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The Paris climate change negotiations enter their second and final week today.

The Paris climate change negotiations enter their second and final week today. Benoit Tessier/Reuters

Your Monday Briefing
By ADEEL HASSAN
Good morning.
Here's what you need to know:
• "Freedom is more powerful than fear," Obama says
In a rare Oval Office address on Sunday night, President Obama called for tougher screening of travelers who come to the U.S. without visas. He also asked Congress to ban gun sales to people on the government's no-fly list, and for limits on assault weapons.
But his speech did not include a new strategy to contain or defeat the so-called Islamic State, which might have inspired last week's rampage in San Bernardino, Calif. The F.B.I. is investigating possible links.
Tashfeen Malik, one of the suspects killed in a gun battle with the police after the attack, straddled several worlds, having been born in Pakistan, raised in Saudi Arabia and married in the U.S.
• Trust and money.
That's what the Paris climate change negotiations, entering their second and final week, come down to as officials work to finalize a global agreement to curb growth of greenhouse gas emissions.
• Inquiry into Chicago's police.
The Justice Department plans to begin a far-ranging investigation into the patterns and practices of the Chicago Police Department, part of the continuing fallout from a video released last month showing the police shooting of Laquan McDonald, a black teenager.
At least five police officers present during the 2014 shooting supported a discredited version of events told by the officer who fired the fatal shots.
• On the campaign trail.
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont released a climate change plan today that seeks to end U.S. dependence on oil, coal and nuclear energy, setting goals to move to a 100 percent clean-energy system sustained by wind and solar power.
Hillary Clinton on Sunday urged technology companies in Silicon Valley to "disrupt" Islamic State militants.
An analysis of 95,000 words Donald J. Trump said in public in the past week reveals powerful patterns in his speech which, historians say, echo the appeals of demagogues in the past.
And Marco Rubio has abruptly changed the course of his campaign to zero in on Ted Cruz.
• Twin defeats for Socialists.
The opposition surged to a rare victory in Venezuela in congressional elections on Sunday, capturing a legislative majority for the first time in years. It's a major setback to the heirs of former President Hugo Chávez and his socialist-inspired movement.
In France, the far-right party of Marine Le Pen was poised to make major gains after the first round of voting in regional elections on Sunday, three weeks after the terrorist attacks that traumatized the country.
• College presidents' salaries rise.
The earnings of presidents of private colleges climbed 5.6 percent from 2012 to 2013, to a median of $436,000, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.
The total compensation for Lee C. Bollinger of Columbia University, the longest-serving president of an Ivy League, was $4.6 million, placing him at No. 1 on the list.
BUSINESS
• In a special report, The Times examines how a revolving door between Washington and Wall Street has supported a bid by big banks to push aside Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the huge government-backed mortgage firms.
• Germany's willingness to be tough on Volkswagen, a symbol of the nation's economic success, is under question.
• Online ads are growing more maddening, and YouTube says that viewers have watched "unboxing" videos more than 1.1 billion times this year.
• Wall Street stock futures are trending positive, after Friday's 2.1-percent rise. European markets are broadly higher, and Asian indexes finished mixed.
OVER THE WEEKEND
• The Times called for tighter gun control on its front page on Saturday, the first time it published an editorial there in nearly 100 years.
• Gun shops in the U.S. are reporting increased sales.
• Secretary of State John Kerry warned that Israel, through its continued occupation of the West Bank, could become a "binational state."
• A Spanish ship that sunk more than 300 years ago off Colombia, with what may be the world's largest sunken treasure, has been discovered.
• Former President Jimmy Carter said that he was free of cancer.
• Chuck Williams, who opened a French cookware shop in Sonoma, Calif., that evolved into Williams-Sonoma, died at 100.
• Clemson, Alabama, Michigan State and Oklahoma were chosen for the College Football Playoff. Here are all the bowl matchups.
• "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2" repeated as winner at the box office.
• Catching up on TV: Episode recaps for "The Affair," "Homeland," "The Leftovers" and "Jessica Jones."
NOTEWORTHY
• Still perfect.
The Carolina Panthers improved to 12-0, outlasting the New Orleans Saints, 41-38, on Sunday. The New England Patriots have a losing streak for the first time in more than three years.
Here are all the N.F.L. Week 13 highlights and scores.
In the N.B.A., the Golden State Warriors defeated the Brooklyn Nets, 114-98, to improve to 22-0.
• Names in the news.
Kennedy Center Honors — for a lifetime of achievement in the performing arts — went to Carole King, George Lucas, Seiji Ozawa, Cicely Tyson and Rita Moreno.
The Grammy Awards nominations are announced today. The ceremony will be on Feb. 15 in Los Angeles.
The finalists for the Heisman Trophy — for the top college football player — are revealed today. The winner will be named on Saturday.
• Festival of lights.
Hanukkah began on Sunday evening and continues until next Monday. Here are some of our favorite recipes for the Jewish holiday.
BACK STORY
Tonight is one of the year's biggest events in European culture: the season opener at La Scala opera house in Milan.
La Scala, built in 1788 and one of the world's most famous opera houses, has premiered works by Verdi, Bellini, Donizetti, Puccini, Rossini and Salieri, among others.
Verdi's "Joan of Arc," which debuted at La Scala in 1845, will be performed there tonight for the first time in 150 years.
The neo-Classical theater was bombed by Allied forces in 1943 and restored after World War II, in 1946. A major renovation was completed in 2004.
And it has had an especially busy year, hosting performances during its usual summer break period for Expo Milano 2015, the world's fair.
Despite La Scala's stature, some top singers refuse to perform there because of boos and jeers that rain down from the top of its six tiers. Even Luciano Pavarotti was not immune.
In 2006, a French singer quit midscene in Verdi's "Aida." His understudy had to rush onstage in everyday clothes.
The show must go on, of course.
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