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Sort of false sense of security i think a lot of people achieved around nuclear weapons at the end of the cold war because people felt like theyve been taken off hair trigger alert. and i envision it will be a much more front of mind political issue in the years to come. >> yeah. i think if you remember in the 1980s, there was another spate of nuclear terror both on the ground with the nuclear freeze movement and in popular culture with the day after and war games and this burst of nuclear armag...

About in music. worst news, the spate of sudden passings including the always ground breaking david bowie, eagles glenn frey, earth wind and fires maurice white, merle haggard ♪ nothing on my tongue but hallelujah ♪ >> when i heard leonard cohen died i was sad. >> and of course there was the legendary prince. ♪ purple rain >> his unexpected loss triggered an out pouring of emotional tributes. a tweet from adam mckay summed it up best. it is prince, it is like hearing the grand canyon died....

Stated policy of the incoming president that we should have more nuclear weapons, we should have a "nuclear arms race." and its a reminder to me of the sort of false sense of security people achieved arod nuclear weapons at the end of the cold war because people felt like theyd been headachen off hair-trigger alert and i imagine it will be much more front-of-mind political issue in the years to come. >> if you remember in the 1980s, there was another spate of nuclear terror both on the ground wi...

♪ changes >> there was, however, plenty to be sad about in music. worst news, the spate of sudden passings, including the always groundbreaking david bowie, the eagles glenn frye, earth, wind, and fires maurice white, meryl -- merle haggard. leon russell. ♪ nothing on my tongue but hallelujah ♪ >> when i heard leonard cohen died, i was just sad. ♪ >> and, of course, there was the legendary prince. ♪ purple rain >> his unexpected loss triggered an outpouring of emotional tributes, a twe...

Its overwhelming. like, they dont let sad people on white pop stations anymore. you know what im saying? ♪ changes >> there was, however, plenty to be sad about in music. worst news, the spate of sudden passings, including the always groundbreaking david bowie, the eagles glenn frye, earth, wind, and fires white, meryl russell. ♪ nothing on my tongue but hallelujah ♪ >> when i heard leonard cohen died, i was just sad. >> and, of course, there was the legendary prince. ♪ purple rain >> hi...

Then reported to mika brzezinski stated policy of the incoming president that we should have a, quote, nuclear arms race. and its a reminder to me of the sort of false sense of security i think a lot of people achieved around nuclear weapons at the end of the cold war because people felt like theyve been taken off hair trigger alert. and i envision it will be a much more front of mind political issue in the years to come. >> yeah. i think if you remember in the 1980s, there was another spate of ...

>> reporter: we begin our top ten with brazil, a country whose roller coaster of scandals and triumphs made news the world over. a mosquito-bourn zika virus outbreak leading to a spate of birth defects. >> brazil is losing the battle against this virus. >> reporter: then a political crisis that rocked the powers of corridor. >> the senate removed dilma rousseff as president. >> reporter: all this a backdrop to brazils moment in the sun. >> the whole world will be watching brazil as it hosts the ...

>> spain is a beautiful country. were not even eating yet and its good. its like a -- >> pate. >> oh, sweet. want mas. that is like the best thing in the world. >> you want to eat this? the whole thing? >> this? yeah. chocolate. this is the chocolate of the gods. some grilled octopus and sea bream and some nice pork tenderloin and my personal favorite, a particularly delicious morcilla, fresh blood sausage. yes? i feel some duende coming on. i can just squeeze the -- im telling you. sexual metap...

Sending all our love to carrie fisher. clarissa ward has a look at the top ten international stories of 2016. take a look. we begin our top ten with brazil, the country whose roller coaster of scandals and triumphs made news the world over. a mosquito-born zika virus outbreak, leading to a spate of birth defects. then a political crisis that rocked the corridors of power. >> the senate removed dilma rousseff as president. >> all this a backdrop to brazils moment in the sun. >> the whole wo...

Though. >> right. keep in mind that social and ethnic tensions in germany are tense and running high ever since angela merkel allowed in over 1 million syrian refugees. there is a concern that it created polarization in the country. groups like isis have tried to exploit the tensions. there will be an election next year in germany which will be a referendum if germany continues to support angela merkel. there has been a spate of plots in germany this year where you had refugees carrying attacks ...