years larry nasser was responsible for the care of most of the top gymnast in the united states in a michigan courtroom he pleaded guilty to charges of criminal sexual misconduct and admitted to using his position as team doctor to sexually abuse underage girls he molested seven girls ranging in age from under thirteen to fifteen in all one hundred and twenty five women and girls reported that nassar assaulted. i was sexually assaulted by larry certainly after a thirteenth birthday and it was a dark secret until i put the pieces together last september nassar worked at michigan state university and served as the usa olympic gymnastics team doctor during four olympic games high profile gymnast's including gold medal winners ali reisman and gabby douglas say nasser molested them under the guise of providing medical treatments he was reaching under their leotards or under their clothes with ungloved hands without consent without prior knowledge without another adult in the room and in many cases digitally penetrating them and i think he's a monster and i think it is so disturbing to me what he d

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years larry nasser was responsible for the care of most of the top gymnast in the united states in a michigan courtroom he pleaded guilty to charges of criminal sexual misconduct and admitted to using his position as team doctor to sexually abuse underage girls you molested seven girls ranging in age from under thirteen to fifteen you know all one hundred and twenty five women and girls reported that nassar assaulted. i was sexually assaulted by lerner's or certainly after my thirtieth birthday and it was a dark secret until i put the pieces together last september nasser worked at michigan state university and served as the usa a live picture from there sticks team doctor doing for olympic games high profile gymnast's including gold medal winners ali reisman and gabby douglas say nasser molested them under the guise of providing medical treatments he was reaching under their leotards or under their clothes with ungloved hands without consent without prior knowledge without another adult in the room and in many cases digitally penetrating them so i think he's a monster and i think it is so di

birthday and it was a dark secret and so i put the pieces together last september nasser worked at michigan state university and served as the usa olympic gymnastics team doctor during four olympic games high profile gymnast's including gold medal winners ali reisman and gabby douglas say nasser molested them under the guise of providing medical treatments i think is a monster and i think it is so disturbing to me what he did to me and so many other people this is so much bigger than just me i mean it's such a at such a horrific thing to happen he was reaching under there leotards or under their clothes with ungloved hands without consent without prior knowledge without another adult in the room and in many cases digitally penetrating them nasser apologized in court and i'm so sorry also offering apologies was the usa gymnastics organization which failed to protect girls from nasser's predatory sexual activities the organization has compiled reports on sexual misconduct complaints against fifty four coaches but has declined to release them gymnast's and their attorneys say the institutions

come back into the great lakes hasn't reached annoyed but it has reached by this time wisconsin and michigan now a touch of winter. if you're not. quite right green leaves you what it is. a raging. open the door to. open the door at a time into a physical reality at the hands a lot of amazing. cold blood is examining hate in transamerica at this time on how just zero. welcome back a quick recap our top stories here on al-jazeera the ousted leader of catalonia has warned of a long period of repression for his people by spain amount is currently in belgium the spanish government said spezza to announce a warrant for his arrest on friday eight of his ministers have been jailed in madrid of the region's independence declaration. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been in london to mock the centenary of the balfour declaration and britain promised the creation of a jewish homeland in palestine it was hosted a gala dinner by the british leader trees in may the declaration has long been condemned by palestinians and a group some warning of the potential for a major cholera outbreak among

disappearing into the northeast corner of the store massive cloud wall of the place pictures out of michigan wisconsin new york state all show the first proper significant fall as you can see this last bit is near buffalo now it stopped snowing after the most part temperatures are slowly rising and you can see that chicago is a tad interoffice at thirteen but the blue shade is there to dakotas back towards montana and i think they'll stay that way for the next day or so it's really cold in calgary down to minus ten minus two in winnipeg and then the contrast to say the double figures the other way round two it took positives thirteen to fifteen chicago to draw on to ask for the weather well. cloud maybe snowcat on the canadian side of the border still a lot of store in b.c. british columbia on notice it just comes over the border here otherwise it's quiet looking weather and it's gone remarkably warm again twenty nine in dallas not the eastern side of the u.s. twenty one small twenty four in washington twenty one in new york and given the time of year thirteen in toronto eleven in ottawa wit

on the cloud through northern europe have it don't particularly deep is not particularly bright in michigan right back out to the atlantic again so what's it doing well it's trying to bring slightly warmer across what was recently rather wintry weather and it's succeeding to some degree the temperature up to about ninety warsaw but moscow sitting in the blue at about plus one if you take it head next two days you'll notice that skirting around that cold air is what's coming into the atlantic service now on the edge otherwise it's all rain moscow still in the cold and the warmth held back a bit of us polo poland back to jim go talk about double figures now so it's still only warming up not as warm still as portugal and spain but even here the weather's changing cloud and rain coming into the a big difference to the last week or so just isn't locked in temperatures back so it was a bit of a wintry spell and his dad got a little bit milder you notice in the sun start to come out again to show whatever snow fell on the mountains so i mean there's no longer cold air coming down through the g. an

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wall street well out of their houses in the middle of the night it took firefighters in the state of michigan two hours to bring it under control so far they don't know what actually caused it. and when south korea's economy was facing ruin two decades ago the government was rescued by the international monetary fund in a multi billion dollar bailout since then it's enjoyed an incredible recovery and is touted as a success story among asian economies kathy novak has more now on the challenges facing the economy today. for those who lived it this was an unforgettable display of sacrifice and patriotism hit hard by the asian financial crisis south korea's government asked the i.m.f. for a fifty eight billion dollar bailout and the country wasted no time getting to work on paying it back millions donated precious family heirlooms to be melted into gold bars parchin he was one of them. i didn't hesitate to donate gold rings i got for my children's first birthdays and gold bands i got for my wedding i was ready to give those up if it was going to help my country overcome the crisis. as a financial

has forced people from their homes in the middle of the night it took firefighters in the state of michigan two hours to bring it under control and not sure yet what calls it said father in no reports of any injuries or deaths. police in panama say they're close to breaking the record for seizures of illegal drugs two tons of cocaine were found near the border with colombia at the weekend commanders credit better coordination between various drug enforcement agencies seventy two tons of narcotics were confiscated in panama last year a lot more on that story and indeed the rest of the day's news as ever only al-jazeera website they can keep right up to date with the major stories of the day be tricky of course the zimbabwe situation which is still unresolved. you know with al-jazeera these are our top story the man considered most likely to replace robert mugabe in zimbabwe and president has reportedly spoken out for the first time since the military takeover and as a man and gaga has said in a statement the president mugabe should resign immediately for zimbabwe this parliament is due to st

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has forced people from their homes in the middle of the night it took firefighters in michigan two hours to bring the blaze under control police are investigating the calls. you're watching out is there i'm still rather these are our top stories in nigeria at least fifty people have been killed by a suicide bomber in mumbai in the northeastern state police say a teenage bomber targeted a mosque as people were arriving for morning prayers no group has claimed responsibility but boko haram carried out a regular attacks in the region. thousands of people have been demonstrating outside zimbabwe's parliament calling for president robert mugabe to step down impeachment proceedings are currently underway the rulings only appear has been accused of lying is wife to use her power of being too old to lead the senate and rational assembly are meeting but the gatherings too large to be held in parliament so it's happening at a nearby conference address stead of the main opposition leader is warning the process must be transparent. now that this is not being used by other people that was it. what yo

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come back into the great lakes hasn't reached illinois but it has reached by this time wisconsin and michigan now a touch of winter. if you're not. quite right kareen. what it is. a raging. open the door to. open the door at a time into a physical reality at the hands a lot of amazing. cold blinds examines hate in trouble is america at this time just zero. with bureaus spawning six continents across the globe. al-jazeera has correspondents live in green the stories they tell us. about. fluent in world news. this is al-jazeera.

disappearing into the northeast corner of the star massive cloud wall of the place and pictures out of michigan wisconsin new york state will show the first proper significant fall as you can see this last bit is near buffalo now it stopped snowing after the most part temperatures are slowly rising and you can see that chicago is a tad interoffice at thirteen but the blue shade is there to dakotas back towards montana and i think i'll stay that way for the next day or so it's really cold in calgary down to minus ten minus two in winnipeg and then this contrast the say. a double figures the other way round so it took positives thirteen to fifteen chicago to draw on to ask for the weather well but a cloud maybe snow kept on the canadian side of the border still a lot of start in b.c. british columbia on notice it just comes over the border here otherwise it's quiet looking weather and it's gone remarkably warm again twenty nine in dallas not the eastern side of the u.s. twenty's once more twenty four in washington twenty one in new york and given the time of year thirteen in toronto eleven in wit

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are disappearing into the northeast corner the massive cloud wall of the place and pictures out of michigan wisconsin new york state all show the first proper significant fall as you can see this last bit is near buffalo now it stopped snowing after the most part temperatures are slowly rising and you can see that chicago is a tad interoffice at thirteen but the blue shade is there to dakotas back towards montana and i think i'll stay that way for the next day or so it's really cold in calgary down to minus ten minus two in winnipeg and then this contrast to say. double think is the other way round two it took positives thirteen to fifteen chicago to drawn to ask for the weather well. maybe snow kept on the canadian side of the border still a lot of state in b.c. british columbia on their side just comes over the border here otherwise it's quiet looking weather and it's gone remarkably warm again twenty nine in dallas not the eastern side of the u.s. twenty one small twenty four in washington twenty one in new york and given the time of year thirteen in toronto eleven in with the rain is a

state of michigan he managed to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars on facebook but like others collecting donations for iran victims he hit a snag because of u.s. sanctions on iran. he joins us now from detroit with his story thank you very much for being with us on al-jazeera so talk us through what happened exactly when i understand facebook took down your page what did they tell you actually when you started this campaign exactly the day after the earthquake happened and. from the very first e-mails that they need to provide them with the proper documentation. i have the legal authorization and the licenses to transfer desfontaines to iran and on the other side i was aware of this and. contacted department of treasury to obtain the required authorizations by. what they received their response was a general e-mail that the percy job should i apply for this license and they provided the me link for application which usually takes several months to get this license. and that's why i was in search of the nonprofit organizations that they already have this permit right and because the. the

to early winter snow let's start with the snow that's been taking place just around the great lakes michigan has seen its first proper snow of the season around fifteen centimeters of snow falling here and in upstate new york a good little dusting of snow but as we go on through the next couple of days we will see things tending to warm up here's a shield of cloud making its way over towards the northeastern corner little area of high pressure just blocking things off if anything this weather system which is not just way further north as we go on through the next couple of days so the wall will come in from the south as that line of rain on that weather front seventeen celsius in d.c. fifteen celsius in new york so that every other side of the states twenty celsius there for the guy in l.a. that's going to be fine and dry so some pleasant conditions taking place here not quite a pleasant around the northern plains through the prairies pushing back across the lakes as we go on through the next day or seventy six out of canada seeing some of that wintry weather but take a look at these tempera

come back into the great lakes hasn't reached illinois but it has reached by this time wisconsin and michigan now a touch of winter. where there is water there is life but finding it on australia's arid deserts is a skill few still possess they took us to a small wet spot in the in the desert and this was this is a very important place they've been telling us about for the last five days to clean out. and under orders against all odds an aging population is passing on its knowledge the rainmakers of the outback at this time on a jersey. al-jazeera . where ever you. welcome back you're watching out is there is news arms a whole robert our top stories the ousted leader of catalonia has warned of what he called a long period of repression by spain gallus boojum law is staying put in belgium the spanish government is expected to announce a warrant for his arrest on friday eight of his ministers have been jailed in madrid over the region's independence declaration also israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was in london to mark the teen or any of the balfour declaration when britain from is th

aleem maqbool reporting there from flint, michigan. australian police have arrested a man said to be an islamist sympathiser, who they say was planning to shoot as many revellers as possible during new year celebrations in the city of melbourne next month. the 20—year—old australian—born man of somali origin is expected to be charged later on tuesday. police said the man, who they had been monitoring for months and was working alone, had read an al qaeda book on how to carry out terrorist acts, but was detained before he could obtain a gun. they say he intended to open fire in federation square, in the heart of melbourne, which throngs with people seeing in the new year. the french president, emmanuel macron, has landed and the skeleton of a mammoth has gone on display in france. the skeleton, which was found in siberia, is 15,000 years old — with an estimated price of more than $500,000. it will be auctioned in december. potential buyers could include historical museums, foundations, private collectors. hello there. monday bro

aleem maqbool reporting there from flint, michigan. ending now in these pictures from the past. a skeleton of a mammoth five metres long has gone on display in france. the skeleton was found in siberia. it is thousands of years old. the estimated price of half $1 million and it will be auctioned in december. potential buyers are including museums and private foundations perhaps even private buyers. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter, i'm @bbc mike embley. hello there. monday brought some of us something a little bit milder. that is not a sign of things to come. during tuesday, and indeed the rest of the week, we are back into this feed of northerly winds, all the way from the arctic. cold air sweeping southwards right across the country. quite a few showers, as well, and where those showers have been falling through the early part of the morning, there is certainly the risk of some icy stretches across parts of northern ireland and into scotland. take it easy on untreated roads and pavements. some of the showers across scotland will be wintry. some

aleem maqbool reporting there from flint, michigan. accord in china has sentenced an activist to prison on a charge of subverting state power. he went missing on a visit to china in march and at his trial six months later he admitted writing and distributing online articles criticising china's ruling communist party and promoting democracy. taiwan's presidential office called the outcome of the trial unacceptable. voters in honduras are still waiting to find out who will be their next president. both candidates have claimed victory. the latest count puts the left wing tv host turned politician salvador nasralla ahead of his right—wing opponent. the presidential election in honduras is descending into farce. with both sides claiming victory, all heads turned to the tribunal to provide the much—needed clarity. they were unable to. translation: of the votes counted so far, salvador nasralla for the opposition alliance has a total of 45.1%. juan orlando hernandez of the honduras national party has 40.2%. the former television presenter

it's nearly two years since a state of emergency was declared in flint, michigan, when the water supply was found to be contaminated with lead. what started as a cost cutting measure has resulted in multiple illnesses and an outbreak of legionnaires' disease that caused at least twelve deaths. but water quality remains a real concern across the us. as part of his america first series — the bbc‘s aleem maqbool sent this report from flint. it has put us just through hell. there's just no other way to say it. the only thing really unusual about what happened in flint is that the agencies responsible got caught. before she even knew about the lead poisoning, keri webber recalls her shock when she took her daughter to the hospital. they've shown me parts of her skin that you could see the bone in her wrist. and there was literally a line that was not calcified bone, and it was lead, and they were everywhere. it is thought that high lead levels caused a spike in legionnaires' disease, infertility, miscarriages, growth abnormalities in unborn children, and behaviour problems, among many ot

the water crisis in flint, michigan exposed an ugly truth about what americans are drinking — and the concern is it's not an isolated case. scientists are worried that millions of americans in other parts of the country are being poisioned by the water in their homes and don't know it. let us know your thoughts by using the hashtag... 'beyond—0ne—hundred—days' if some reason you haven't heard — we learned today that britain's prince harry is to marry the american actress meghan markle. so what do we know about her? well, she is 36, divorced and describes herself as a "strong, confident, mixed—raced woman". she grew up in los angeles and until she met prince harry was best known for playing rachel zane in the us tv drama suits. she's also campaigned for gender equality and a variety of humanitarian causes — as our royal correspondent daniella relph explains. have you heard? there is breaking news out of london this morning. drum roll, please. prince harry and american actress meghan markle are engaged — yay! congratulations, harry and meghan. we don't know you, but congra

was charged with molesting the girls, many of whom are gymnasts, while working for usa gymnastics and michigan state university. as part of the plea deal he could face at least 25 years in prison. the argentine navy says the search for a submarine missing in the south atlantic for the past week has reached what it calls a "critical phase." there are concerns that the 44 crew on board could be running low on oxygen. officials now says an unusual noise was heard from the sub on the day it went missing. the us federal trade commission says it's evaluating the issues raised by uber‘s handling of the hack of its data last year. the taxi company is reported to have paid the hackers themselves, to destroy stolen information on 57 million customers and drivers. and now for some us news. highways and airports are already getting busy in the us, as a record number of people are expected to travel for this year's thanksgiving celebrations. more than 51 million americans are expected to venture away from home, that's the largest number for more than a decade. forecasters say it's a sign that the economy

was charged with molesting the girls, many of whom are gymnasts, while working for usa gymnastics and michigan state university. the us secretary of state has called the rohingya ethnic cleansing. more than 600,000 rohingya have fled to bangladesh. the argentine navy says the search for a submarine missing in the south atlantic for the past week has reached what it calls a "critical phase". they are investigating reports of a loud noise which was heard a few hours at submarine went missing. —— after the submarine. there are concerns that the 44 crew on board could be running low on oxygen. at least a dozen countries, including the us and russia, are helping with the search. the court in pakistan has ordered the release of an islamist leader. he was put under house arrest in january and had been living freely for yea rs january and had been living freely for years in pakistan. he expects to have the restrictions on his freedom that did on thursday. a security beat ——a breach at uber exposed the information of 57 million customers and drivers. the company did not tell people about the br

molesting dozens of female athletes over decades, while he was working for both the national team and michigan state university. the argentine navy is investigating reports of a loud noise detected a few hours after one of its submarines went missing last week. there are concerns that the 44 crew on board could be running low on oxygen. more than a dozen countries, including the us and russia are taking part in the search. a court in pakistan has ordered the release of an islamist leader, who's suspected of masterminding the mumbai attacks of 2008 in which 166 people died. hafiz saeed was put under house arrest injanuary, after living freely for years in pakistan. he expects to have the restrictions on his freedom lifted on thursday. the us has offered $10 million for information leading to his arrest and conviction. the former vice—president of zimbabwe, emmerson mnangagwa, has returned to the country for his installation as president. he fled to south africa when he was sacked by robert mugabe, starting a train of events which culminated in mr mugabe's resignation on tuesday. mr mnangagwa

temm says michigan's learners. and they are all gruesome, nursery rhymes. jack and jill, jack trax his head open, doesn't he? their horrible! prashant and james, thank you for joining us for the paper review. just a reminder, we take a look at tomorrows front pages every evening at 10:40pm here on bbc news. hello, there. lovely autumn afternoon on the way for many of you, we have some sunshine out there. a bit of a cool breeze. we have seen some show was so far today and it will continue for some into the afternoon. the ones in the midlands fading, some still into the south—west of england, wales, northern ireland and northern scotland, but becoming fewer in number, not quite as heavy as this morning, as well. and many of that should become dry through the afternoon. at the same time, down the north sea coast, we will see one or two showers pushing towards coastal yorkshire, lincolnshire and eventually norfolk. these are your afternoon temperatures. down on what we have seen of late but some sunshine to compensate. as soon as the sun sets, of course, it w

was charged with molesting the girls, many of whom are gymnasts, while working for usa gymnastics and michigan state university.as part of the plea deal he could face at least 25 years in prison. the argentine navy says the search for a submarine missing in the south atlantic for the past week has reached what it calls a "critical phase". they are investigating reports of a loud noise which was heard a few hours at submarine went missing. —— after the submarine. there are concerns that the 44 crew on board could be running low on oxygen. at least a dozen countries, including the us and russia, are helping with the search. britain's chancellor of the exchequer, philip hammond, has unveiled his latest budget. all designed he says will put the uk on a secure footing for brexit and beyond. he's setting aside £3 billion for help prepare for every possible outcome from the brexit talks. but he's had to measure his policies against downgraded growth projections. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports. the priority for number 10 and 11, those powerful next—door neighbours... is this a ma

when it comes to turnout, i remember last year, swing states like florida and michigan, they were jumping up and down where turnout was high in democratic areas but the turnout was really good in rural conservative areas for donald trump as well? yes, you often get that later on in the day. as you watch the returns coming in, it is often the rural areas which start counting later. i saw democrats this morning saying great turnout in northern virginia but c high those more rural areas vote and what the turnout s. —— but let us see how those more rural areas. let us move on to lebanon. is the fragile peace in lebanon in danger of unravelling once again? this weekend the prime minister saad hariri stepped down from his post while on a visit to saudi arabia, claiming he feared for his life. he is yet to return. lebanese newspapers, loyal to his opponents hezbollah, allege he was placed under house arrest after arriving in riyadh — and was forced to quit. this matters because in lebanon the peace depends on a fragile alliance between christians, sunnis and shias. each group controlling o

in the rust belt, those three key states, wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania, there there is support for him there. guess what barack obama was doing today? turning up forjury duty. you can be president of the united states but you still need to fulfil your civic duty. his salary will be around $17 per hour. but he turned up around $17 per hour. but he turned up in around $17 per hour. but he turned upina around $17 per hour. but he turned up in a motorcade! wednesday has turned out to be a good day for many parts of the british isles. took time for cloud to break up to see any glimmer of sunshine. you saw more further to the north and west, but go too far in that direction and sunshine was in short supply. thickening cloud is now bringing rain with it into scotla nd now bringing rain with it into scotland and eventually through northern ireland. overnight, we will drag that prospect of rain over to the south—east. before the cloud and rain, temperatures will dribble away across the south—eastern quarter, maybe with a touch of frost. as the skies clear across the far north, here

during the q&a with john taylor didn'ton, rick michigan mix words on constrained discretion. "i think that the case of the actual way the fed acted and the way bernanke he acted, it is completely incorrect to say bernanke was a somebody who was advocating discretion and not being accountable to have a strategy and to be very clear about the strategy." this sounds like something, professor, you would teach at princeton. set up for us, the next fed chairman and the battle over mies, discretion, and shkin's constrained discretion. constrainedis discretion is a euphemism, otherwise central bankers would of the air,tes out which is they don't do. inflation targeting is suggested as one way to constrain discretion. the taylor rule would really constrain discretion. ben bernanke was a believer, i think, in inflation targeting. chairen, when he became of the fed it just didn't matter anymore because inflation was fading away to nothing. and as you know, the fed has been trying to actually boost inflation a little bit, these days. powell, assuming he's the new fed chair, which is what

you are looking at john conyers of michigan. we will bring you the question-and-answer period in sessions' tesitmony -- testimony. ♪ julie: attorney general jeff sessions will be testifying in moments. let's bring back marty schenker, ,reg farrell and kevin whitelaw the former two in new york with me and the latter in washington, d.c. what are the implications of this hearing? what could come out of it? what are they hoping to get out of jeff sessions that will be actual in some way? republicans and democrats have separate agendas. on the republican side, if they can get jeff sessions to double down on his inquiry into hillary and theand the server uranium one deal, that is a narrative that they can continue to deflect attention on the russian probe. on the democratic side, the key thing they will want to get is some embarrassing information about sessions and his contacts with the russians. he famously denied any contacts while he was in the campaign with the russians, only to be discoveryng with the of the contacts he made w

the republican party started in michigan and wisconsin. does this bill have anything to do with the republicans of the previous century? the republicans of george bush the younger? or the republicans of mitt romney? >> i think people are underplaying the significance of this tax by pitch, if it does get past. it is a huge deal with a massive change to the u.s. tax code, the biggest tax cut for corporations in my lifetime. it is a massive tax cut to the wealthy. i am surprised by the fact that the democrats are not getting the message out more clearly. that three quarters of this tax cut looks like it goes to big corporations and the wealthy. they can limit the estate tax. for millionaires. no one is making a big deal out of that and that message is not getting through. tom: we will talk to kevin cirilli about that but the president and the advantage to speak arrived or did the president get in the way? >> i think the house -- i think that he rally the troops. people said they had the votes anyway and it did not move the dial very much. i t

david: you have a new ceo out of michigan, my alma mater, how has he changed your life? >> jim brings really creative thinking. he is a big fan of design thinking and pushing the entire organization to embrace that form of thinking, be more thoughtful, be more customer focused, design things that are truly human-centered, because that is what our consumers need and want. with his help and the rest of the for leadership team, that is -- ford leadership team, that is where we are headed, crating products that are human centered and a huge benefit for our customers. >> the head of lincoln and runs the marketing for ford motor. thank you, good to talk to you. shery: thank you, love how you asked him about his boss. that was david westin. todayn reaching new highs , $11,000, the big question is -- is it a bubble and when will it pop? this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: this is bloomberg markets. i am vonnie quinn. shery: i am scarlet fu. vonnie: bitcoin has it $11,000. someone sound alarm in an interview earlier. >> bitcoin is successful only because it's potential for circumventi

five others face the same charge including michigan's health director. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ julia: in saudi arabia this weekend, authorities arrested princes and officials in what authorities described as a crackdown on corruption. among those arrested were -- was achieve bin talal, investor in twitter and apple. we have more from riyadh. dramatic 24 hours for saudi arabia as the fallout continues after a series of arrest of current and former officials on charges of corruption. the most notable name is alwaleed bin talal, a saudi billionaire with a net worth just short of $20 billion. the government has been tightlipped about who has been charged with what exactly. it also remains to be seen to what extent this is a power grab versus a commitment to reform and cleaning up the house under the crown prince who has taken over his new role over the summer. on the foreign-policy front, tensions continue with yemen. saudi arabia blames ir