A quiet christmas in bethlehem, as pilgrims are told to stay away from the celebrations. Hello and welcome. 4. 5 years after britain voted to leave the eu, a post brexit trade deal has finally been agreed. The uk Prime Minister, borisjohnson, said britain had achieved a 660 billion pound per year trade agreement which would protectjobs. But the Opposition Labour Party, said the deal was thin and didnt protect workers. Our political editor, laura kuenssberg, reports. Time is finally up. A deal at last agreed that number ten believes will pull power back to this building from brussels. A vast trade and security agreement, the Prime Minister and brexiteers promised. Until a matter of hours ago, it wasnt guaranteed, but look, the optimist really did have something to cheer. His ubiquitous thumbs up, achievement, relief written all over his face. Im very pleased to tell you this afternoon that we have completed the biggest trade deal yet, worth £660 billion a year, a comprehensive ca nada
New report says while russia may claim its war machine isnt in motion the propaganda war machine definitely is. Good afternoon, im jake tapper. Welcome to the lead. The world lead. A very rough, scaled down way of looking at the task before the bluefin21. Imagine, if you would, if new york central park was under water and it was pitch black, and you had to search every bit of it, 2 1 2 miles long, a half mile wide, and all you had was a single mag light, that is the challenge before the searchers, as they use the u. S. Navys unmanned robotic mini sub to search for flight 370, which disappeared 41 days ago now, with 239 people on board. The bluefin21 is on its third mission, the map of the search area, miles under water, after technical issues forced the first two missions to end early. Last dive cut short when the oil that protects the bluefins electronics ran low. In fact, technical issues abound all across the board in this investigation, from the deep of the indian ocean to the brie
Returns first . And after last weeks paris terror attack, trumpaid whoever is toues on radical islam could win the French Election and now some in Law Enforcement say the comments linking islam and terror attacks may be inspiring extremist groups and scaring muslimamericans from cooperating with police. Three months after leaving the white house, barack obama returns to public life on monday. Should obama fire back . To voice your opinions, just grab your phone or grab your laptop and you log on to pulse. Msnbc. Com america where you can participate by selecting a response. You can vote as our as you like throughout todays show. We hope to hear from you. But first, happening now, out of north korea where a third u. S. Citizen has been detained. And this comes amid rising tensions between north korea and the u. S. Kim jong un has been warned not to conduct a sixth nuclear test based on an agreement with the United Nations. A leader that he ignores. Now in response, the u. S. Sent the us
United states and around the world. Im george howell. Im natalie allen. Cnn newsroom starts right now. Historic voting in france has been under way for about three hours now as the country begins the process of picking a new president. With 11 diverse candidates in the race, including this one right here, Marine Le Pen, voters have plenty of choices. Someone who has already voted right here is Emmanuel Macron. Hes a centrist and relative newcomer to french politics, but its unlikely any of the candidates will get the 50 needed to avoid a runoff. The final outcome has the potential to transform the Political Landscape in europe and beyond. More than 45 million voters are expected to cast ballots by the time that the polls close. Cnn is live in paris. Melissa bell following the situation there at a polling station in the 18th. Were looking at these live images. Presently 5 01 a. M. Here in the United States. 11 02 in paris. Marine le pen there casting her ballot. Tell us about the feelin
Continue to build. The u. S. Warned kim jong un to stop Testing Nuclear weapons and that is based on the agreement with the united nations. Hes so far refusing to do so and in response the u. S. Sent the uss carl vinson. An Aircraft Carrier to the region up. Today north korea fired back with a new verbal threat. Nbcs Kelly Cobiella is in seoul, south korea, with more on this. Give us the breakdown of the breaking news on the detained american. Reporter well, thomas, most of this information is coming from the Yonhap News Agency here in south korea. Theyre identifying this man only by his last name kim. They say hes in his 50ss. That he was in north korea for about a month. Working doing some relief for aid work. And that he was arrested on friday at Pyongyang International airport as he was trying to leave the country. Now, no governments have confirmed this yet. Nothing from the state department or officials here in south korea. But the Associated Press is reporting that the Swedish E