore 33 conquer jumbo checking in at 38 as well as san jose and 32 from a bottle in santa rosa, this is cooler for us across a good portion of the bay up north there were also chilly like this. Yesterday morning if you recall as well look toward a ahead 58 by 11 00am by 2 were talking 6 to 3 against them. Afternoon clouds and well see that again for tonight, but another chilly night a forecast in just a bit marty. All right dave thanks a lot. Lets get back to our top story this morning. People who live 6 bay area counties in
Im christine one guy. Its good to have your company. Fighting has erupted between moroccos on me and the polish sario front, along a buffer zone, patrolled by the united nations. And this brings an end to a cease fire that was nearly 3 decades old in the disputed territory. Ownership off whiston sorry, but the palace already of front is demanding independence. Tensions have simmered for you is and on the whole fairing up. The newest flashpoint in an old conflict crossing is a border point in the south of western sahara. It controls a highway that runs all the way from morocco to mauritania, a vital route to the rest of africa. In recent weeks, theres been reports that protesting separatists blocked off the road. Last week, the Moroccan Army posted these images to its facebook page. It says they show burning tents belonging to the police, sorry, of front police arias says those targeted were not fighters, but civilian protesters. Now that conflict seems to be spreading along the buffer