A man to protect the country from that manifest. Thanks its absolutely true that were very very fortunate and of course ill try and approach it that way these Text Messages proved that both struck and page were biased in favor of hillary and the messages even hint at some nefarious political activity so when they wanted to dig deeper it turned out the rest of their conversation had disappeared the f. B. I. Ascribed the dates lost to misconfiguration issues related to rollouts provisioning and so for upgrades the conflicts with the f. B. I. s collection capabilities but lets look at the time frame of these Text Messages december fourteenth twenty sixteenth roommates seventeen twenty seventy and when did mullers investigation into prussian blue should start oh look may seventeenth twenty seventeen surprisingly convenient the timing is just too coincidental seems that they were trying to plant the evidence somehow as an insurance policy thinking that trump had no way of getting elected and then when he did scrambling in order to try to stop the election or to create the necessity of an impeachment of trump they were conspiring inside the f. B. I. To figure out how to catch trump on some sort of you know criminal activity having a russian connection russian Money Laundering being involved with putin in the in the russian trump collusion of which they provided zero evidence. The disappearance of crucial data is not uncommon in the u. S. Intelligence community the n. S. A. Recently revealed it accidentally erased surveillance information to simply free up space on its hard drives the data was related to the president ial Surveillance Program or p. S. P. Which included warrantless wiretapping during george w. Bushs time in office the n. S. A. Was ordered to preserve the information by a court as it was deemed important to a number of pending lawsuits the b. S. P. Internet content that matched great cheerier that were broadly used to delete dead of a certain type in response to Mission Requirements to free up space and improve the formants of the backup system the n. S. A. Has no reason to believe at this time that the continent data was specifically targeted for deletion. Russias defense minister has revealed that moscow is in talks with several nations over the purchase of a state of the art Russian MissileDefense System arties has more details. Internationally it is described as one of the best air Defense Systems in the world with a range of about four hundred kilometers and the ability to hit as many as eighty targets at the same time traveling at a speed of up to five kilometers a second i was going to say our but no second and perhaps thats what explains the demand also russia is using the ask for a hundred in syria words job is to act as a shield for the Russian Army Units in the country so lets take a look at the system in action. It tell me which nations are interested in the russian armys top man didnt specify although he mentioned the regions some countries in the middle east and also in Southeast Asia that wasnt the only so to say teaser that came from the Russian Defense minister what he said was that whenever hes in talks with the other army bosses from the other countries there is always some discussion about potential contracts to buy some of russias best defense tech so if we are to believe him soon we are meant to find out whos next to get the f. Four hundred mention the word next not must mean that russia has already sold some of these Defense Systems well for example turkey has already god a contract. Tell you what when these papers were of saw and it was big news this is what adds the spice to the story think about it turkey is a nato member and a key ally of the u. S. In the region and it chooses russian made air Defense Systems to keep their skies safe someone else whos military my is all but dependent on america and saudi arabia and a few months ago the saudis and the russians agreed on a deal to purchase the system as well china is getting it india too so lets see if the next customer proves to be a surprise. Jameys head of apple and has witnessed a month between its tensions minute into Northern Syria will have all the details after this break. All see we have a great team we need to strengthen before the freefall. And youre better than a legend to keep it so its at the back. In one thousand nine hundred two that my qualify for the european championships at the very last moment no one believed in us but we won and im hoping to bring some of that winning spirit to the r. C. T. Recently ive had a lot of practice so i can guarantee you that Peter Schmeichel will be on the best fall since my last will call him in that three. Thousand old euro zone t. V. Russia. Fly strike strike left left left more or less ok stop thats really good. Welcome back to the program turkeys continued military campaign against the kurdish militias in Northern Syria is causing tensions to flash as far afield as germany on tuesday pro kurdish activists protesting next to the Turkish Airlines task at hand of fraport and up clashing with turkish passengers almost two hundred people were involved in the poll which was broken up by police using pepper spray. Ankara began its latest military operation against the Syrian Kurdish fighters at the end of last week it used them as terrorist and is concerned about the growing consolidation of power in Northern Syria a political commentator adel darwish told us that washington must take a clear position on the hostilities and help the two sides work towards a solution because with lying to themselves probably against the likes of you as we have see the awful lets see is from frankfurt and probably other places it could actually spill over and affect europe figure people with big far away its very very hard actually to the American Foreign policy at the moment first the americans have to explain to their allies of the old world what is there is to raji and good policy on the situation. Do the world actually to have a peaceful settlement in syria and keep the. The political integrity of syria as a nation is did as does one of a number to do the actually want to end the conflict and see peaceable. One of the largest consulting firms in the world ernst and young has been accused of multiple illegal dealings a former employee who says he was fired for revealing the allegations disclosed that the accounting giant is involved in bribery Money Laundering and the cover up of illicit gold purchases from conflict zones igor if you donna has the details. The story hidden in the court papers filed by this auditor against his ex bosses could be one of the grandest smuggling scams greed Money Laundering and back door dealings measured in billions of dollars. Is accusing one of the worlds biggest audit ing firms of covering up the tracks over dubai Precious Metals megacorp act one. Ernst and young for an audit inspectors come to dubai and the first thing they see is a pile of moroccan gold buyers casually bundled up on a desk stacks of gold at a Gold Refinery could be business as usual except these bars are literally painted silver in order to sneak them into dubai four to five tons of gold gold bars coated silver smuggled old to more cool arriving in dubai declared as gold when the team found the discussed it with with colucci the admitted this is the way of doing business with the with these moral consult lawyers inspectors do some more digging and what they reveal brings us to act two some of the precious metal in colossus coffers could be blood gold shuffling through papers auditors discover the refinery was more than happy to shake hands with small Mining Operations in sudan and the democratic republic of congo apparently colossi asked for no licenses offering cash in hand in exchange for gold proceeds from surge sales in conflict torn countries are known to directly fuel gang wars which are responsible for hundreds of civilian deaths soldiers naam Group Leaders see in control of the gold mines as a way to money guns and power for forty two of the ruthlessly of them targeting civilians in the process so ernst and young employees calm through colossus cash transactions thats when we get to act three apparently the company deals in cash almost as much as in conventional bank transfers. That billions of dollars go into a legal black hole impossible to trace so the auditors diligently record every failure of the dubai giant but theres no pat on the back for them from the boss we requested a meeting with the babies to get it or when they realized that were not going to alter our findings or change them they went ahead and. Changed their ongoing lines in such a way that our findings and all for their conclusions will not be made public ernst and young have denied allegations they were in cahoots with the group the dubai refinery is still in business saying theres been no Material Impact on their ability to operate or trade im just rehired the man who led the team and expose the alleged wrongdoings says the audit in giant branded him a troublemaker and sacked him so is blowing the whistle a noble thing or just a falls here and in this saga its left up to the court. R. T. It turns out a north korean pop star who has thought to have been next executed is now going to lead her countrys delegation and the upcoming Winter Olympics and its not the first time theres been confusion at the well being of high profile figures from that part of the world. So. Lets. Say about the round up of our top stories dont forget to check us out on social media on twitter you tube on our website thats called ill be back at the top of the hour with all of the latest news so you stay with us. But for many years so i know the game and so i got. The ball isnt only about what happens on the pitch for the fun of school its about the passion from the fans its the age of the super money billionaire owners spend spend. So you didnt twenty million on one player. Its an experience like no one else on to because i want to share what i think what i know about the beautiful guy my great so will more transfer. And thinks this minute. 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Coming up well take stock of equities get it sorry probably too soon we move fast around here well take stock of equities then after a listen to our mo of stocks to do an analysis of some Key Companies and analyze their Performance Plus holland cook of the big picture tells us why baby boomers might be the most money consequential generation out there and we go to miami for the north american bit point conference and then talk to Jeffrey Tucker of the American Institute for Economic Research whos there for the conference but first lets get to a couple stories topping todays business and financial headlines Net Neutrality the principle that internet providers like comcast and others and local internet and Television Service providers must treat all data on the internet the same and not discriminate or levy divergent fees by user content website platform or the app use that Service Providers business not discriminate that principle was overturned by the f. C. C. The federal Communications Commission on a three to two Party Line Vote in december well now democrat senators say they hold more than fifty sen votes in an attempt to challenge the repeal of Net Neutrality that means they have picked up at least one possibly a few republican votes this news represents a small glimmer of hope about the future fate of Net Neutrality and the fairness principle of access to well knowledge without Net Neutrality we have a century created a closed and captive media caste system where knowledge is basically being rationed according to a Pew Research Study last year those who live in rural areas are about. Twice as likely not to even use the internet as urban or suburban americans which have more choices for news and information and faster connection speeds the debate about the debate will continue and well see if those more than fifty plus senators might get a vote to overturn the recent f. C. C. Net neutrality pullback. The news this morning is that i. B. M. International business sheens has reported higher revenue numbers for the first time in nearly two years and expects continued growth this year on the other side of the spectrum amex American Express saw the first quarterly loss since get this one thousand nine hundred two amex c. E. O. Kenneth chenault all says it was do like other companies weve discussed in recent recent days on this program due to the tax bill passed at the end of last year well other stocks are making major moves this year lets bring into the ever vested ballista arvo of stocks which you usually tells us about retail numbers but she looks at stocks every day so its great to have you with us on this comment on this topic you want to comment on the i. B. M. And the amex numbers. Well the sand bar good to see you and yes well i mean i was very interesting because the stock has not made brand new all time highs since two thousand and thirteen and here we are in two thousand and eighteen so to have an earnings miss like this as far as the stocks reaction like you said they had some good news in the report but their reaction was negative because the night before the earnings the stock was around one sixty nine and that a gap down in the morning and the premarket around one sixty four and fell on the day so i just think that investors didnt see what they wanted to see with i. B. M. And its really been lagging and its had a hard time competing with the likes of microsoft which has been performing extremely well in this bullish market and how about apple stock you know they made that major announcement yesterday that they had a pullback and they were going to supposedly create all these jobs in the u. S. Although some of those they were to create anymore their stock is near an all time high these days isnt it. Yes actually i thought it over one hundred eighty which is big news for the stock were really getting closer and closer to that two hundred level which is i think what investors are looking for awful has earnings out february first so thats going to be a thats the biggest actually earnings night of the c. S. And google amazon and apple all report february first after the bell so thats going to be a big night and investors are waiting for that but ill tell you it i generate tank fortune came out and apple was announced at the top of their list for the worlds most admired companies so apple is still up there and you mentioned about them creating these jobs the big news today was that there repatriating two hundred fifty billion dollars of their overseas assets into the u. S. Because of this new tax reform and that is huge not only is it huge for apple in the growth theyre going to see and the u. S. With that money coming back its also huge because the government is going to get some of that money taxed over thirty billion dollars and thats all going to go into the u. S. Treasury now in fairness i mean their business theyre not philanthropist there dude making this move because you know the Corporate Tax rate was thirty eight percent it went down to twenty one but that repatriation fee is only fifteen point five percent so while they are going to pay all this money as you say melissa theyre actually saving fifty billion buckaroos so its also a big money decision for them now we talk about but what about google and alphabet for example how are they doing they were killers last year they still going strong. Google still stronger than ever again made new highs with the market in the last calendar year as many times almost as a market did but i will tell you the biggest strongest stock on the market is still the beast of amazon it seems like that is headed right to fifteen hundred if it has a good Quarterly Earnings by anybody you know said head over Thirteen Hundred one over thirteen twenty five i think theres huge expectations for that whole sector attack of this year of two thousand and eighteen that a big year two thousand and seventeen is a lot of expectations out for that sector to continue the growth this year particularly with the savings again with tax reform all these corporations are going to benefit from that and amazon just continues to expand and expand and expand although you mentioned about apple being a company for profit which of course they are they still did not have to bring all that money back to the usa because theyre going to be taxed on it which if they keep it outside of the u. S. They wouldnt be taxed on it so they still did not have to make a move like that its probably my you know inquisitive and doubting former regulator mind at work melissa i just i see all these companies and we need them and they provide the economic engine to our democracy but when they make claims like we saw you know with with walmart that theyre going to raise prices and then theyre going to under their breath were closing sixty sam stores i just get worried apple is already going to spend several weeks ago sixteen billion dollars in the u. S. In a single year so for them to say theyre going to spend thirty billion over five years