Okay, good morning. It is Anthony here. Let me transition my screen back, not Sam North, as the here the bottom of my screen would suggest. So it is Wednesday the 4th of December. Plenty for us to talk about, given some of the size of the moves that we had yesterday, initiated by obviously renewed comments from Donald Trump, who was speaking live, downplaying the urgency of getting a U.S. China trade deal over the line, prompting a renewed spat of selling across the U.S. Indices. The Dow finished down about 280 points. So remember the day before it finished down about 270 points. So the kind of losses are starting to accumulate and this morning the index futures, at least in the stateside, are looking a little soft once again, albeit in Europe a little firmer, but sub-pivot levels in both the Euro stocks and the DAX future, the DAX you can see here in the center left. So we're kind of maintaining overall in the asset class the correlations relative risk-off pricing in the wake of what has been developing over the last 24 hours. So gold still up and maintaining the bid that we're seeing yesterday. We're higher by about five bucks at the moment, just short of the R1 at 14.92. And then the US 10-year company trading flat, but again the point being it's held on to a full point move that we had in yesterday's session, as you can see here down in the bottom right. So all my charts pretty bear here at the moment because I've pretty much removed all of the technical levels because I want Sam to come on after me and really pick out everything from fresh because I think certainly I would like to know where next on a lot of the downside levels if we were to get another run in the equity space today, but as I said, I'll leave that to him. So this is the main crux of the matter, Trump yesterday. Me and the guys here were talking about this at the time. He was kind of almost ad-libbing and whenever Trump does that it becomes a potential disaster in a sense that, you know, he one word obviously out of place and the markets react almost instantaneously and when he made the comment yesterday about look, I don't have to do a deal anytime soon. That was kind of the catalyst then for the trigger to further extend on the sell-off that was seen at the beginning of the week. This of course particularly important because we've got about 11 days now until the initiation of the next round of, you know, kind of just shy of $200 billion worth of renewed tariffs on Chinese imports. So obviously quite a severe about turn on US trade and as I was discussing in the briefing yesterday, this isn't just a focus on China. This is a focus on global trade. So everyone from Italy, Austria, Argentina and then of course France all in the spotlight at the moment and that's what's causing these types of moves. As I said, the kind of traditional flight to quality move holding for the moment. This is a graphic here looking at the change in treasury 10 year yields. And you can see here we had the biggest one day drop since the summer in August, seeing around a 10 basis point move. You can see we haven't really seen that since the depth of what we had in the summer. One of the key things then I would say to have a look out for is Trump is, of course, in Britain. And so if you're waiting for him potentially to say something or to tweet something, then you kind of need to recalibrate your Twitter scanner somewhat because instead of waiting for the US session, so London afternoon, obviously anything could come at any time now if you are based here in kind of GMT zero. So the summit is happening today. I did on my Twitter account reshare the full agenda. They kicked off about an hour ago, the arrival at the Grove Hotel just outside London in Watford. And one of the most interesting things, of course, is that China for the first time will be on the formal agenda at the summit with the US warning against countries becoming dependent on Chinese infrastructure and credit. So he looks like he's trying to strategically tie into this NATO discussion, the talk about China, which would fit hand in glove into this whole narrative on the protection of trade on the ongoing trade war. And what's been quite interesting here is that there's a lot of political news coming out at the moment around Donald Trump. Starting with this NATO discussion. So Trump pulls a U turn on NATO claiming credit for stronger pact. Now, heading into this meeting, obviously, everyone was a little bit worried. Trump was kind of firing shots, if you like, at the other heads of state. However, after spending a long time being highly critical of NATO, of course, the US being the biggest kind of financial backer of the group and has been critical in a sense of other countries not pulling their weight by giving the appropriate contribution to the fund, if you like. He actually flipped that and started talking about the fact that a lot of countries have stepped up. And you know why? It's because of me. He said the alliance is becoming different than it was. It's much bigger now. It's much stronger than it was. So, you know, this is all for me, a little bit of PR management on behalf of Donald Trump. And that's going to lead me on to this next one. And really, there's a couple of things here. One is here, White House seeks to portray Trump at work during impeachment. Now, I do think that that is a particularly interesting one because at the moment, the House Democrats have accused Donald Trump of abusing his office for political gain, trying to disrupt the Ukraine investigation. And this, of course, comes after a report that they released yesterday, paving the way for articles of impeachment and a trial in the Senate. So at the moment, Capitol Hill is completely focused on trying to impeach the US president. But what's the US president been doing? Well, if you remember, everyone was having a bit of a jib at him. Do you remember just before Thanksgiving? He did that tweet of Rocky Balboa with Trump's head on it.  He's not taking anything seriously. Then where did he turn up? He was with the troops in Afghanistan, handing out the dinner plates. Absolute genius from a marketing point of view on behalf of Trump, I thought. Everyone was thinking, writing him off as a joker, not taking it seriously. And there he was with the US forces. And that was an unscheduled visit. Then now he starts ramping up the rhetoric on China. He flips on NATO, saying that, you know, we are a united force against China. And China is one of the biggest subject matters that really resonates with the electorate and particularly the Trump kind of base domestically. So what you can see here is what they're trying to do. And I do agree with this kind of Bloomberg statement.  They're just trying to go on a witch hunt. Look at me. I'm out trying to make America great again. And I think it's pretty good as far as trying to get his Republican support. So definitely there's a lot going on here at the moment that's all tied to many different political narratives. And there's many individual ones going on from from Macron in France to Boris in the UK in the election to to Trump trying to manage. And all of these guys, let's not let's not forget the fact it's all in their best self interest. They're not looking to help each other unless it's to help themselves. But this is how you've got to think. This kind of idea of, I guess, game theory in that respect. So that's definitely how I see this at the moment in terms of this quite surprising, more positive assessment of what Trump thinks of NATO going into these discussions, which are happening later today. Do be mindful, though, as I said with the tweet earlier that I did, China is for the first time on the formal agenda. So they could well be more commentary coming up, of course, in respect to what moved the market yesterday, which is any updates on the trade side. One thing that was quite interesting, obviously, part of his team. This is quite typical because I do think that he slightly was a bit off cue because he was speaking ad hoc when he made the original comment. Wilbur Ross was quite quick to come back during North American trading hours when equities were getting hit to come out and say, well, hang about, we can still get a deal done, of course. So everything's still on the table. And certainly a situation in flux at the moment. One of the other things, though, let's let's turn on the Chinese side. Things are things are inherently deteriorating. And certainly this is why we've had this decent sell off to start the week is because the prospects of where we were at the end of last week, where the market was fairly comfortable with the idea that a phase one trade deal was going to get done. We hit all time record highs. However, you know, not only have we had last week legislation approved by the US president to support the pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong. We've now had the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approve legislation that would impose sanctions on Chinese officials over human right abuses against Muslim minorities in that era, of course, of Xinjiang in the western part of China. So there's two pieces of legislation overwhelmingly have passed now in Congress in response to what's been happening in China on those two fronts of kind of human rights. And so again, this kind of further fuels then the risk of retaliation coming back from China about its interference in those types of very sensitive subjects for that country. Now, the other thing, of course, that we've had is this, Trump has now revived. And again, all of this, in my mind, is completely as to be expected. I'm not surprised by this type of rhetoric at all. Trump has revived his nickname calling Kim Jong-un yesterday the Rocket Man. So we've gone back to this this previous status we're in. I mean, it's almost like we've forgotten that historic peace agreement. I mean, that was what less than a year ago when the president holding hands with Kim walked over the divide between North and South Korea. And then here we are again, he's calling him Rocket Man again. So this, of course, comes with China looking to retaliate, put a bit of pressure back on the US. And as I've said in many briefings before, this goes lockstep with Korea starting to up the ante with the fact that they talk about their new ability to fire more advanced equipment in terms of missiles and so on and so forth. And so tensions in Pyongyang going into year end of starting to increase once again. But all the more reason why Trump needs to have this this quite strong wording against China at the moment to manage it politically. On the ground, though, although the threat of tariffs, of course, is a major obstacle, a significant one for the Chinese economy. Actually, for the moment, Chinese data has been pretty decent. You remember the manufacturing bounce that we had over the weekend at the beginning of the week? Well, we've just had the Beijing service PMI number come out overnight. And it showed the service activity expanded at the fastest pace in seven months in the month of November. So all in all, both those figures on the PMIs might act as a bit of a, I guess, a break from all the negatives that we've seen develop over the last two trading sessions because these have been surprisingly strong in that regard. One thing, one stat that I did see that I thought was quite interesting this morning, overall put to call ratios of S&P 500 options is now near its most defensive. It has been in at least five years. Now, a lot of this is when, you know, when you see that type of put to call ratio, essentially, these are people looking to protect themselves against potential severe volatility to the downside. And you would think that that's pretty much going to be a prudent strategy. So it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise, given the fact that we've got the looming deadline for Chinese tariffs, potentially on December 15th and also given the extreme outperformance of the S&P 500 year to date, still being up what, mid 20 percent type of area. And so I think taking a hedge against potential downside is pretty much standard fare, but I thought I'd point it out. The other final thing on this political side, where is Boris Johnson at the moment? Is he at the NATO meeting at the Grove Hotel? No way. He's nowhere near Donald Trump. He's actually in Salisbury at the moment, trying to keep his head down and not get photographed with the US president. And yesterday I did catch that Trump said, Boris is great guy, but I'm not going to comment on the UK election. So again, Boris hasn't really, you know, you haven't really read about Boris and the papers in the last 24 hours because you're not going to see him over the next 24 hours. Basically, they're going to they're going to wrap him up in cotton wool, put him in a cupboard and just say, look, the campaigning can wait for a day. Let's let Trump come and go and then we'll crack on. So I'd expect that to be the case for the time being. You don't want to give Labour any opportunities unnecessarily. OK, moving on. OPEC. Obviously, we've got the OPEC meeting kicking off tomorrow and Friday. So the commentary around this will start to pick up a little bit of pace. Everything remains pretty equal at the moment. Iraq's oil minister continues to kind of bang the drum about an extra 400 K barrel a day reduction to the current OPEC, 1.2 million quota at the moment. Apparently, according to the Iraqi all minister, Saudi agree. Now, there was one thing I did tweet yesterday and I'm not saying this is going to happen, but I am saying I just think it's very interesting, the timing if I just scroll back. To yesterday was this one. So OPEC, not OPEC, Saudi Aramco, the state owned oil firm, their IPO prices on Thursday. So if they're going to start trading in the near future, the point I was making yesterday was they can't I can't see how they would allow prices to fall. It would be highly detrimental to the kind of the PR surrounding one of the biggest IPOs in history. And obviously the kind of jewel in the crown of Saudi Arabia. The last thing that they want then is oil prices to fall. So that in combination with the Iraqi all minister, who quite frankly, I would take his comments with a massive pinch of salt. But the fact that he's now kind of bolted on this additional comment about he has said that Saudis agree with his notion of cutting production. Because remember that is not the consensus. The consensus is not about cuts. That would be surprise and bullish for price because what is under more discussion is about a rollover of the existing agreement and pressure on OPEC plus members to become more compliant. That's the base case. So that in addition to a cut would probably fire up prices a little bit in the short term. And that would certainly help offset some of this negative trade development that we've had over the last 48 hours. So definitely worth keeping an eye on here. More near term to price. You might have seen there was a little uptick in oil prices, but it was it failed to be sustained. You did have the API oil of the trees last night showing the headline crude figure, a draw of 3.72 million. That's the biggest draw in fact since September. Cushing, a draw of a quarter million. Gasoline, though, was a bill that was just shy of three million. To still it's a bill that was just shy of 800,000. So after five straight weeks of builds, the head loan figure, though, was a draw. And in fact, the largest draw since September. So it would be interesting to see whether or not we get any kind of pre-positioning ahead of the DOE's later as the US starts to filter into the market. The last piece of news on the on this side, Boris Johnson, his lead over labor holds at nine points. So this is the latest you gov poll that's come out. And as I said, Boris looking to stay out of trouble while Trump is in town. And so if you can do that successfully, then perhaps he can hold on to this kind of high single digit poll lead at the moment, which is kind of stabilized after quite a significant narrowing that was seen in the polls at the end of last week. Calendar wise, what have we got? What's the main things to look out for? Well, quickly I'll run through the data, then I'll give my main view about what to look out for. So this morning, these are all final service PMI numbers. So I wouldn't get too excited about them. The one, though, to keep an eye on is perhaps the service one in the UK, given the significance of that particular sector. But again, it's a final reading in the US. We've don't forget got non-farm payrolls on Friday. So if you don't already do so and you are watching this on YouTube, make sure you subscribe to the channel because Sam and I will cover that live in the build up, the release and the review. So we'll kick off at around one o'clock 30 minutes before the data comes out on non farms on Friday. But today, you've got then the ADP National Employment Number one fifteen, you then get the ISM non manufacturing PMI. That, of course, will be particularly interesting, given that was a bit of a catalyst for a selloff on Monday. Don't forget with the manufacturing figure. You've got the Bank of Canada rate decision rates expected on hold one and three quarter percent, that'll be at three PM. Then the oil inventories coming at three thirty. So quite a lively afternoon, actually, in terms of data coming out of the states and particularly given how sensitive markets have been of late, overlaying then actually the most pivotal thing being I think the fact that Trump has been quite active in his commentary and it comes in the backdrop of him attending a NATO meeting where he wants to keep up appearances. I think that is going to serve for quite an interesting day overall. So one final word of advice. The guys here on our training program who've just started trading live this week, I did see that some of you had really excellent days in the last two days, really excellent start to your to your kind of your first steps into trading live. Now, the one thing is I want to think to be aware of is that the markets do not always they're not it's not a perfect pattern just because one day or two days you sell off 280 odd points. That doesn't mean then that the same rules apply. You need to look at every every session objectively, both fundamentally and technically prices of reposition themselves. News is now being priced into different extents and different key technical levels will now be relevant. And so therefore you need to come at it a fresh, reanalyze the market, look at it objectively for what it is today in context, not what it did yesterday. And with that, I'm going to step off and hand you over to Sam. So have a good day, guys. Hi, guys. Good morning. We're doing well. Start off with the pandas. We have pushed higher. It's calling it a stock run, whether that's the case or not. I think it's been proven that it is no headline coming through. But pushing through those highs, highest we've been now since May, where we had to start pricing in the no deal threat since then 120. We're now up a considerable amount and still going to be fair to it. It's going to try to spread its legs if it can get through this area. It's going to remove the the pivots now looking on that daily chart. And you can see the the high of today is pretty much bang on that 15th of May high. So keep a watch on that 3100 to the upside, another potential point. And and therefore the also comes in around that high of the 14th. So day before there, the pound trying, it has to be said, it hasn't broken through yet, but trying to break out of that range that we've been in for quite some time. Really going back to the 21st of October, you can see the bottom got tested three times the top, another couple on that. And so it's not by all means out the the woodwork and we're going to go push on. And suddenly needs to be start looking at one thirty three, but worth keeping a watch, certainly where we finish the day today for for the pound, as it could of course attract some more medium term buyers. If we were to close above those levels, looking more intraday, obviously keeping a watch on any of those previous highs that we have just gone through, they could offer a level of support as well for this this market to continue pushing higher. You can see yesterday, good starts in the morning. Then we've got relatively choppy around those highs before drifting down in early trade this morning, we then pushed higher. And it's dragging the euro as well, the dollar a week, a bit this morning, the euro trying to make a new high for the day. Just putting this on 15 minutes as well. You can see above its pivot above the high and trying to confirm that now, really up towards the R1 would be an area I'd keep an eye on because you've got the 111 handle before that. You've got the highs of yesterday and also the high that we had on Monday. So really key resistance zone that are we keeping a watch on. And then to the downside, other than this morning's low, you've got yesterday's low in the mix there and some from Monday and Tuesday as well before S1 and the actual low from yesterday comes in. So euro in a bit of a range as well. And even if we were to break out yesterday's high, just be aware that just a bit above there, you have some really key resistance points going back to November 22nd, 21st and the 18th. So no, by all means, it's not out there. The woodwork yet, but that's certainly that area and you can see the importance of those levels. You can go back here to September, October and November around 111, 90, 111, 13, that sort of point on the futures and even going up to the high of six. It's such a key resistance point that any real break above that could lead to a decent push on and worth the dollar being attacked by Trump. Maybe as well with some positive pound sentiment, Brexit sentiment, perhaps this year. I could well get a breakthrough there. I'm going to look at stocks. Decent move yesterday and definitely some time to have got in the original push from the downside on those Trump comments on that interview. And just having a look here and I tweeted this yesterday about the importance of this this trend line still significant for me. Looking like that's going to come in around 66, 67 on the futures. 30, 66, 67. So keep a watch on that. You've also got around that area, the low, the 6th of November. That could be the last real key area of support that you would want to keep an eye on after one, two, three down days in a row.  As we do push lower, if we continue to, of course, worth getting on your moving average averages and the 50 day moving average isn't too far away if we were to break that trend line. And actually, if it was to happen any time soon, we'd come in at a very key point. Previous all time higher from July, the levels from September that turn to support in October around 30, 25 and 35 area. Pretty key and certainly one to keep a watch on. If you were a bull, when would you be slightly more encouraged? Well, you can see early trade this morning, we tried to get back above the lows of the 20th, a couple of times just failing to do that. So that along with 3100, I think if we can get a close above that area, then you would feel like maybe the worst is over for a bit. But I would roll with the negative sentiment to continue. And Gold and Silver enjoyed that yesterday. Gold getting to the highest it has been since that big breakdown that we had on the 7th. I mean, obviously on the the futures with that rollover that what was 1480 has now changed to more 1490. But this level you can see is this massive, absolutely massive for Gold here. So keep a watch on what happens here. Understandably, yesterday on that first real test of it, we had a bit of profit taking, but this will certainly, from a technical point of view, attract some sellers into the market. So key level, key line in the sand for Gold. And it's the same for Silver as well in that it had a good day, but we're just coming back up to really the top end of that range that it's been and still some key points it would have to go through before you would be happy that this is going to continue higher. Looking more 60 minute. We have almost come back to test the high of yesterday. So that's certainly level to keep an eye on. Putting it to 15 minutes, you can see we've trended higher this morning. So with that, I'll be looking to see if we can have any trend lines to confirm this move to stay up. And if it was to break through there, then maybe it is not ready just yet. And of course, you know, the lows of the day and previous highs of yesterday would be other levels to consider. But as it stands, unless Donald Trump is going to come and backtrack on the comments he said yesterday, I think you've got a role with gold sentiment to the upside stocks lower and a week of dollar. OPEC this week will be interesting. The oil and I was going to put this on a longer term chart. Oil is is certainly waiting, you would say, for a big move to take place. It's in a bit of a trend channel. If we look at those lows, you can see it's relatively well respected from both sides and we're keeping a watch on that. And really, OK, so waiting to see what happens to absolutely have your your fundamental view. But you know, you're not going to be buying if it breaks to the downside. And you're not going to be selling if it breaks the upside. So, you know, the market here can really tell you what's going on and still the low that we had on the twenty first one to three times. We cannot get above that key line in the sand. Buyers can take over at least for a bit. If we were to break through that level, you can see now on the two forty the significance of that point, not just from the twenty first, but other days as well. So very important level above that. We'll be keeping a watch on any of those previous lows. And then who knows, we may well get a retest of this overall trend line that led to the break on Friday at some point. Putting the pivots on just for a bit of direction for today. You can see putting this now on to sixty minute. Just on yesterday's low, you've got the trend line. You've got the S one as well. So a couple of couple of key points around that area. Fifty five fifty one is well marked up. Fifty six dollars looks like a key level. If we were to get through the range of yesterday, I wouldn't be too surprised to see a quicker move to the upside, perhaps targeting around sort of fifty seven eleven to twenty on oil as well. Quick look over at the Dax just to see how we're moving. It's actually, you know, kind of is up for the day, but relatively flat over the last couple of hours or so. And we are making this new range as well. The low from yesterday is the low from Monday. And keeping a watch on that high from yesterday is a potential point for that to be retested this morning. As we know, certainly once we over the last few weeks, when we get these ranges in the Dax, it struggles, really does struggle to really come out again and really get out and spread its legs. So given a watch as well, any moment, if we were to get and I don't imagine this is going to happen any time soon, but if we were to get a retest of the bottom part of that range, that could be whether the further move comes down for come come come down from Friday, a big day for the Dax there to the downside. As usual, any questions? Keep a let us know. Keep an eye, I would say, on the pound at these levels. Gold as well is at such a key technical point and stocks. I think while the sentiments to the downside, like Ant mentioned, you're not always going to be guaranteed to have a multi point move in a row. So any questions, please do let us know. I hope you will have a good trading day.


a lot of internationally, and the main cluster. Hi, everyone. Mike, nice to see that you're back. Hope you're recovering well. So good afternoon. Just a few things here at the top, and then I'd be happy to dive in and take your questions. So as you know, the Secretary recently traveled to Ukraine earlier this week, where he met with Ukrainian leaders to reinforce the staunch support of the United States for Ukraine's fight for freedom. While there, he met with President Zelensky, and Minister of Defense Umarov, and other leaders to receive an update on the situation on the battlefield in Ukraine. Additionally, during his trip, the Secretary announced the 51st tranche of equipment to be provided from DOD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. Valued at $100 million, this package includes additional air defense capabilities, artillery ammunition, anti-tank weapons, and other equipment to help Ukraine defend its sovereign territory, and fight for its freedom from Russia's ongoing war of aggression. And on the heels of the Secretary's visit to Ukraine, tomorrow the Secretary will virtually host the 17th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, further reinforcing our commitment to Ukraine, along with our more than 50 allies. The US will continue to work with the coalition of allies and partners to provide Ukraine the capabilities it needs to defend itself, which is why it's also critical that Congress take action to support Ukraine by passing the supplemental funding request. Switching gears to developments in the Middle East, I can confirm an attack last night by Iran-backed militias using a close-range ballistic missile against US and coalition forces at Al-Assad Air Base in Iraq, which resulted in several non-serious injuries and some minor damage to infrastructure. Immediately following the attack, a US military AC-130 aircraft in the area conducted a self-defense strike against an Iranian-backed militia vehicle and a number of Iranian-backed militia personnel involved in this attack. This self-defense strike resulted in some hostile fatalities. And since I know you'll ask, US forces have been attacked approximately 66 times since October 17, 32 separate times in Iraq, and 34 separate times in Syria. US personnel have sustained approximately 62 injuries, but this does not include any injuries from last night's attack, as they are still being evaluated. With that, I'm happy to take some questions. Tara, do you want to start us off? Yes, thank you. So we'll start with the strike. So this retaliatory strike seems to be the first since these hostilities began, where there were people as targets instead of infrastructure or a weapon storage facility. Can you provide any details about why these specific militants were targeted? So I wouldn't say that I was, well, let me take a step back. The militants were targeted because the AC-130 was able to determine the point of origin from where the close-range ballistic missiles being fired upon or fired to the base. So they were able to take action because they saw the militants. They were able to keep an eye on the movement of these militants as they moved into their vehicles, and that's why they were able to respond. I wouldn't say this is the first time we have responded. Again, we don't read out every single time that how a certain system or capability takes down a drone or rocket attack. We have had other cases where we have responded in retaliation when we were able to identify the point of origin. So it's not our first time, but it is just something that has been, of course, publicly reported, and so wanted to make sure that all the facts were out there. OK, just to pull on that, I have one other topic. So it's not the first time that you've responded, but I think the building's been announced, basically, all these other strikes. And you've said it's been a weapon storage facility or training facility. And if people have been killed, it has been kind of because of the strike, not because they were being targeted specifically. So you're not saying that these specific militants were targeted. Do you have any idea who these militants were? We know that these are Iranian-backed militia members, but again, just to differentiate, we have taken three strikes in self-defense, but those were pre-planned. So just a little different here in terms of the nuance of how we're talking about this self-defense strike that we took early morning, I think, our time, Eastern time, we were able to identify the point of origin of these attacks because an AC-130 was up already in the area and therefore was able to respond. We do, of course, read out any retaliatory action or self-defense strikes that we take, but just want to sort of put these into separate buckets as we talk about them. There's been a retaliatory strike. Yes, but again, it wasn't planned. So there was an AC-130 up in the area that was able to identify the point of origin and was able to respond. And then just a separate topic. As these negotiations for hostage release continue, part of what has been negotiated is that there might be a pullback of any surveillance. Does this include U.S. surveillance systems with the U.S. pullback at drones? Yeah, I think you saw the president speak to this earlier today that while we are certainly heartened by the way the conversations are going, there's still not a deal reached until there is one. I'm just not going to get ahead of anything that we will or won't do when it comes to ISR or anything that we are doing when it comes to hostage recovery. You know, we're assisting with that from the embassy, of course, but I just don't have more details and definitely don't want to get ahead of any deal that might happen. But whether or not it's part of it, is that one of the options? I'm just not going to get into further details on that. Yeah, Rio. Thank you for bringing up North Korea. Does the Pentagon confirm North Korea has successfully placed a spy satellite into orbit? We are aware of the DPRK's launch of a space launch vehicle and are consulting with the ROC and Japan, as well as other regional allies and partners. So I can confirm that we are aware of that, but we're still assessing the success of the launch. So how much do you expect the new spy satellite would potentially enhance North Korea's military capability? Does that require more US military assets in the region? Well, I'm not going to speculate because we don't also know if it was successful. So again, this is something that we continue to work with our partners in the region, with ROC and Japan to continue to assess. We know this is another example of destabilizing action in the region. And we again, just reiterate our very firm commitment to the Republic of Korea and Japan, but how it's going to affect the DPRK's military capabilities. I just wouldn't be able to speculate on that. Yeah, Adrienne. You have carried out retaliatory strikes in Iraq since October 7th. Or you mean since October 17th? Yes, October 17th. We have, well, as you know, well, again, trying to parse out the two buckets. You've also done Iraq prior to yesterday night. I don't have the exact details of all the responses that we have done, whether if it was in Syria or Iraq. For the three strikes that we have announced, those were all in Syria. For the one again that was, took place early this morning, we had an aircraft that was able to identify where the close range ballistic missile was being shot from, and therefore we were able to take action. Is that the first in Iraq, though? I would have to take that question. I don't have the answer to that. Just a separate question. The French have now sent two warships to provide medical assistance to those in Gaza. Given the amount of warships you have, is the Secretary considering using some of those to provide medical assistance? I don't have anything to preview today. Most of the medical assistance that I know that we are really focused on is making sure that humanitarian aid is getting into the region. We are continuing to see a steady flow of trucks being able to get lifesaving support, medical supplies, food and other assistance into Gaza. But I just don't have anything to announce from here today on anything that any of our ships would be doing. Tony. On the spy satellite, you're not confirming it was a spy satellite. You're just confirming there was a launch, correct? Correct. So it could be a weather satellite, a communication satellite, or something, not a spy satellite. All we know is that was the space launch vehicle, but I don't have more details than that. Good, clear. I'm switching to Israel again. Sure. How much equipment has the U.S. tapped from its war reserve located in Israel for IDF use? Or the types of, can you give a sense of? Sure. Well, as you know, the types of equipment that we continue to provide Israel range from 1.5 millimeter rounds, precision guided munitions, and air defense systems. Not gonna get into more specifics on that. I know I've seen some of the reporting out there, but I'm just not gonna get into more specifics right now. In terms of what we are supplying, or how we are, I think that's what you're asking, how we are supplying Israel, we have been able to supply Israel from our stockpiles within Israel. And we have other stockpiles, of course, available to us that we are flowing aid and continue to flow aid to Israel. I have a civilian casualty question, too. The Pentagon within the policy shop has a civilian harm and mitigation response group that Congress mandated you guys set up a couple years ago. Assistant Secretary Carlin last week said that some of the people in her group are monitoring the events in Gaza. Can you give a little bit more clarity in terms of what they're monitoring and are they gathering reports from human rights groups or what exactly are they monitoring? I don't have more specifics on what they are monitoring, what they continue to, or the information that they continue to receive is information that's both going to be publicly available and then, of course, anything that comes in through other channels, but I don't have more specific details on that. It's something that, as you mentioned, this civilian harm mitigation and response entity continues to look at, and their review does inform senior leaders here in the building. It's fair to say, accurate to say that a Pentagon is actively monitoring reports of civilian casualties in Gaza. I would say it's accurate for Chimmer, the civilian harm mitigation and response office to be doing that. Yeah, of course. Liz, yeah. Thanks. On the unannounced retaliatory strikes, have any of those killed any militants? I think I read this out in the topper, but I did say that we believe there are some fatalities. You mean the strikes that we have taken proactively, like that we had announced from the second, or the unannounced? Sure. Oh, for the unannounced one, I don't have anything more for you on other casualties. Okay. And then to follow up a separate topic. Last week, Senator Lindsey Graham suggested that the US should target Iran directly instead of these Iranian affiliated groups in Iraq and Syria. Why is the Pentagon not doing that? Can you, any reaction? Well, we feel that one, we are extremely mindful of this conflict broadening out into a regional conflict. That's what we do not wanna see. We do not wanna be pulled into a regional conflict, both from attacks on our troops and also from what is happening in Israel. We feel very confident that the targets that we have selected, one, we know that Iran supports, backs, arms, equips, financially supports these groups in these IRGC affiliate, sorry, locations and their affiliates. So we are hitting them where it hurts. We are hitting weapons storage facilities and completely destroying them so they're no longer of use. But we do wanna see this conflict contained. Of course, we will always choose to respond at a time and place of our choosing. But again, we feel very confident in the responses that we have or the targets we have selected in Syria. Joseph, yeah. Yeah, thanks. Kirby earlier said that Russia's Wagner group may provide air defense capabilities to Hezbollah or Iran. Is the Pentagon share that assessment? Can you elaborate or give any more updates or clarity on that? I don't have anything to dispute that. We certainly share that assessment. We haven't seen that happen, but we know that, look, since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, it's clearly what is happening in Ukraine is not falling in Russia's favor. And so we've seen Russia continue to seek out support from other countries, such as the DPRK and Iran. We know Iran is supplying them with drones that you're seeing hit in Ukrainian cities, civilian infrastructure. And so we are closely aware of the deepening relationship with Russia and Iran. And that's something that of course concerns us. I don't have anything to confirm of any type of transfer of this capability, but it's something that we continue to monitor. To follow up on last week, when you guys downgraded intel on Russia for hospital, is there any more intel that you guys can elaborate or provide to the public on that hospital or other hospitals in Gaza that Hamas was allegedly using as commanding? Yeah, I don't have anything more to provide today. Sure. Today two journalists were killed in Lebanon. I think Mark's three or four that have been killed by the Lebanese army said it was in Israeli strike. Any comment or response? I've seen that reporting. And I know you've asked me about this before. And of course that is awful. We certainly don't condone the targeting of journalists who are covering this war, who are doing their job by reporting. I don't have more information in regards to the strike. I think that you're referencing, but I have seen those reports and again, just blanket condonation of any journalists that are doing their jobs on the front lines, reporting on what is happening on the ground in Israel, in Ukraine, wherever it might be. Of course we don't want to see journalists being targeted like that. Yeah, Fadi. Thank you so much. Two separate questions. Sure. On the shimmer reward that you said, like the reports they're collecting. How much is this work informing the secretary and the department in terms of support to Israel? It's something that informs senior leadership conversations here, or senior leaders conversations here I should say. Again, I'm not going to get into more details on that, but that is something that this department is focused on. And as they assess more material, that gets flowed up through our system here. That, like at a certain point, will you be able to share the findings? There's not, I wouldn't say this is like a formal report or formal like investigation or task force that's being put into place. This is what this office does, or one of the many functions of this office. And, you know, we're grateful to Heaven and it does inform our thinking as of course we engage with the Israelis and frankly all of our partners and allies in any type of situation. So that this office adds incredible value, not just to for the US, but other circumstances around the world. And finally, before the land invasion of the northern parts of Gaza, there's been lots of discussions between this department and the Israeli forces about civilian harm mitigation and how to sharing experiences from other wars. Now it seems Israel's signaling, it wants to move its operation land invasion to the southern parts of Gaza. And you do know that hundreds of thousands have been displaced to that area which is very crowded under a severe civilian humanitarian crisis according to international organizations. Is the DOD currently active in conversations with the Israelis about this potential operation? And do you think escalating the land or incursion will have major risks on Palestinian civilians and the southern parts of Gaza? Well, we know, as you mentioned, the south is where civilians were told to go to flee and move, I should say, relocate from the north. So of course it's something that we are in conversations about with the Israelis. It is their operation and it is something that they will have to speak to, but absolutely we are having conversations with them. The secretary, I believe, just had another call or is going to have another call with Minister Galant today and it's of course something that in all of our conversations, whenever we talk to our Israeli counterparts, abiding by the law of armed conflict, protecting or upholding those humanitarian laws is extremely important. And that's something that you continue to see reiterated in our readouts as well that we post online. Great, I'm just gonna go to the phones real quickly here before I forget. Hailey, CNN, I believe you are on the phone. Yeah, hi, thank you. I'm wondering just a couple of follow-ups on the attack last night. Is this the first time that we have seen ballistic missile use in this way? And then is this also the first time? I know you're saying that we've had these kind of responses previously when we know the point of origin. Is this the first time that we know that hospital forces have been killed or has that happened in the past? Thanks, Hailey. So in terms of your first question, was this the first time that a close range ballistic missile was used? Yes, this is the first time since October 17th when these attacks started on US forces. This is the first time that this type of munition was used against US forces. And then on your second questions in terms of casualties, I believe this is the first time that we are assessing that there were some casualties, but I just don't have more information on any other additional retaliatory strikes we've taken in the past. Okay, great. I'm gonna go to Jeff Schogel, task on purpose. Thank you. Can the DOD provide any more information about what exactly is this close range ballistic missile? Also, can DOD say why the AC-130 had its transponder on while conducting the strike, allowing flight trackers to follow it in real time? Thanks, Jeff, for your question. I'm sorry, this is gonna be very unsatisfactory, but I cannot provide any further details on either of your questions. And last one from the phone, Heather, USNI. Hi, thanks so much for your questions. So first, we heard that the secretary extended the Ford's deployment. I wanted to see if you had any extra details on that. And second, last week you referred to the Palestine, the Gaza health ministry with some skepticism when talking about the numbers. I was just wondering if the DOD is treating Israeli intelligence for the same skepticism it's treating information that comes out of Gaza. Thanks, Heather, for your question. In terms of the Ford deployment, she remains on station. I have no announcements to make on her movement. When the secretary feels that the Ford is ready to rotate out, we will certainly let you know. But at this moment, she remains on station in the Eastern Med. In terms of your second question, I think it is important to remember that the health ministry in Gaza is in fact run by Hamas. So we cannot independently verify the casualty numbers from a US source at this time. Again, with anything when it comes to intelligence, of course the United States always seeks to verify information on our own and through our own sources and methods. But we do see the public reporting out there. Again, it's just to caution as people report on these numbers that this is the Hamas run health ministry. And so we cannot independently verify these numbers. Great, yeah, Janie. Thank you, Sabrina. On North Korea's satellite, did Pentagon aware of Russia had to transport satellite technology to North Korea? I'm not aware of any reports of Russia transferring. I'm not aware of any of those reports. Because if they transport North Korea, it will be a successful launch. Again, I'm not aware of anything to do with this launch in Russia. All I can tell you is we are aware of the space launch vehicle that North Korea launched, I believe, is today on the 21st. But I don't have more information on, and frankly, don't have any details or would be able to give you any details on how Russia would be involved in that. And the South Korean Defense Minister said that if North Korea would launch the satellite again, it would suspend the 919 North Korea and South Korea military agreement. And this is what discussed at the listen to US and South Korea defense minister's meeting. Is the US decisions the same as the South Korea? I think what you're referring to is the CMA. And again, that's an agreement between the two nations. And I just don't have anything further to share with you this afternoon. Yeah, in the back. Thank you very much, Sabrina. A follow-up from last week, another colleague had asked a question two weeks prior to that. You said the aid military continues to flow to Israel. How much in US dollars? Have you still working on that? We are still working on that. And I do owe you an answer, and I have not forgotten. So I will come back to you on that. OK, another question, please. So just like my colleague said, there were lots of conversations between the Americans and the Israelis about mitigating civilian loss of life and how they can responsibly carry out these offenses. And now they're looking to move into the South, where, as you said, so many people, hundreds of thousands perhaps, they've been told to move to. Now, if that's an indication, the invasion of the North, are we expecting another at least 15,000 Sweden vets in the upcoming weeks? Look, I can't speculate on an operation that hasn't happened, an operation that we're not involved in. What I can tell you is in every single one of our conversations from this department, and you've heard from other podiums and including at the White House, one of the things that we continue to emphasize with our Israeli counterparts is the preservation of innocent lives. That is something that you see consistently, not only in our readouts, but both publicly and privately, we continue to emphasize. I can't speculate on what's going to happen in the South. Again, I'm just going to say that we remain in near daily contact with our Israeli counterpart, what the Secretary's Israeli counterpart. I'm not going to characterize how, again, we're not going to armchair quarterback this. We're not on the ground. This is not our operation. But I think it's important that I reiterate here that in any of our conversations, we always are emphasizing the need to preserve innocent civilian lives, to be precise with any operation, and of course, to uphold the laws of armed conflict. Yes? One follow-up. Can you give us any sense of how many unannounced counter-strikes there have been since October 17th? Do you mention the unannounced strikes? Just any data around how many there have been? I'm happy to take that question. I just don't have that in front of me. But again, I just don't want there to be a focus on these particular self-defense strikes, because it happens, again, if we can identify a point of origin in the moment, we're going to take action, because it isn't self-defense. And so I just want to, I know Tara had asked about this, but just trying to separate out the three, and I'm trying to remember the dates here off the top of my head, but the three strikes that we had announced, which was on the 26th, the 8th, and the 12th. Again, those were pre-planned in advance, targeting specific facilities and infrastructure that we know these IRGC affiliate militias use. The kinetic action that you saw last night that the US military took was, again, in response to a direct attack happening on our base. And you pointed out that there have been 66 attacks by Iranian-backed militia groups on US coalition forces since October 17. Why aren't these US counter-strikes working as a deterrence strategy? Well, I would push back on that. I know 66 is a high number. But again, we have days sometimes where we don't have attacks. So would you say that the strategy is not working if one day goes by where there's not an attack on US forces? I'm not saying that that's the way to caveat it. But what I am saying is that we don't want to see this conflict widen out. We will respond when we feel, at the time and place of our choosing, that we need to respond. We have three times already. We did again last night. I wouldn't say that, again, it's not working. I would say that we are being very deliberate in our strikes and what we target. These groups, while have inflicted some minor damage to infrastructure, right now we are seeing non-serious injuries, minor damage to infrastructure in comparison to weapons facilities being destroyed, a command and control center node being leveled. And so again, and a training facility also destroyed. So again, if you look at the scope and the ability for us to respond, we've been very precise and have inflicted a lot of damage. Mike, yeah. I changed the subject. The Army recently sent out a letter to about 2,000 soldiers who are discharged, some further refused to take the COVID vaccine that gives them the opportunity to come back into the military. Do you know if this is going to be done to the DOD wide, or the other service is going to do this as well? I'm sorry. I haven't seen the letter. So I would refer you to the Army for any more specifics on that. I just don't have more information on that. See if it's going to be beyond the Army. I'm hesitant to comment just because I haven't seen the letter and the contents of it. So I'd refer you for more specifics to the Army. Yeah. Erin? Yeah. Going back to North Korea. So they have sent satellites that have gone into orbit in the past. Did this one enter the orbit? I don't have more on that. I think that's something that we're still assessing. Yeah. Tom? All right, thanks, Sabrina. Two questions. One, both to clarify for me. The kinetic action last night, the gunship was already in the air. Correct. OK, thank you. And Mike was asking about the letter that may have gone out to others to get back. Service personnel. There's been reports that the action by the Pentagon was illegal because the COVID vaccine had not yet been approved by the FDA. Have you heard anything about this? I'm sorry. I have not. Yeah. Brandy? Yeah, thanks, Sabrina. Just a quick follow-up on the North Korea satellite. You guys assessed specifically if it's a military satellite at this point? Nope. All I have for you is that we know it's a space launch vehicle, but that's all I have. Yeah, of course, yes. Thanks, Sabrina. On the matter in Gaza, of course, you know the North, the whole Gaza Strip is one of the world's mostly densely populated areas. And with the people going southward, the population density is increased even more in the South. So I know you said it's not our operation, but it's your weapons that the Israeli government is or the army is using there. So the last week, you said that even though you are providing these weapons with no restrictions, but still you are following if any weapon given by the United States to any ally around the world should be used according to the international law and to look for the humanitarian issue as well. So in this frame, do you have any special contact with your Israeli counterpart? And do you follow up to avoid any civilian casualties, increased civilian casualties, since the numbers are bigger than before in the South now? Yeah. So thanks for the question. And there's, I think, two in there. So just taking them apart, again, with any partner or ally that we give or we supply, our military weapons to, we expect them to follow the laws of armed conflict that we ourselves do as well. We expect them to uphold humanitarian laws. So when I think you were paraphrasing a bit of what I said, while we don't put conditions on how they are used, we do expect them to be used in accordance with how we would use them as well. So I think that's an important distinction to make. And then I think your second question was on the population and the potential operation that could happen in the South. If I'm actually using these weapons there on a higher density population in the South, could create a bigger risk than before. Right. Sorry, that's right. That's not something that we want to see. Of course, we want to see. We know that there are innocent civilians that have moved from the North into the South of Gaza, seeking refuge, seeking security. And so again, it's something that the Secretary continues to speak with Minister Golan about, about the need to protect innocent civilians. And again, I don't want to get ahead of anything. We haven't seen an operation happen. We haven't seen exactly what this could look like. So I think it's just prudent to just, I don't want to speculate on anything that could happen in the South. But I think it is important to remember that in all of our conversations with the Israelis, we are absolutely reiterating the need to uphold humanitarian laws and the law of armed conflict. But I- Mathematically, the risk is there. So do you contact them before something happens or you're going to war? We do not control, and we are not embedded in their operations. But I think it is important, and I know I've said this before, but I think it's important to remember that Hamas uses civilians as shields to conduct their own operations and to hide their command and control centers, to hide ammunitions and weapons depots in highly populated civilian areas. So again, while we are going to continue to still have conversations with our Israeli counterparts about the need to protect and preserve innocent lives, we can't forget that Hamas is putting innocent people at risk. Matt? Thank you, Sabrina. On that AC 130, you said it was already in the air at the time. Was that just by chance in the region or was it loitering in the area in anticipation of a potential attack from one of these groups? Yeah. Thanks, Matt. So I'm not going to get into more specifics on why or when it was up in the air. All I can tell you is that it was already in the area. One other thing is, as a point of clarification, you said that it had eyes on those militants. Did you say that it was viewing them before the attack or saw the attack actually occur? And if so, was it in a position to perhaps prevented the launch of that missile? I don't believe it was in a position to prevent. I believe it was in the air and saw it happen in real time. Yeah. Thank you. So, Junker, we also said to you that Iran is considering providing Russia with ballistic missiles for use in Ukraine. So would the U.S. and partners consider providing Ukraine with more advanced capabilities to defend itself properly in this case? Thanks for the question. I'm aware that we continue to be concerned that Iran could provide ballistic missiles to Russia for use within Ukraine. But we feel confident that, well, one, we haven't seen it happen yet. Two, we feel very confident in the aid and the capabilities we have been able to provide Ukraine to date. And you're seeing them make, employing them effectively on the battlefield. They are using, whether it's our high mars, we just announced another high mars system that was in the last package that the secretary announced. They have tremendous air defense systems as well. So we feel very confident in what we have been able to supply Ukraine to make progress on the battlefield. I have another one. So ABC reported today that the US deliveries of artillery shells to Ukraine have fallen by more than 30% since the Israel-Hamas war began according to the Ukrainian official. So could you confirm that? And if true, doesn't mean that Israel-Hamas war does affect the ability to sustain Ukraine's immediate needs on the battlefield. Yeah, I saw that story. Look, I would push back on that assertion. We have been able to supply Ukraine with what it needs during its counter-offensive. And we will continue to supply Ukraine with what it needs as we head into winter. We are able to do that. And we're able to support Israel in what it needs to defend itself in its war with Hamas. We feel confident we can do both. And we're going to continue to do both. But let me just take this as a moment to reiterate that we need Congress's help. We cannot do this without Congress passing the supplemental bill, which we submitted months ago. And that is a need for urgent emergency assistance. And that's not just for Ukraine. That's also for Israel, for also the Indo-Pacific. And so the only way that we can continue to support Ukraine is if also Congress passes that urgent supplemental that we requested. Yeah, just a few more here. Yeah. If I could just ask a follow-up to Matt's question about the AC-130 strike in Iraq. What was the aircraft in the air because of any indications of a potential threat to US personnel in that area? Yeah, I appreciate the question, but I just can't get any more further details on that. The Department ruled out preemptive strikes on Iran-backed militias in Iraq in order to prevent or to defend US personnel against the amendment. We have not taken anything off the table or ruled anything out. That's something that is a decision that the Secretary makes and recommends to the president, who, of course, makes the ultimate decision. We have a range of options. We know that, of course, these groups have targeted our forces at both Iraq and Syria. We feel right now that we have taken appropriate action to decimate some of their facilities and some of their weapons. But again, we always reserve the right to respond at a time and place of our choosing. What secret strikes last night on the US that did not go all the way up to the White House for approval? That was in direct response to a attack happening on the base. So as mentioned, the AC-130 did observe the attack and was able to take immediate action. That's something that, at a commander level, of course, if you're under attack and you're able to respond, that's a decision that can be made at that level. Constantine. Thanks, Sabrina. Just a quick follow-up on the Ford. I mean, it looks like the ship will have been on deployment for about seven months at this point. Is there a maximum length of time that the Secretary is willing to keep the Ford on station and deploy it? Again, I don't have anything for you on that right now. It's the Secretary's decision. He will make that when he determines that it's time for the Ford to come home. Right now, she remains in the Eastern Med and will be there until he decides that she needs to come back. OK, Janie, I can take one more, and then I got to wrap up. Thank you so much, Sabrina. Do you think North Korean satellite launch is a violation of the UN Security Council Yes, and the NSC, I think, I believe, put out a statement saying that as well. We've said that before from the podium. These launches, again, are destabilizing. They violate UN Security Council resolutions, and I'll just leave it at that. But before I wrap, did you have a question? OK, great. Before I wrap, just two things. I want to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving. I know that it's been a busy few weeks, and so I know this department is incredibly grateful for our service members serving abroad, our civilians also serving abroad, and their families as well, thinking about them during this Thanksgiving holiday. And I hope all of you have a great Thanksgiving. And then last note, our Chief of Staff, Jess Kosmider, is leaving us. She will be going to the NSC. And so it is very sad that we are seeing her leave, but she's off to big things, and I'm sure you'll be working with her over there. With that, I will wrap up.


Mr. District Attorney, starring David Bryan, District Attorney, champion of the people, defender of truth, guardian of our fundamental rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Only to prosecute to the limit of the law, all persons accused of crimes, perpetrated within this county, but to defend with equal vigor the rights and privileges of all its citizens. In a moment we'll bring you another case from the files of Mr. District Attorney. The first the word from our sponsor. Mr. District Attorney. Before a District Attorney can begin, there are three things you must know. When and where the murder was committed, and the identity of the victim. All three of these elements were unknown when this case began. It started with a midnight call from Harrington, asking me to meet him at the railroad freight yards on the outskirts of the city. It's the third box time that's starting over there, Chief. We're just past this weekend.  At first they thought it was something some poet left behind. Then when they went to lift it, they realized it was a party of it. Harrington said she was about 21 years old. Any clothing? Yeah, but I said everything must have been home-laundered. Do you want to rest them at the time of death? Sir, seven hours ago, between five and six p.m. Oh, sure, sure. Hey, Charlie. That's good. Hey, I'll give you a boost up, Chief. The duffel bag there. Yeah. Duffel bag itself won't help much. Kind anybody could pick up in a war surplus store. Blood seepage. It's more than blood. A cart of this bag are armed with a body, and it must have set it down someplace to rest. Little earth clung to it. Some of it off between your fingers. Ah, fine grain. Like beach sand? Yeah. Yeah, just thinking of the train schedule. The body couldn't have been put on until after the matter. Say after six o'clock. The train made three stops between then and the time it pulled into the yards. Any of those stops on the coast? Only one. A watering stop near Lobster Bay. Fishing village and a resource center. Lots of people pouring in and out of there this time of the year. Ah, we only knew who she was. Only there was a laundry mark. Well, there's one thing we've got. Ah, what? Her shoes. Ah, cheap mate. Could have come from a thousand stores all over the country. Yes, but these were repaired recently. We could find the shoemaker or fix them. He might recognize his work. We'll take these with us. Leave the rest for the lab. Cross the street there. A table by the window of that seafood place. Clear the mystery. I'm afraid we're more interested in the secrets of death. The sea would have warned her. Then you have seen her. First station, with the man. Do you know who the man was? No. What took you so long to make up your mind? No. Can you describe him for us? Neither light nor dark. Neither tall nor short. Part of the sea of humanity. Like any other part. Thanks. By a necklace. Each shell has a thousand years. She saw was the killer. She knew him. He might pay her to try to contact the man we're looking for. I want you to follow her. I ain't in the beach. Wherever she goes. I'll do some more checking around town. You can check me at the hotel with me a bit. Then pick a doorway for a stick. I'll resolve this up there. Look like Miss Miller. What would she be doing in Lobster Bay unless the lab came up with death? She just came out again. It is her. Must be lab information then. If you stop here, I'll catch her. Miss Miller. The hotel said you're... Where's Harrington going? We've got somebody under surveillance. I'll explain later. What have you got for us? Reports from the lab. Those stitches used to fill the victim into the duffel bag. Yes. Morgan says that the kind of stitches used by semen, the mem-torn sails. Well, most sailing vessels are pleasure craft these days. It fits in with a resort town like this. The girl is still a mystery. She wasn't a local resident. She may come from Sheffield. What makes you think so? Morgan found a bus ticket and a small pocket of her dress. It was a ticket from Lobster Bay to Sheffield. Now, that fits with the story we got about the murderer woman being seen at the bus depot here. She might have been buying a ticket to go home. A population of Sheffield's over 100,000. Her identity might not be easy to trace. Unless you give her a photo to the Sheffield newspapers. I want to avoid that for a while if I can. I've got something else I can use in tracing her pair of shoes. Do you want me to go back to the city? No. You go to the hotel and wait for a call from Harrington. You'll have to be our message center. Yes, sir. Where will you be? In Sheffield, checking shoe repair shops. In Sheffield, I've tried. Police business. You're my credential. I fixed these, all right? The broken strap. I remember for something else, too. I never get paid for the job. Who owns the shoes? Mrs. Watson. She's lived two blocks up in the street. Brown Woodhouse. Mrs. Watson. Her husband around? No, no, no. He's gone away one month. Ever hear anybody say where the husband went? Who knows? He's a go all the time. Sometimes to work at some place in a factory. Sometimes to work with the fishing boats. You mean he's been a seaman? Sometimes. A little bit of everything. Say, what are you asking me all of these things? How come you got at the shoes? Because Mrs. Watson doesn't need them anymore. She's dead. The house is two blocks up the street. Brown Wood and Frame. See, see. Mrs. Watson's a mama, does she know? I'm afraid not. You got to tell her. It's part of my job. What's going to happen to the poor Bambino? The old lady, she's too old to take care of a small baby all the time. Too old and too poor. Maybe not a body come home and take care of her. I hope he can. He's on the Bambino. What's going to stop him unless he's in some kind of trouble? Is he in a trouble? That depends whether or not he's sewed up the top of a certain duffel bag. Thanks for your help, Mr. Scanoe. Oh, sure, sure, sure thing. First time. Then, lastly, for husband no tour. From Lobster Bay. He said he was sorry. Wanted my daughter, Helen, to come and meet him. I thought she was there with him. And it seems that she was for a while. Can you give me your son-in-law's full name and description? Herbert Watson, Mr. Snape. They call him Bud. Herbert Bud Watson. How tall would you say somebody at the door? You want me to answer it? No, I'll call out the women and send them away. I don't want to see anybody now. What's the matter? What is it? I'm in love, Bud. Looks like he's saving us a lot of trouble. Better open the door, man, and let him in. In the case of the body on the freight train, here is an important message from our sponsor. A search for her identity led to a seaside resort and then to a town inland where facts began to indicate that her estranged husband was the killer. I was getting the husband a description from the dead woman's mother when the husband suddenly appeared at the house seeking evidence. What did he come back here for? That's something we'll find out when we let him in. I'll step behind the door. You open it and we'll be identified. It seems like this is her hour for picking up shells. Who's that you got in the car? Bud Watson. I identified the murdered girl. He's her husband. Is he clean? I don't know. I want you to look at this man, Rosie. You ever seen him before? Didn't know she seen me before. She didn't ask you. Well, how about it, Rosie? Yes. All right. Now tell us. Is he the same man you saw at the bus depot with the girl whose photograph I showed you? Yes. Same man. At the bus depot? Ellen, at the bus depot. You hear that, Rosie? That means one of you is lying. Well, I'm not lying. Well, have a look at your place after we get you behind bars in the local jail. Start work. You know why Watson won't admit it if he won't? I think he's telling the truth. And Rosie must be covering up for something. Press this screwball. I should have stayed with her. She torches. Stop it. She's been murdered. They said that somebody could cut her throat. All right. Let's get out there. The plates were shot like this. Mrs. Watson might have been killed in a place like this. And the two other things. Whoever was living here was mighty. It was where somebody practiced throwing a knife. Yeah. Good aim, too. All the marks inside the circle. Take a look at that cord. That's a seamen's knot.  A seamen we've been looking for was here all right. It couldn't have been Watson, Chief. Rosie was alive when we jailed him. You think it might have been an old shipmate of his? Let's go ask him if he remembers one that was handy. Because he was in some kind of trouble with the law. But this year I wrote to him and asked him to meet me here again. But he... Yeah, I was. But the doc's there. Money to stop moving for a while. From the circle on the door. After this message from our sponsor. Michael's the necklacewoman. Confunded with proof of his guilt, he broke down and confessed to her murder and the murder of Mrs. Watson. He is now awaiting... But Watson was convicted on a charge of extortion but was placed on probation. Now this is David Bryan. Originated by Phillips H. Law.