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the world's worst human rights violators? >> china has serious human rights violations relative to categorizing it against other nations i would have to have more information. but they certainly have serious human rights violations. >> well, since president rodrigo duterte, "the los angeles times" reports 500 people have been killed. is-n your view s this the way to conduct an anti-drug campaign? >> senator, the u.s. and people of the philippines have a long-standing friendship. i think it's important we keep that in perspective in engaging with the government of the philippines, that that long-standing friendship, and they have been an ally and we need to ensure they stay an ally. >> that's correct, mr mr. tillerson. but my question is about the 6200 people killed in these alleged drug raids. do you believe that that is an
break, katy tur will be here. >> can it be effective. looking at your other options as well. i'm not dismisses ive of the sanctions -- >> you characterized the obama administration as weakness but you're saying you wouldn't necessarily do anything different? >> in that instance, i would have done something different. >> military force? >> show force at the border of the country that already had territy taken from them. >> american military? >> no, ukrainian military force supported by the u.s. providing them with capable defensive weapons. if that's not seen across the border, then it's not a show of force. >> switching gears now. this value of american value of transparency, correct? >> yes. >> and accountability in government, correct? >> yes. >> i have a concern, it's not a great one, you can allay it right now, that as leader of a private company, you made it
conflicts -- potential conflicts of interests, here is part of what donald trump had to say on that front. >> i have a no-conflict situation because i'm president, which is -- i didn't know about that until about three months ago, but it's a nice thing to have. i have a no-conflict of interest provision as president. it was many, many years old. this is for presidents because they don't want presidents -- understand, they don't want presidents getting tangled up in minutia. they want a president to run the country. i can actually run my business and run government at the same time. >> we actually have a lawyer standing by to talk to us on this front. greta vis watching this with us. what do you make of that? >> it's very complicated because he has many business arrangements. we all knew when he was elected he's a businessman. that's not a disqualifier to be president. he just has to be 35 years of age. it's going to be difficult. sometimes it's going to be
i was trying to speak to a number of people today. the plans to sort of revise and revamp the intelligence structure haven't been baked in, but there are those within the trump organization, in that transition, that really want to rethink the way it's done. brian, that's why that hearing tomorrow with mike, let's see if he gives any idea on how to rethink the intelligence agency. >> they have an argument now. now the large standing army in washington as they have just picked a giant fight with a branch of government absolutely essential to the presidency. hans nichols at the pentagon, thanks to our viewers. we are now going to go into the hearing room, listen to the confirmation hearing. this is rex tillerson, nominated to be this nation's next secretary of state. on the other side, at the
amount. one last point on this. i agree with senator corker. we've never had any administration believe that congress should take away their discretion. that is absolutely fact. whether democrat or republican administration, they would rather do away with congress. we understand that. we get it. but you, i assume, understand the advantage we have in america with the separation of branches of government. and it could be helpful to you as our -- if you're confirmed as our principal negotiator, to have clear directions from congress that you must impose sanctions, must impose nctions, unless you get real progress towards the issues in which those sanctions will be imposed. take advantage of the independent branch of government. work with us. so you can have those strong tools to help america's interests. i'm going to take most of my time on this round to go over an
hemisphere and we have many common issues of concern senator rubio took care of some things i cared about. when you and i met, you indicated on cuba you needed more time -- which is fair -- to come to your conclusion about your opinion on u.s./cuba policy and the obama administration changes. i want to share with you the latest report by -- it's not me, okay, by amnesty international. that noted, quote, despite increasingly open diplomatic relations, severe restrictions on freedoms of expression, association and movement continue. thousands of cases of harassment of government critics and arbitrary arrests and detentions were reported. thousands, that's their quote. the cuban commission for human rights and national reconciliation, which works within cuba documented more than 8,600 politically motivated detentions of goth opponents and activists during the year. there's a group of women who march every sunday to church with glad oel yeahs, called the
pink diamond. they think it was cut in the 18th century. estimate to be worth $5 million. look at this tiara. the government of the philippines will decide whether the collection goes up on the auction block. what happened to her shoe collection? she had somewhere in the neighborhood of 2,000 shoes, some with the price tags on that she never wore. abby: what happened to those. gregg: nobody knows there that's only slightly more than my wife and daughter's collection of shoes. abdelhamid abaaoud arianna nichol -- --abby: nichols has s0
bottom of the hour. welcome back. here is a i look at some of the top stories making news right now. government of the philippines is blaming typhoon for two deaths. the slow-moving storm is losing strength as it moves northwest across the country and dumping heavy rain. that's increasing the risk of flooding. about 40 million people are in the path of that storm. this was a scene outside st. sabina church in chicago just minutes ago. parishioners from about 100 churches in the city planning peaceful protests today demanding justice and showing solidarity for the families of eric garner and michael brown. brace yourself, america. the royals are coming. less than three hours from now prince william and duchess catherine will have a whirlwind three-day visit. their schedule is packed. almost from the moment they arrive. it will include prince william meeting with president obama and both will and kate will be
four syrians, a tunisian and -- the united nations will eventually repatriate them with their home countries. all six men had been cleared for release nearly five years ago, but it took years to find the country willing to accept them. we now know the makeup of the new u.s. senate. louisiana senator mary landrieu, the last democratic senator from the deep south, lost her bid for a fourth term in saturday's runoff. republican congressman bell cassidy swept to victory. he gets the republicans a 54-seat majority when the new congress convenes in january. the government of the philippines is blaming typhoon for at least two deaths. the slow-moving storm is losing strength as it moves northwest across the country and dumps heavy rain and that is the -- has the increasing risk of flooding as well. about 40 million people are in
>> the roads are impassable in a lot of places. >> the roads are opening up now and we have trucks coming from manila to support the effort. >> how about for usa id? >> we're working in response efforts so prioritizing water, food, high gene and sanitation and bringing in a massive department of defense airlift to make as you were assistance gets to communities. >> are you getting stuff to the airport and it's up to local authorities to distribute or are you involved in the distribution? >> we're working with the government of the philippines and supporting agencies like the world food program to rapidly increase their capacity here to make sure needed equipment gets out. >> when do you hope to see stuff going out to people? >> we've seen stuff going to people already. some c 130s landed and we moved to the hardest hit area.