a u.s. official tells cnn that intelligence indicates russia has positioned a group of operatives set to conduct a false flag operation as it's known in eastern ukraine, all of this in an attempt to create a pretext for a potential invasion of that country. >> cnn white house reporter natasha bertrand is following this. this is what many experts had been warning about over the past few weeks. and here we are. what more details do you know? >> reporter: that's right, bianna. this is exactly what they had been fearing because it is part of russia's playbook, according to u.s. officials who told cnn that they are seeing things that are repeating themselves from the invasion of crimea in 2014, namely russia creating a pretext for an invasion by carrying out what u.s. officials say is a false flag operation in eastern ukraine using russian operatives that are trained in urban warfare and explosives to potentially carry out an attack against russian forces and then frame ukraine for that attack, t

>> u.s. president joe biden thinks russia will send forces into ukraine but warns moscow will pay a high price. ♪ >> hello, i am emily and gwen. this is al jazeera. five days on, the first flights carrying aid head to tonga after ash is cleared from the international airport. britain's prime minister, under pressure to resign after attending parties during lockdown. a palestinian family at the center of an anti-expulsion campaign is evicted by israelis and their home demolished. ♪ the u.s. president says he believes russia will make a military incursion into ukraine because his counterpart vladimir putin has to be seen to be doing something. joe biden has promised costly sanctions in the event of a full-scale invasion and heavy human losses for moscow. he said to the russian president will come to regret military action. >> do i think he will test of the west, test the united states and nato absolutely, as significantly as he can? yes, i think he will, but i think he will pay a serious an

u.s. is a huge part of the global markets. the fed has been setting the pace and it comes to the tightening move for global central banks. so everyone will be watching what comes out from the statement and in the press conference. shery: an exciting week. garfield reynolds, chief correspondent for asia and mliv contributor. if you would like to hear more of his thoughts, go to markets live, that is on mliv . you can get a markets rundown in one click and there is commentary and analysis from bloomberg's experts editors. a new outbreak in hong kong is severely testing the covid zero strategy, with 140 new cases reported sunday, the most in more than a year. for the latest we bring in our chief north asia correspondent, stephen engle, in hong kong. what is the latest situation? stephen: of course, with the city that is adopting this zero covid strategy, it is a big test for this government, obviously as we are seeing in china, which i will get to in a minute. keeping both delta and omicr

the u.s. secretary of state says the federal government is working to identify the illness and who or what might be behind it. the mystery condition has affected about 200 diplomats and their family members since 2016. it's believed the ailment may be caused by what's called a directed energy attack. symptoms include migraines, nausea, memory loss, and dizziness. and it can be so bad, it's forced some victims into early retirement. will begin our discussion in a moment. first, let's take a closer look at how it all started. it's called havana syndrome because the first cases were reported in 2016 by u.s. diplomats in cuba. they started experiencing neurological symptoms, mimicking what happens after a concussion. but they had suffered no head injuries. since then, dozens more cases have been reported by u.s. officials and families around the world, including in russia and in china. a number of canadian diplomatic staff in cuba were also affected. a cia team searching for a cause is focused on

a senior u.s. diplomat says there is every indication that president putin will use military force against ukraine sometime soon. 100,000 soldiers have been a ploy. -- floyd. >> medicals and medicine. reporter: he is getting ready for a war he hos he does not see. he has packed an emergency back to grab and go. a basic survival kit for the worst possible scenario. what does it feel like to be doing this? >> it is unbelievable. i understand that i am leaving now in the 21st century. i am amazed that they should do this. this is what i have to do to keep my family safe. reporter: he things a major escalation is unlikely. he just feels better being prepared. today, the u.s. government advised citizens to leave ukraine. the government calls the warnings alarmist. a few weeks ago, the authorities actually released a map where all the bomb shelters are. thousands of them. 5000, in fact, all over the city. this is one of the official bomb shelters, supposedly. either no one here is expecting more to break

u.s., it is also about rising yields continue to push higher. will we see 1.7% on the 10 year? what is going to be the effect on stocks? tech down by one set -- by 1.7 percent. you had a wave of supply chain issues continue. workers staying home because of omicron. all of that kind of weighing on the tech industry, particularly as yields continue to push higher. you did have jolts. we are seeing heightened turnover. the put rate was at a record high. in the s&p, it is still cyclical value outperforming things like energy, up by a whopping 3%. guy: it is such a narrow market. are we going to see a rotation into other areas? it is one of the key questions for this year. if we do see higher yields, obviously there's going to be acing the content win. in the meantime we have to contend with what is happening with omicron. it is spreading fast. the numbers are absolutely eye watering. in about an hour, british prime minister boris johnson will hold a virtual press conference. we are back to vir

u.s. east coast braces for a powerful winter storm. as much as 10 inches of snow could fall across new york city, while eastern long island in boston could see 18 inches. washington may pick up a few inches this afternoon but it will miss the heart of the storm. the blizzard is expected to intensify so rapidly that it could become a so-called bomb cyclone. global news 24 hours a day, on-air, and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ jon: i'm jon erlichman. welcome to bloomberg markets. matt: i'm matt miller. here are the top stories we are following for you from around the world. stocks rebounding at the end of a wild week in markets. the nasdaq railing as strong earnings put investors fed fears behind them for now. the market may be rebounding but caterpillar plummets as it struggles to stay ahead of increasing costs tied to supply chain pressures. and it is not just company dealing with

can the u.s. do, come on friday and put on the table with its russian counterpart in order to get him to persuade the russian president, because we've seen weeks of discussions and warnings. at this point there is still no concrete agreement between the u.s. and its allies about how to punish russia, demanding guarantees now to not invade. can the u.s. come to geneva and put something solid on the table that would be enough to prevent that? at this point, it doesn't seem so. manus: let's see how the week evolves, we are on tenterhooks, geopolitically speaking, on that upcoming meeting on friday. juliette has the first word news. juliette: boris johnson will face angry lawmakers in parliament during the weekly q&a session on wednesday. it's reported a group of conservative mps gather to discuss the move against johnson after more damaging headlines over breaking lockdown rules at downing street. p.m. johnson: i can't believe that we would have gone ahead with an event that people were saying was ag

the u.s. has half that amount now. would the u.s. consider sending more trainers or advisors or does it believe there are enough there to deter russian aggression? and chairman milley, do you believe that the ukrainian armed forces have taken all of the necessary steps to defend against a large scale russian invasion or do you fear that in their push to not provoke panic, the ukrainian government has not done enough? thank you. sec. austin: thanks, nancy. let me, at the top, thank canada and our other allies for what they continue to do alongside us to support ukraine. i applaud their efforts. and certainly, we have had advisors and trainers there since 2014, as the chairman indicated earlier, and we remain focused on providing all of the assistance, in terms of training and advising, that ukraine feels it needs and we worked that issue with them on a consistent basis. i would also say that it's less about the specific number but more about the capability that you bring and what you're focusing on. and in some cases, it may take seve

but we have a u.s.-e.u. council that met in pittsburgh where technology discussions were a big part of it. same thing with a quoted. we don't have anything like that that i know of with our own hemisphere. and whether that's a missing piece. brazil is pretty technologically advanced country. it's got a lot of things that we probably ought to be talking with them about. would that be a good idea, do you think? >> i think it would be a good idea. and you know, if you don't mind, i would -- talk briefly about one the proximity of this. david, you said back yard. i would like to use neighborhood because neighborhood resonates with our allies and partners in latin america. and they -- the proximity to our homeland here in the united states, folks don't realize how close the south com a.o.r. and all of these 31 countries in the caribbean, central america, south america, i can go to 83% of the countries in the south com a.o.r. in a shorter time distance than it took most of you to come from d.c. here to this forum.

the u.s. stockpiles report is just another sector for the market to be correct on. i think just a drawback. market fundamentals are still presently quite tight. >> ok. let's see whether this pain endures on the downside in the oil market. thank you very much, elizabeth low, on this moment in the oil markets. to the diplomatic efforts of the military effort in ukraine. that continues. antony blinken meetings are gay lavrov in geneva. the u.s. warned the kremlin that an encouraging into ukraine -- incursion into ukraine would cripple the russian economy. that's get to maria tadeo in geneva for this round of talks. the u.s. says there still is a diplomatic root. is that window closing or what is the way forward through diplomacy? >> look, as you said, there is time for a diplomatic solution and there is still time to de-escalate tensions with russia and ukraine. it will depend on their next decisions going next. as you know, russia wants a guarantee that ukraine will never join nato. that vladimi

the u.s. military, as you know, is getting ready for transitioning of u.s. doctrine away from the physical destruction of the enemy's order of battle toward shaping the adversary's behavior and perception, trying to win in the cognitive realm as opposed to annihilation of forces. the u.s. military is transitioning towards this new information form, but i don't see u.s. defensive capabilities getting ready for the risk that adversaries will do onto us as we are preparing to do unto them. and that is crazy, right? given chinese and russian doctrine that i alluded to earlier, it makes no sense to focus only on ongoing coercive -- i'm sorry, ongoing corrosive campaigns and ignore the risk that hybrid warfare techniques, for example, that elisabeth wrote about, so eloquently, might be adapted to very different circumstances of coercing u.s. behavior. mr. ferrari: yes, thank you. i will pick up on the point on how it is affecting the u.s. military. if we were to say couple of years ago that china or russia could reach into the u.s. military and eliminate 5% of the

vonnie: the u.s. says russia must abide after a second round of talks concluded without a clear path forward. washington says moscow gave no commitment to de-escalation during wednesday's meeting. little progress was made in monday's denise -- geneva talks. on thursday, discussions continue, this time with the 57 nations. the international agency says global oil demand has proven resilient. the executive director says strong crew demand is mainly due to milder omicron expectations. he says russia is to blame for europe's energy crunch. saudi arabia's sovereign wealth fund is planning to invest about $10 billion more into stocks this year. sources say the goal is to more than double assets by 2025. we are told the fund is looking to buy global stocks based on a thematic strategy that focuses on areas like e-commerce and renewables. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am vonnie quinn. this is bloo

i think cyberattacks in the u.s. would be at the very far end of what russians are likely to do. >> ukraine is now praising the u.s. response at least today and i'm quoting now, it's the right strategy. there are also some positive signs from talks today between russia, ukraine, germany and france. do you see an off-ramp right now for putin at least potentially? >> well, the ukrainian government is right, and i'm glad they have come to this after a little bit of tweeting back and forth. the biden administration is handling this pretty well. it's a very complicated situation. what you have to try to do is a mixture of deterrence and diplomacy. you have to put up enough muscle so that you show the russians that there are real costs, so you outline ought the costs, and they have to be credible costs. we're not going to be able to stop a russian land invasion of ukraine. the russian army is the largest in europe. you try to make sure the europeans are on board. at the same time, you hold out the prospect of diplomacy. i

u.s. capitol police officer billy evans of a later assault. now i ask all members to rise for a moment of silence in their memory . thank you. pursuant to section 11-b of house resolution 188, the house stands adjourned until 6:30 p.m. on monday, january 10, 2022. >> the librarian of congress will moderate a conversation between authors to give a historical perspective. at two: 30 members of congress will share thoughts about being in the capital during the attack. members of the house and senate gather on the steps of the u.s. capitol for a prayer vigil at 5:30 p.m. eastern live on c-span. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more, including charter communications. >> broadband is a force for empowerment. that is why charter has invested billions building infrastructure, upgrading technology, empowering opportunity in communities big and small. charterer is connecting us. >> charter communications supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, givin

reporter: does the u.s. have any indication that russia would refrain -- which is february 4 through 20. one would argue why would russian president putin want to upset chinese president xi jinping mr. price: as a questions better post to vladimir putin. it is not up to us to try and predict he may or may not do. it is a historical fact as it was alluded to a couple of days ago, betty previous elements game, did not prevent vladimir putin from going into another independent country. all of that said, you will have to ask boudin. reporter: 2008, the chinese leader had a different leader with putin and now that blinken is in power, there is a different relationship with putin. many things have changed. you just said it is now time to panic, is there any indication that diplomacy will fail? that >> wednesday at 4 p.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or for coverage on our new video app c-span now. >> looking for c-span essentials that will keep you warm, go to c-spanshop.org. save on our selection of s

the u.s., nato and ukraine make little progress toward easing tensions. all that and more on tonight's "pbs newshour." ♪ >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by. >> fidelity dedicated advisors are here to help you create a wealth plan, a fax -- a plan with tax sensitive strategies, focused on tomorrow while you focus today. >> johnson & johnson. bnsf railway consumer cellular financial services firm raymond james the kendeda fund carnegie corporation of new york and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting, and from viewers like you. judy: president biden's plan for fighting the pandemic has taken a hit at the u.s. supreme court. he lost in his effort to knock down a challenge to one vaccine mandate today, while winning another. william brangham begins our coverage. william the court ruled that the : biden administration must stop enforcing a rule that employees at big companie

the u.s.. our coanchor has the latest story. what has the u.s. found so far? >> it is still too early to tell what the impact is going to be. you have economists like hsbc flagging the mother of all shocks to supply chains if china extends the bottlenecks further. the biden administration is taking no chances. they are mining contacts in china to get a better gauge on what is going down in the ground -- on the ground and tracking the spread on the mainland. what we are is an early detection system that was put in place at the start when the delta variant emerged last year. it helps in terms of improving the federal government's way of watching where the virus spreads. it's not just information collecting data on airfreight. also when it comes to what private enterprises are seeing on the ground as they talk to suppliers. that information is shared in the system. they get this early detection when there are any potential delays. you have this system in place. we will see what the impact is goin

i'm honored to be joined today by u.s. capitol police sergeant -- sergeant, thank you so much for joining us. before we get started i want to mention tower arctic -- audience that you are joining us in your personal capacity in your carmen -- comments are your own and not on behalf of the capitol police. sergeant, i want to thank you for how you have been open over the past year with us and others about the long journey that it has been for you to recover. you have discussed some of your injuries and even your surgeries you have posted about online. i also know you have that -- have been back at the u.s. capitol and back on patrol. i like to ask you almost a year later, how are you doing on what has been like to be back in the u.s. capitol? sgt. gonell: thank you for having me in let me express one thing, i am back at work, but i am doing duty. this past year has been very difficult. i have been overwhelmed by the amount of physical therapy that i had, painful therapy. sessions trying to help me cope with some of the momen

u.s. and russia in the all-out push to stop an invasion and potential war in ukraine. >>> and the cost of the climate crisis. billion dollar disasters are reaching record levels, and it's not just the price tag. new insight into just how bad climate change is getting. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with rosemary church. >>> good to have you with us. well, a standoff between the city of chicago and its teachers union over covid-19 safety protocols is over. teachers will be back in school in the coming hours, and students will return to in-person learning on wednesday. a week ago, record-high new cases among students and adults led to the union voting to start teaching virtually. the school district responded by canceling classes altogether. more than 340,000 students missed four days of school. the union said the agreement moves toward what teachers have been asking for. it includes the standards for when schools need to be closed. >> there's some really good thi

the u.s -- [inaudible conversations] the u.s. technically, obviously, is a constitutional federal republic. democrats last time they were in the minority, just the last time, used the filibuster the -- 270 times, and one of them was to block a police reform bill put forward by a black republican senator, tim scott, from your state. >> well, you know, you can call it justice act, you can call it anything you want to call it. now, i don't know exactly what was contained in that law, but when you filibuster in order to get time so that people can bring people around to your point of view, that's one thing. but that is still a policy. that's not stopping anybody from voting. that's not a constitutional issue. i have said that the filibuster ought not be applied to constitutional issues like voting. do not allow the filibuster to get in the way of the full faith and credit of the united states of america because it would jeopardize the future of this country -- bret: you could argue that police reform is a constitutional issue. i just

u.s. stocks hate record as 10-year treasury see the trading year since twine as u.s. records a million covid cases in a single day. balancing act opec meets today but the cartel set to announce another boost in output. plus, elizabeth holmes is con convict after defrauding theranos investors. she face 20 years in prison. -- a very good morning, din. we have breaking news coming from my part of the would the uae is set to face a gray listing, dani but the finance watchdogs so this is a breaking news headline for the u.a.e. this isn't going to go down well the u.e.a. is taking the issue seriously, very seriously action top official says. so what you have here, dain is an increased wrist of being play placed in the global watchdog list for companies that will be on oversight for mainlandering and terrorist financing after a recent government push to stamp out ellis it transactions. so this is the red headline that we have here, dain. dani: the um a.e. is the financial hub there. but manus in

and that was that the u.s. attorney there, the top federal prosecutor there, suddenly and unexpectedly resigned. now, this is a man who had been a republican state legislator in georgia. he was a trump appointee serving as u.s. attorney. he was not a particularly high profile guy, certainly not a controversial guy. but this week last year, before the january 6th attack when a lot of people resigned, and even before the january 5th senate elections in georgia, that u.s. attorney in georgia resigned effective immediately, with really no explanation of why. it was talking points memo that was first to report on january 4th that he had unexpectedly quit. this was the headline that day in "the atlanta journal-constitution." u.s. attorney for north georgia abruptly resigns due town foreseen circumstances. through reporting in "the wall street journal and other sources since, through b.j. pak's words, in the year since his surprise resignation as u.s. attorney in georgia, we have learned a little bit about what happen

thousands of u.s. troops on heightened alert. >>> but we do begin tonight with the news on the pandemic. late today, an appeals court judge keeping new york's indoor mask mandate for schools and businesses in place, at least for now. there was a lot of confusion these last 24 hours after another judge tried to halt the masks. there will now be a hearing and it mirrors the debate across this country. and all of it comes as the u.s. is still reporting 664,000 new cases a day. hospitalizations climbing in 13 states. nearly 20,000 covid patients admitted to hospitals every day across this nation. and we are still seeing about 2,000 covid deaths every day. after the supreme court shot down president biden's mandate for large businesses to require workers be vaccinated, the biden administration now officially withdrawing the business mandate today. the white house has said many large businesses have already put in place rules of their own. tonight, pfizer is now launching a human trial of its new vaccine boo

u.s. index underperformance, and a lot of that goes back to the point lisa made about real yields, that real yields did no rise last year. that was a surprise given how strong the recovery was. we think real yields start to rise this year, and the rise is both more pronounced in the u.s., and the u.s. market is more sensitive to it. we do think u.s. earnings will be relatively strong. we think the u.s. economy will be relatively solid. but the evaluations need to come down like they have come down in a lot of other markets, and we think that leads the u.s. to underperform lisa: this is an important distinction. is the underperformance driven by fed policy, or is it driven by margin compression from the inflation we are seeing, from wages and other input costs? andrew: we think it is more by fed policy, or more specifically the market pricing in a more realistic interest rate and realistic discount rate over time. on the margin front, it will definitely impact a lot of individual companies.

the u.s. state department is reducing non-essential personnel at its embassy and ukraine and has ordered family members of diplomats to leave, citing a threat of russian military action. president biden is reportedly now weighing the possibility of sending some up to 5000 u.s. troops to the region and deploying warships and aircraft to nato allies. nato member said they have put forces on standby. the u.s. also sent a new delivery of military equipment to ukraine. this comes after talks between secretary of state antony blinken and his counterpart russian foreign minister sergei lavrov friday failed to make any breakthroughs on the escalating tensions at the russia-ukraine border, where some 100,000 russian troops have been massed. blinken is joining a meeting of european union foreign ministers today over the crisis. in yemen, scores of people are dead after the u.s. deported launched aerial assault. one attack described prison in northern yemen near the saudi border with reports of 82 killed

trump also announced that the u.s. can't accept any asylum seekers or undocumented immigrants at the southern border because, quote, our country is full. third man: so, what have economists learned about the impact of immigration? well, when we talk about the economy as a whole, it's pretty good news. one report found that an extra 1% increase in a country's migrant population adds on an extra 2% gdp per capita in the long term. fourth man: foreign labor, mostly migrant workers, filled more than a quarter million jobs in the u.s. harvest season is here but there are not enough workers. trujillo: during the trump administration, the u.s. government had to spend billions of dollars trying to protect the borders from migrants coming from mexico and central america. but it seems no border can stop the flow of human migration. the reasons are many. but through this journey, we have realized that the lack of opportunities, corrupt governments, and violence are the major factors. to face this problem, the united states and eu

u.s. troops to eastern europe and the nato countries in the near term. >> tensions in eastern europe continue to grow as president biden lays out his plan to reposition u.s. troops, we're live in kyiv and moscow with the latest. >>> plus, millions of americans in the northeast are bracing for a bomb cyclone. dangerous heavy snows and winds. we have the latest from cnn's weather center. >>> and a shot of hope here in the u.s. as daily covid cases and hospitalizations are dropping. we'll look at whether it's time to start easing restrictions. >>> live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. >>> america's top military commanders say the russian troop buildup near ukraine is the largest seen since the cold war and capable of invasion at anytime. video from thursday shows some of the 200 million in the u.s. military equipment and munitions now being flown to ukraine. and even though the u.s. has ruled out sending combat troops to ukraine, pentagon officials any 8500 u.s. for

and we owe great service to the u.s. government, who advocates on behalf of u.s. products in those situations. and so, we work very closely with the defense security contract agency, with the state department to see if we have as industry here in the u.s. has application around the world. >> so, admiral aquilno, i want to drill down a little deeper on aukus. aukus appears to all of us to be a big strategic idea. it's something that had a lot of turn because of french unhappiness initially, but it's a big idea. the nuclear navy has been a jewel of the u.s. navy. our undersea capabilities, it can't be easy to open the aperture to truly take in australian, britain as partners in aukus. i would love to hear, i'm sure the whole audience would love to hear how aukus over time will make life different for indo -- will be done differently and also, your first thoughts about how china is going to react to this new extension of the area where we have extraordinary, really unmatched capability, undersea warfare? >> how will the chinese react to that? >> thanks, david. let me

the u.s.. you can watch these events live at c-span.org or on the go with c-span now, our free video app. >> now, the special inspector general for afghan reconstruction, john sopko, on the situation in the country. topics include the humanitarian crisis and the treatment of women and girls. the atlantic council hosts this 90-minute event. >> thank you for joining us. on behalf of my colleagues at the south asia center and atlantic council, i welcome you to this very important conversation on afghanistan with inspector general john sopko, who has been shepherding the u.s. review of its reconstruction efforts in afghanistan. since he was appointed by president obama in 2012, he has carved out a special place for himself in washington as its official truth teller on afghanistan. he brings to this job 30 years of official experience, looking at projects, working on the hill, working in government. we are going to him to give us ideas on the future and how to protect the economy. we know 146 billi

from the u.s. perspective, perverse corporate tax incentives have caused some companies to shift real economic activity beyond our borders, further contracting supply and reducing our nation's productive capacity. this past summer, in a remarkable testament to the power of u.s. leadership and multilateralism, 137 countries representing nearly 95% of the world's gdp have agreed to rewrite the international tax rules to impose a global minimum tax on corporate foreign earnings. this historic global tax deal will end this race to the bottom by ensuring that profitable corporations pay their fair share, providing governments with resources to invest in their people and economies. at the same time, it will level the playing field so that all multinational companies will face a minimum tax on their foreign earnings, rather than just u.s. companies. this new system will improve productivity by incentivizing businesses to allocate capital to its most productive use, rather than to the use that produces tha

the u.s. and its allies might respond in order to de-escalate tensions. that's followed by the small business administration's inspector general testifying about challenges facing the agency. later president biden talks about efforts to reduce inflation. announcer: at the pentagon, the press secretary announced that 8500 u.s. troops are now on heightened preparedness to deploy in light of escalating tensions between the ukraine and russia. he answered reporters' questions for nearly 45 minutes. >> good afternoon, everybody. just one thing here at the top, as you are all aware, the united states is deeply concerned about the current situation in europe. we remain keenly focused on russia's unusual military activities near the ukrainian border, including in belarus. and consulting extensively with our transatlantic allies and partners. the department continues to support diplomatic efforts to de-escalate the situation. now, as the president has said, even as we continue to prioritize diplomacy a

it's going to u.s. nato allies to shore them up in the case of future threats against them. >> this was part of your reporting as well. in response you have the prime minister of estonia saying she would like to see u.s. troop presence there permanently, clearly this having a major impact. on the stock market as well, the russian stock market experiencing another major selloff. let's go to moscow where nic robertson is there. 20 russian navy vessels have set out into the baltic sea for drills, this as the kremlin is expecting to get wrat ten response to its demands not only from the u.s. this week, but also from nato. >> yeah. the kremlin spokesman said that the secretary-general at nato had given russia his word that there had been a written response. russia sent these, what they call security proposals, but are in fact demands, sent in a separate letter to the united states and a separate letter to nato. they'll be getting a response in pretty short order. they know what that response is likely to be.

>> the u.s. says there has been no breakthrough in high-stakes talk with russia on the crisis in ukraine. ♪ >> you're watching al jazeera. also coming on, the russian president claims victory in another theater attention with the west. vladimir putin says moscow's intervention arted a revolt in kazakhstan. the u.s. acts -- hours before he takes office for a fourth term. a big leap in treating heart elements. a man in the u.s. becomes the first in the world to get a transplant from a genetically modified big -- pig. ♪ >> hello. u.s. and russian diplomats have wrapped up the first meetings aimed at de-escalating the tension on ukraine's border. moscow has spent the last few months gathering forces, raising fears about invasion. moscow guarantees that nato -- moscow wants guarantees that nato will not accept new members and ukraine will not be able to drip -- join the new alliance. >> it is an achievement of sorts that talks between russia and the u.s. did not end in failure. while russia insist

the u.s. -- for diplomacy to continue. the u.s. would put forth ideas next week and both sides will meet. these are turbulent times. but for now, russia appears willing to continue talking and western diplomats hope that might mean not fighting. bbc news, geneva. nada: turning out to afghanistan , there are growing concerns for women who have been protesting the erosion of their rights under the taliban. at least two demonstrators were reported abducted in late-night raids. other women who took part in that same protest have said they are in hiding. the taliban denies it is behind the abductions. our correspondent quentin sommerville sent us the report from kabul -- this report from kabul. quentin: in body and spirit, afghan women are under attack from the taliban. here fighting for the righto work much education, they are pepper sprayed -- work, for education, they are pepper sprayed by taliban fighters. women have value, they shout. it takes raw courage to stand up to armed men. please help, the taliban have come to my house. my

u.s. invades -- if -- says the west is on the same page concerning russian aggression. >> if any russian military forces move across the ukrainian border and commit new acts of aggression against ukraine, that will be met with a swift, severe, united response from the united states and our allies and partners. >> also coming up tonight, serious accusation against former pope benedict the 16th during his time as german archbishop. did he know that children were being sexually abused and choose to look the other way? plus, record inflation in turkey that's out of control. shops are hiking their prices almost daily. is the government there making things better or worse? plus, flying into the record books. a 19-year-old becomes the youngest woman to fly solo around the globe. what propelled her to make the record-setting journey. ♪ i'm brent goff. to our viewers watching on pbs in the u.s. until all of your around the world, good to have you. america's top diplomat is in berlin to clean up a

the u.s. declined. this is something that you have been focused on. given where we are, we thought it was important to delve into a lot of detail with ron about these issues. let's go with a little history before we get to today. there has been a lot of reporting and israel, here in the u.s., that given where the state of iranian nuclear escalation is, a number are claiming that it was a mistake for president trump to withdraw from the jcpoa a few years ago -- and this is something when you were ambassador, this was prime minister netanyahu's priorities, to persuade the u.s. to do that. why don't we address that issue and then we can move up to today. ron: sure. thank you. welcome to everyone on the call. when i was ambassador at the time, i said that president trump's decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal with iran was the single most important decision that any president has made for israel's national security, and i still stand by that. i think it was a critical decision for israel. it

if in the u.s. we expect the fed to tighten, even if we see a higher long-term, we see some kind of flattening of the curve. that is not the story and europe . with the ecb staying muted this year, with the ecb starting to reduce quantitative easing, we should see a steepening of the curve first, and this is quite positive for european financials. guy: it will be interesting to see whether the fed allows this flat curve to persist. roland, stick around. roland kaloyan of socgen sticking with us. i want to talk about what is happening with the auto sector. we had some very dismal data once again from the auto sector in europe. we will discuss with roland next. this is bloomberg. ♪ guy: auto sales in europe plunging 22% last month. let's talk about what is really happening. craig trudell, bloomberg global car reporter, joining us now to discuss this. when i look at volumes, the numbers are horrible. there was a real issue in terms of the availability of new cars, particularly at the volume end of th

the u.s. boor ambassador to moscow said the actions say something else. >> if i say i come in peace and put a gun on the table, that's threatening. that's what we see now. >> reporter: what comes next? the diplomatic efforts continue. the u.s. expects to hear back from moscow on a written response on their security priorities but we did see a preview of what they think today. russian foreign minister lavrov saying the u.s. response is full of itself and feels embarrassed for the people that wrote it. wolf? >> thank you. let's go live to ukraine right now. sam kylie is on the ground for us. as president biden plans to move troops to eastern europe the ukrainian president publicly pushing back on the threat. what is the message? the ukrainian president zelensky. what's the message for president biden? >> reporter: i think he sounds a little childish in many ways particularly the over $600 million worth of aid to the country of ukraine over the last year. 200 million announced. large numbers of w

the statement said that the u.s. -- if the u.s. adopts such a confrontational stance north carolina will be forced to take stronger and certain reactions to it essentially suggesting that the missile test was carried out to protest the sanctions. now to this point the biden administration has taken a more subdued approach to dealing with north carolina and according to analysts, north carolina is pretty low on the biden administration's list of priorities. that's no secret to north carolina -- north korea. and they're trying to draw attention to themselves with the recent missile launches. >> blake for us in tokyo. thank you very much. >>> now as mentioned, this is the fourth time that -- this month in fact north korea has tested missiles. we spoke with the former cia deputy chief of korea. he said frequent launches this time of year are significant. listen. >> it's unusual that they're doing so many in january because usually they don't do missile testing during the winter. they're upping the game on expanding and refining their m

what's more, u.s. immigration officials say he is in the country illegal and he has a pretty lengthy criminal rap sheet dating back to the early 1990s. here is the houston police chief just hours before three of his officers would come under attack. listen. >> no one can speak to shear evilness, evilness. how can a human being do that to another human being, especially somebody who is serving. and it's just hard to accept. but right now justice is going to be served. >> really feel the emotion there. right now the vicious cycle has started all over again. as you look live again in houston, texas, where once again we are following this breaking news at this hour three police officers shot this afternoon while doing their jobs. the good news they are in stable condition. they are in an area hospital. we will stay on top of this, of course, and keep you posted. bring you any information if a press conference comes up. anything like that. bret? >> bret: okay. standoff right now. casey stegall we will head

u.s. demo -- u.s. dollar pummels the ruble. breaking the inflation psyche. kkr says the fed needs to act asap to help knock down inflation, and that selloffs could be a good thing. we will speak later on in this hour. from new york, i'm alix steel, with my cohost in london, guy johnson. this is "bloomberg markets." we got the pmi's pointing to a pretty good slowdown in january. guy: you saw the same thing in europe, mainly on the services side. you are seeing the omicron impact. industrials are baby starting to see some evidence that supply chains are easing, but the story is what is happening with these markets. the move is absolutely incredible. year to date, the nasdaq is now down by 14%. the s&p is in correction or very nearly. european markets, the dax is down 3.5%. i am really struggling at the moment with what we are signaling in these markets. are we talking about just dealing with inflation, the fed coming in and dealing with that? or are we talking about a recession? because you look at certain market signals today, and that seems to be the narrati

u.s. russian and ukrainian diplomats come face-to-face as russia shows no signs of backing down from an invasion of ukraine. the u.n. security council meeting is a diplomatic off-ramp for russia should they want to take one, but this morning, the kremlin is accusing washington of stoking, quote, hysteria, all of this as the u.s. said it identified several russian elites who could face sanctions if russian president vladimir putin moves forward with an invasion. >> we'll have much more on our lead story in just a moment, plus this. there are new details on just how close then vice president-elect kamala harris came to a pipe bomb planted at the headquarters in washington. multiple sources say on january 6th, harris was inside the dnc for nearly two hours before that bomb was detected. we do begin this morning with that emergency meeting at the united nations. kylie atwood, cnn international correspondent, there this morning. listen, it's the u.n. two permanent members of the u.n. security c

this planter factories in the u.s.. join bloomberg from the conference where the company is introducing five new electric u.s. -- electric suv models. cries we are coming up with the pricing for the midsize suv. we are announcing all the benefits that have come with it. we are announcing that we are going to go full electric at the end of this year. a lot of exciting announcements today. >> can you tell us the pricing yet? i ask because it is getting to be a crowded market at some point. you have hundreds of billions of dollars being thrown at the big automakers in the letter vehicle space. can you compete on price? where do you fit in the ev price spectrum question mark -- spectrum? correct we are here to make decisions for the consumer. it is from electric vehicle to electric vehicle. for the midsize suv, the pricing would be around $40,000 to $60,000 depending on the product. depending on the variant. and another thing is we are making it easier for internal combustion engine users to switch to a better vehicles by m

reporter: the u.s. presents a certain response to russia next week is it willing to offer something that goes beyond what's been stated particularly when it comes to russia's ban on future nato expansion? jen: we'll put in writing the surgeon we and other allies have about russia's actions as well as for ideas about how to strengthen each other's sense of security going forward. there are several steps we can take that are being discussed. all of us, russia included, to increase transparency, to build trust, we are coordinating with our allies and partners and anticipate that secretary blinken and prime minister lab ruff will -- labruv will be meeting again. as secretary blinken said today he made clear to foreign minister labruv that there are certain issues and fundamental principles the u.s. and our allies are going to defend, including the right of the ukrainian people to rate their own future. we've said there are certain proposals that will not be viable. we will of course be responding as you not

the u.s. in calornia and utah. we understand tonga has strong ties to thehurch of the latter-day saints. tonga, is proportionate to its size, has been a strategic partner, supporting our coalition efforts in iraq and afghanistan, consistently voting with the united states at the united nations. this points to an important role that the united states can play with australia, the u.k., new zealand and other pacific island countries addressing this problem. the most important thing is that the tongan people have to be supported through a combination of civilian agencies, u.s. military, as well as civil society. laura: thanksnow to the investio the hostagetaking at a synagogue in texas, which is now a transatlantic one. in the u.k., two teenagers have been arrested in manchester. the attacker was shot dead by police after a 10 hour standoff. he had taken four people hostage, including a rabbi. ed thomas now reports. ed: what made him leave blkburn, the place he called home, to travel to texas, are

also u.s. citizen and ukraine should begin deporting now using the available options, all comes on the backdrop of a major russian escalation on the borders that sparked fears of an invasion. the department saying that in their explanation, the move is coming because there are reports that russia is planning significant military action against ukraine and the security conditions, particularly around ukraine's borders in russia-occupied crimea and east ukraine are unpredictable and can deteriorate with little notice and when things turn violent at times regular have happened in ukraine along, in kiev. also requested the state department authorize departure of nonessential state and families and told cnn as well, already informed ukraine last week it's likely to start those evacuations early last week, president zelensky told blinken if the u.s. took a dramatic is step it 0 would be rovreover reaction, saying the safety and personnel of the embassies is their priority and the threats from ukraine

the u.s. acts on several fronts with ramifications. >> evacuations of u.s. diplomats' families and non-essential workers in kiev begins as early as today. experts tell us the move says something about what the u.s. is thinking about a possible russian invasion. >> signals to me the threat to ukraine is real. it is immediate and there is also a realistic possibility now a russian offensive could target kiev. >> the u.k. and australia, bill, also withdrawing some of its diplomats and families. the government here saying those moves are premature but as we speak, there is an emergency session of the ukraine president and his cabinet to talk about it all. >> bill: thank you on the ground there in ukraine. >> dana: let's bring in marc thiessen fox news contributor. one poll that we put out yesterday. how do you approve of joe biden's performance on foreign policy? 41% said they approved. a lot of reasons for it. i know this region of the world, marc, you are well steeped in its history and pay a lot of attention to it. one of the things i would ask you to assess

is u.s. is now averaging more than 394,000 new cases a day, the fifth day in a row a new high was set. now, most states, the ones you see there in dark red, have seen daily case counts rise by 50% or more in the last week. now, so far, thankfully, hospitalizations and deaths are lower than the peaks we saw in 2021, but unfortunately that doesn't mean the danger is over here. the cdc estimates more than 44,000 people could die from covid-19 in the next four weeks. meantime, millions of children are headed back to the classroom on monday. it comes as a record number of children are at this hour hospitalized with covid-19. and some school districts are announcing at least a partial transition to online learning. and that's the approach several school districts here in georgia are taking. cnn's nadia romero has the latest. >> reporter: the dramatic rise in pediatric cases for covid-19, cases and hospitalizations, is forcing some school districts to go back to remote learning. and we're seeing tha