ruling that assanges founder julian jaubl n has been arbitrarily detained. and the british prime minister members inite denmark and poland to

e.u.otiate his country's membership ahead of a referendum. good evening. lawmakers in french have been a raft of constitutional changes put forward following last year's paris attacks. measures,e possible stripping some of their french citizenship and changing the long a stateng how of emergency can be declared for. but not everyone is welcoming these changes. reporter: to protect the nation unified front the against terrorism. french prime minister manuel pleaded in front of to passnt friday

divisive constitutional amendments. article one would confirm the legality of the current state of emergency and any future states of emergency. article 2 that's caused the biggest uproar. concerns stripping french nationals of their citizenship terrorism.nvicted of valls promised it would not be discriminatory. constitution guarantees the legality of the republic. the amendment will not distinguish between individuals obtained nationality at birth or those who have one or multiple nationalities. reporter: in the wake of the hollandeacks, francois said constitutional reforms were necessary to fight terrorism. but since then, the wording has gone through multiple drafts. as it currently stands, the nationality amendment would apply to all french citizens. but that's just on paper. because international treaties prohibit leaving an individual without citizenship. in its applied form,

nationals.uld target on the left, many critics have come out against the amendment. goes against one of the tenants of french values. equality. former justice minister resigned because she it.amentally disagrees with hollande needs a 3/5 majority pass.e articles to they're calling on mp's to show fight against terrorism. >> other world news, the founder assange,aks, julian today called on britain and sweden to let him walk rough, that heu.n. panel ruled had been arbitrarily detained. assange sparked fury in communities when he published hundreds of thousands of secret diplomatic cables. since 2012, he's been holed up in the ecuadoran embassy, to extradition in sweden, where he faces accusations of rape.

the foreign secretary called it ridiculous and warned that arrested the be moment he stepped out of that embassy. victory,ge called it a and i quote, of history importance. >> how sweet it is! cannot bevictory that denied. historicaltory of importance. my just to me, but for forly, for my children, and the independence of the u.n. system. >> wikileaks founde founder juln speaking there outside the embassy. for more, i'm joined here in the who is an author and expert on the united states. thank you so much for speaking us. >> thank you. >> does that ruling, by the u.n. panel, change anything as far as washington is concerned? do they take the u.n. working group on arbitrary detention

seriously? >> no. we know the attitude of the u.s. concerning anything that's international. group is an advisory group. so we know that this decision is nonbinding. it's good news because he's joining the ranks people.s but really, i mean, and legally speaking, it is not changing anything. >> so has it triggered any debate perhaps, especially as u.s. gears up for the presidential elections? is that something people are talking about much? >> well, they're talking about how much security is necessary and, of course, the republican all thesaying we need equipment of the world and it doesn't matter if liberties are at stake. they were against the the patriotomact, a revision of act adopted in 2015. even hillary clinton is fairly on that too. so the only one that wanted whose priority was to protect liberties is rand paul, the libertarian candidate, and he's

race.ger in the when you interview people in the street, they don't mention it as a problem. of them say they are not interested, not concerned, even told that there are, you know -- that there was a collection of their personal data. but then even the president said, well, it's not exactly the phone call. so why are you afraid? i'dhere's that slogan, rather be read than dead, which a lot of people say in the united states. of this case regarding assange has been a real thorn in the side of the authorities in london and stockholm. do you think it's fair to say that washington is the most party in this? after all, it was millions of diplomatic cables leaked. >> my impression is some people are saying that washington put a lot of pressure on both sweden and britain and maybe this explains why the swedish prosecutor is acting the way he does. my impression is that the problem for washington now is

more snowden. for me, assange is an old story. i was surprised by the decision but not that interested. situation is, what is the u.s. going to do in the future? they're more interested in rid of isis and unfortunately, not necessarily right options, thinking about military. some of the republican hawkish.s are really but nobody is thinking about it anymore. is a littleedom act improvement but not a big improvement. and if we can pair with the french law adopted and you may remember that everybody has said adopt thegoing to french patriot act. my analysis is it's more rights.ve of when we look at the only america, the court, in so many years, it was created

1978, it rendered like 35,000 12 weres and only refusals. so it means there is no judicial review of the process. it's not very optimistic. but nobody is worried about that. at the campaign, everybody is saying the same something. security first. inre not that interested liberty. >> basically just to summarize assange were saying, has been completely eclipsed by snowden. >> that's my vision at least. much for sharing that. now, the british prime minister cameron has been visiting denmark and poland in a push to seekssupport as the u.k. to renegotiate its member in the e.u. in warsaw and copenhagen, cameron appeared to win backing for his prms, which include -- which includeals, plans to remove red tapes and to

curb benefits for migrants in the u.k. a referendum may be held as soon as june. leaving have aof 9% lead over those in favor of the europeanide union, according to some polls. report.he >> david cameron took to the bi ways of europe in a bid to drum for e.u. reforms. said he was -- he could the british to public if e.u. reforms. they were amenable to his proposals. fully support the prime minister's proposals. regarding solutions that are improving competitiveness. removing red tape in the finally union and granting proper significance to national parliament. reporter: the trip comes at a

when a new poll shows support, and the coming referendum has risen. speaking in copenhagen, cameron said the u.k. was going to benefits for nationals. all the timel take that i need to get the deal right for people in britain. arethings i've said absolutely crucial, that we end the idea of something for nothing, that people can come to get instant access to our welfare system. that's got to change. and that will change. reporter: that could put him on a collision course with thetries such as poland, as 500,000ht affect some poles living in the u.k. a lot remains to get other cameron'stes behind oforms and stem the tide euro skepticism in the u.k.

20,000 syrians have flooded to a checkpoint on border. backed up by russian air power, damascus on to monday began a major offensive there. cut offalso managed to key supply lines used i the rebels.- used by the reporter: fleeing in the tens of thousands. refugees from aleppo, the latest point in the syrian conflicts. they're headed for the turkish border. are taking emergency measures to speed up the rufgz refugees. they expect up to 70,000 people days. next few supply lines between turkey and aleppo have been cut off. >> there are russian planes, different sides fighting. the islamic state groups, the shiites. do? are we supposed to where are we supposed to go?

reporter: formerly the capital, aleppo is a strategic prize. since a battleed in 2012, with areas controlled by the jihadist groups and the regime. at least 60% of the old city, a heritage site, has been destroyed by the fighting. backed by intensive russian air they have been upping efforts to retake the area. for human observatory rights claims civilians are being killed in the bombings, 21 dead andt another 60 injured just this thursday. 300,000 civilians are thought to trapped in aleppo. humanitarian agencies are unable access. >> now, the united nations says that with the help of troops, in the cityice base has been captured. one army commander was killed in as threeation as well

of the attackers, whom he referred to as terrorists. now, it's a meeting which could heal a 1,000-year-old rift. pope francis asked to hold a week in cuba. it will be the first-ever meeting between the heads of the church,ches of the which went their separate ways back in the year 1054. pontiff will be stopping after havana airport on friday, to mexico. reporter: after more than 1,000 the years of crusty relations, the leaders of the roman and russian orthodox churches are about to meet again. place inngs will take auspicious circumstances during the havana airport. >> they are pleased to announce, by the grace of god, his holliness and his holiness of

meet onnd russia, will february 12. reporter: pope francis will be to mexico and patriarch kirill will be on an official visit to cuba. >> the meeting of the primates the russian orthodox churches, which have been prepared for a long time, will wille first in history and mark an important stage in relations between the two churches. reporter: the meeting will be dominated by the issue of christians, but also the conflict in ukraine, a churches are both influential. since he became pontiff three francis has had tone.menical none has been quite so historical has this meeting between the two churches. schism that the

-- 1054.hristianity in 10 >> a crane collapsed this itning in lower manhattan, came crashing down on a building and a number of parked cars it.w according to bill de blasio, the person who was killed was sitting in a parked car at the the incident. nearby buildings have been evacuated as a precaution. the world health organization $25 it's going to channel million u.s. dollars into combating the zika virus. of theclared the spread illness to be a global emergency. zika is thought to be a factor in a series of reported birth defects right across latin america. about the virus, local authorities in brazil have taken the step of cancelling the carnival celebrations. celebrations in rio are set to go ahead and planned but weighing on it's the minds of revelers and the city's mayor.

the mosquito, it's roaming unfortunately. illness, zika,ew it's a topic that we have to be alert about. the population. it depends on all of us to be conscious, even during carnival, during the party. wish all of you a good carnival. live rio! >> there are still more questions and there are some to just how the zika virus is actually spread. reporter: nearly all of south or latin america, abortion is either illegal or heavily restricted. such laws, according to the u.n., are adding to the fears of pregnant women there, especially those that have been infected with the zika virus, which is cause birth defects. on friday, the united nations called on countries with zika to change their laws. citiesave a couple of

el sal va dor, where abortion is criminalized in all instances. we're asking the government to go back and change the laws, can they ask this woman not to become pregnant? have information to available, but the possibility to stop pregnancies if they wish so. also saidthe u.n. has that many governmental pleas for women not to get pregnant are unrealistic. due to the lack of available rampant sexualnd violence in some communities. in brazil, a group of activists are taking their plea to the supreme court. >> it's a blood test -- if the test is positive, we want the woman to have the right to choose whether to continue with pregnancy or not. reporter: but they say it's pure opportunityism. >> if we legalize abortion, why for down syndrome

or other illnesses that affect children? of south andh latin america are religious. both evangelicals and the staunchlyhurch are against abortion. the vatican has said it is not ready to comment on the issue. ouret's get a reminder of top stories here. a debating constitutional change year's parist attacks. french lawmakers have been examining proposals aimed at terrorism amongst the measures, stripping nationals terror ofn acts of their french citizenship. frankly ridiculous. that's how the british government described a nonbinding government ruling founder wikileaks julian assange has been arbitrarily detained. and looking for support, the british prime minister meets his and polandn denmark as he seeks to renegotiate his country's membership of the e.u., ahead of the referendum, which could be as soon as the

month of june. for top business news stories. good evening. appear to be going haywire this friday afternoon. what's going on? >> well, it's related to this report that's come out of the united states this friday that was a mixed report situation.oyment two headline figures coming out. one is that the overall employment rate -- unemployment rate has dropped to 4.9% and 151,000 jobs were added in the month of january. that figure is fewer than most predicted.d it represents a slowdown from the previous two months. wages rose 2.5% over the past year. that's a crucial indicator for the federal reserve, which wants to see faster earnings growt gr. central bank hiked interest rates and could hike interest as fourain, as many times in the coming year, if the economy is seen as strong enough. created inbs were the manufacturing, retail and food services.

now, if we look at the overall can see that the u.s. has reached its lowest level of 2008.oyment since barack obama focused on the positive indicators. take a listen. >> most importantly, this progress is finally starting to translate into bigger paychecks. wageshe past six months, have grown at their fastest rate since the crisis. the policies that i'll push this designed to give workers even more leverage to earn raises and promotions. >> the markets seem to be focused on the disappointing day tradingl street is firmly in the red. the dow dropped 200 points as it opened. the s&p, down over 2%. 3.5% down. nearly forecasts from groups like linkedin, facebook and amazon. the european markets also

thathed lower, as employment data came out. now, the european union has narrowly accepted the 2016 portugal'sforth by left wing coalition government that it mustd continue with economic reforms. plan was deemed to be at risk with noncompliance of e.u. rules. government said they were turning the page on austerity, while angela merkel warned him to continue overhauling the country's economy. day ands another another strike here in paris. chauffeuredo-called tourist vehicles and online apps uber protested for a third day against the government's plan to tighten regulations. reporter: gridlock for the third day in paris. hired drivers blocked the road to the airport to voice

their anger about new vtc's,tions on so-called chauffeured tourism vehicles. it has taken the city hostage. official, thousands of cabs staged their own three-day the promiseggering of restrictions that brought the private drivers on to the streets. >> the government is 100% behind the taxi drivers and has alienated 10,000 to 15,000 even including the french people that use and are completely satisfied with these services. reporter: the government said it would increase checks to ensure private drivers carried the required number of passengers, operatingwo for those under a license and return to a garage between fares. the public are getting fed up. a.m.left the house at 6:00 it was awful! everything was blocked. what can we do? is butr: the crackdown the latest bump in the road for

uber, which sent an e-mail to drivers, encouraging them to participate in the protest. the company was ordered to pay a fine this week for suggesting its drivers pick up passengers curbside. summer, it was forced to close down uber app. france isn't the only company to grappling with this. uber has faced resistance from san francisco to nairobi. >> the bg group has become one oil and gas firms to report a rise in earnings for 2015. they are expected to finalize the takeover by royal dutch weeks.n the coming shell announced this week that jobs, as its10,000 profits dropped -- dropped 80%. international sanctions were of ad follow the implement nuclear deal last month.

tehran and tokyo signed an friday,nt treaty on setting the terms for future trade, which could include planes and trains as well as iranian oil. reported better than expected quarterly sales and forecastnd raised its for sales for the coming year. the group was fueled by strong makeup brands like bobby brown. but said its bottom line might the strong dollar. this weekend is one of the theest sports events of year in the united states. but it's also a major money-maker. we're talking, of course, about the super bowl. the big championship of american football. even fans of the game still tune in for the t.v. ads. during the very first super bowl, a 30-second t.v. ad sold for $42,000. year, that same slot will million.er to $5

sheep.r: singing ♪ somebody ♪ anybody ♪ find me reporter: running hot dogs. a-list celebrities. it must be time for super bowl ads! estimated 189 million viewers expected to tune in, to reach anare keen audience that's gotten used to skipping commercials. are binge watching. want tole to come and watch ads, i think it's really rare right now. exciting.really reporter: but reaching that many eyeballs doesn't come cheap. 30-second shot cost nearly $5 million. and some companies have multiple spots airing. g.m. motors says the money for a ther bowl ad is worth investment. >> you want to be devoured? >> no! they're talking about a lot

of different things and we're bringing it all back to the kia brand. reporter: and it's not just established brands that are ponying up. >> i mean, this year, it's a lot of newcomers, to the super bowl stage. we're seeing lots of brands, big like amazon and colgate, who have never advertised in the super bowl before, coming in. then you're seeing a lot of smaller brands, names like loans,nts.com, quicken suntrust. arerter: whether the ads meant to elicit laughter or they, advertisers hope will be memorable and translate into sales. >> also bringing in the big bucks in the united states, marijuana sales. that's according to two industry groups, which say that americans nearly 5.5 billion on legal medical and recreational last year. california and colorado each counted for about a billion dollars. keep in mind, this is legal sales, not illegal, which more.t for much

four states have legalized the drug for recreational use. and 24 for medical uses. have brought money back into the governments as well. in colorado, for example, where taxed at 30%. state government took in $125

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