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better news for new zealand cricket on the field. they are in a strong position after the first test against windies. the black caps posting 609/9. the windies following on, trailing by 228 runs. >> manchester united manager david moyes doing his best to sound and stay confident despite seeing his side leave his fourth game of the season. brian's goal four minute from time gave everton a first win at united in 21 years. >> we have a long way to go. we play great football. we'll be in around there. >> reporter: are you cable of doing that? >> i do, yes. >> lius suarez scoring. >> i like to talk about the team. you have to hold up lius as one of the best strikesers in the world. incredible. >> arsenal are four clear at the top of the table. nicholas bentall getting the opener. nine games, 32 goals. >> brazilian team comes from behind. the first leg of the final. scoring open just after half time. the brazilian poegs was the level. a free kick in the 79th minute. the second leg coming up in buenos aires on wednesday. >> lindsey vonn ret

they are about to say so long to 2013 in new zealand, rather.than 30 minutes from now, the clock strikes midnight there. it is followed by celebrations in australia. later today the world will be watching dubai where they are hoping to set a guinness world record for the largest fireworks show in history. our sara sidner is there live. fun excitement, sara. tell us about it. >> reporter: i kind of feel bad. i was listening to the temperatures in new york. guess what? it's about 77 degrees here so we are suffering here on the beach at the palm. we are on a man-made island and you can get on here with only specific access. not letting everybody on here. thousands of people are trying to come to see dubai beat the world record with the amount of fireworks blown off at one time. behind me there is the atlantis and behind there a massive display of fireworks but that is not the only place. we told you earlier it is going to be literally around there area. they want to make it looks like the sun is rising with fireworks. quite an artistic display as w

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this woman in new zealand needs to control her temper and maybe get some pants and a shirt. >> that's a road rage fight. she's upset with these women that she's yelling at because apparently these women cut her off. and not only is she yelling at them, she is, according to police, threatening them with a skew driv screwdriver. >> she's got a shiv and a bikini. >> apparently the person shooting this video was in the car with that person. >> whoa. did she just throw a punch or stab the person? >> this woman saw the video after it went viral and they say she turned herself in to police but police in new zealand are looking for the victim to find out what went down. >> police in ann arbor released the security footage of this young man and this young woman standing at the all the owe pay station but watch this fella. >> what? >> that hurts. >> punched the screen in with his hand. you can tell it hurt him because he's doubled over. now he goes after the side of the machine. >> oh, right, that looks a little easier to punch through. >> the girl is just holding her hand up to her head. >> i

. -- also, newspi zealand is up currently by went one percent. the rest are booking the -- probably up by .1%. the rest are looking up. >> as john was mentioning, asia- pacific markets are being driven by pieces of data. signs of manufacturing slowing. stephen engle is in beijing for us. is there a danger that we read too much into it? mean, we are drawing a lot of conclusions from a slight dip down in the flash number. this is the preliminary number for manufacturing pmi for december from hsbc and economics again. remember, this is a private survey, not the official survey. private companies in the manufacturing space in china, about 400 or so companies, where the official pmi am leslie looks at-- pmi mostly looks manufacturing. but it did sink down to a three- month low with this flash number. if the .5 compared to 50.8 for the final reading we got last month -- 50.5 compared to 50.8 for the final reading we got last month. it rants -- it represents about 80% of the final survey of couple of weeks ahead of the final result that we will get at t

new zealand holding one of the first celebrations of the new year. take a look. in auckland crowds cheering and horns blared as fireworks erupted from the sky tower. ♪ >> this was the scene in sydney, australia. ♪ [ cheers ] and in folk you, priests began ringing 2014 in by ringing a bell 108 times. they did so to wipe away the 108 sins of the previous year. ♪ >> and as you can see, the new year began with a bang in shanghai, china. the city has a fireworks and las laser show. there are similar celebrations taking place across china. here in the u.s. congress didn't do much in 2013, but the states were busy. here is a look at what you can expect coming up. >> if you are 21 you can buy and smoke marijuana in colorado as the state becomes the first in the nation to legalize recreational pot. oregon has a law about cigarettes and bans for lighting up if children are in your car. gun owners lined up to register assault rifles and ammunition magazines that can hold more than ten rounds in connecticut. cigarettes are getting a lot of attention in the new year, near in

i recall the trip to new zealand's and new zealand came here for the america's cup. i want to mention i've seen the are pier 92 artwork from the freeway it's beautiful and visible. i think it's something i hope to see more of those and it's exactly from what david told us it stand out and it's a beautiful piece of artwork i want to commend everyone it's and reality. thank you. >> thanks to david. any other comments commissioners otherwise >> just with respect to the installation and again, this has been said repeatedly but having been lucky enough to participate in this selection panel the quality of the artists artist was really really extraordinary abu they're working so closely with the community and incorporating that in their art. i really appreciated the effort they intoxicate in including that in the rfp. this is a gateway to 0 a community and it's important the artists recognize that we were lucky to have a team come forward and do that. okay moving on. >> items on the consent calendar it requests authorization for construction contract number 2758 and the ca

ringing in the new year-round the world, this celebration was taking place in new zealand. >>> russian president vladimir putin vowing to annihilate terrorism. >>> a fiery train crash in north dakota. how the weather could be a major factor in the cleanup. ♪ >>> security concerns appear to be growing ahead of the winter olympics in russia. officials now canceling new year's fireworks displays, following the attack. the president speaking out today vowing to annihilate terrorists. peter sharpe is there with our story. >> reporter: there wasn't much left of the trolly car when the ambulances arrived, but survivors were hanging on, and the hospital was less than 10 minutes ahead. this woman was one of more than 20 badly injured brought here. >> translator: it felt like a huge electric shock. i didn't see anyone with a bomb. i was looking out the window, and i can't remember anything after that. >> reporter: for the second time inless than 24 hours, the wards were filled with the victims of another bombing, some with terrible burns. this doctor said his team were carrying out operation --

no games placed in new zealand are being investigated. no matches are being investigated. >> new zealand on the field are in a good position. they are following on, still trailed by more than 200 runs. >> manchester united david moises doing his best, beaten 1-0 by his former club. edmonton with their first win at united in 20 years. they are 12 points behind the leader, sars nothing. >> we have time to play good football. > >> >> they have come from behind to draw 1-1 in the first leg of the final. argentina opened the scoring just after half time. the before stillens also with a free kick. that in the 79th minute. lindsey von has returned to the slopes coming back from her latest injury setback. she hasn't completed since suffering a knee injury in february. a tehraning crash last month further delayed a comeback. the american held her first world cup training run here. it is yet to be decided whether she will enter friday's race. >> i'm just trying to make sure things are good with my knee and build confidence every day. right now, i'm

. >> australia have beaten new zealand to claim the rugby league title. australians were the favourites, seeing off fiji 64-0. australia won 34-2 in the final. they lift the trophy for a 10th time. >> it was a rare occasion. terrific atmosphere, fantastic to play at the greens at the house of dreams as they call it. a great performance from the bunch. everyone in the group. everyone stood by. the staff, to get billy back on deck. a lot of things go behind. it was a great team effort. >> australia's rugby union team consigned wales to defeat. in the other match, the barr barians beat fiji 43-19. >> for fiji - they have won the dubai 7th tournament. 29-17. the fijians thrashed new zealand 44-0, continued excellent form, outscoring opponents by 5-3. the first time in six final appearances that they won in dubai. >> south africa's cricketers beat pak sfan in centurion. pakistan batted first. the most damage inflicted on the proetia's attack. de villiers top scored, making 48 not out. and together with wayne parnell hit the winning runs in the 39th over. south

. >> also on saturday, japan held separate meetings with mexico and new zealand on the abolition of tariffs and other issues. >>> the upper house of japan's diet on saturday unanimously adopted a resolution calling on china to immediate withdraw its recent establishment of an air defense identification zone over the east china sea. the resolution says japan cannot accept the declaration of the air zone because china treats the airspace over japan's senkaku islands as if it were its own. japan controls the islands. china and taiwan claim them. it says china's declaration is a grave infringement of japan's territorial sovereignty. the resolution says the air zone restricts freedom of flight over the high seas. it also says the air zone will heighten tension over the east china sea and undermine peace and stability in the asia pacific region. >> translator: japan will closely cooperate with the united states and other countries to calmly and resolutely deal with china's attempt to change the status quo by force. we are determined to protect japan's territorial land, waters, and air space. >> t

five new zealanders are on board including two chefs who provided christmas lunch and jane wilson who is enjoying some down time. >> everyone is happy. our program is continuing. we were quite pleased to have a break. >> reporter: the team are retracing the steps of australian explorer douglas morison after a hundred years ago. after visiting his hut, they plan to compare how the landscape and wildlife have changed in the last century. the crew sitting tight for now but they're itching to get on with their research before landing back in bluff at the beginning of january. >>> for one family christmas began with cheer but ended in tragedy. that's because the home they built was completely engulfed in flames last night. it happened in the 14000 block of rolling meadows road of prince george's county. you see the fire right there on your screen. that is an unincorporated section of the county which means there are no fire hydrants in the area. fire crews were able to battle the flames relying on a tanker task force to provide water. but the second floor of the house was already tried lea

filmmakers are getting ready for "action" in cities such as vancouver, london, and wellington, new zealand. governments in these locations are offering filmmakers deals they can't resist. it was an easy sell for big budget projects such as "avatar" film crews for the sequel are setting up shop in new zealand. by agreeing to spend 413 million dollars on the avatar sequels, director james cameron receives a 25% rebate on production costs. new yorkers are bracing for badq why this chart has caught the interest of one of our traders. that's later. plus... social media, it's not just for gen y anymore. we'll hear about why seniors are embracing new trends. and first, getting in shape, with video games? one of several new fitness gadgets we'll show you - after this in the know message. alright. so what's your new years resolution? lose weight and get in shape? not original - that's the number 1 resolution and that shows you how much americans want to live healthier lives.so, here are some new trends in fitness and health technology that, perhaps, can make it easier for you to reach your goal. da

new zealand and australia marginally lower. japan is the one to watch right now. are -- i mentioned before yahoo! japan. a buy from goldman sachs helps that. .p by 8.2%, upgrading goldman really backing yahoo! japan. you have these also rising as well. in australia, we have qantas falling once again. to junk lastrade week after the last forecast. virgin australia falling with that. singapore airlines is marginally up. unemployment rates falling to seven percent and china, exports beating forecasts. good.igures, japan not so >> thanks, john. bought more europeans bought a lot more. >> good morning, we are talking 33 point $8 million for the month of november. if you take a look at the exports, europe beating analyst estimates, rising from a year earlier. imports rising less than china did5.3%, but import a lot more iron ore. they are the world's largest consumer of iron ore that is used mainly to produce steel. assaw that at a record traders were punishing existing stockpiles. analysts are pretty happy with the export figure, not so happy with the import figure. th

its already 2014 in new zealand. this is a look at the big fire works show a couple hours ago at the sky tower. new zealand is always the first country in the world to celebrate the new yore. now australia just celebrated 2014 just a few minutes ago. police in the east bay are on a mission this new years eve trying to curb the use of illegal fire works and celebratory gunfire. alex savidge has more on this effort. >> reporter: leading up to new years eve, police here in oakland trying to crack down on fire works which are illegal in this city. that is why the city is allowing people to drop off their fire works at six oakland fire stations including this one where we are at this one downtown. let me show you the scene from last year at the fourth of july. police are warned anyone setting off illegal fire works can face a fine of more than $1,000. oakland police are reminding people about the danger of celebratory gunfire as well and also urging people not to fire their guns up into the air. in richmond meantime polic

the ship has been stuck since tuesday about 1700 miles south of new zealand. bill whitaker has more. >> reporter: passengers and crew aboard the research vessel "akademik shokalskiy" had to endure fierce antarctica conditions the last two days-- temperatures well below freezing, winds approaching 50 miles per hour. australian climate scientist chris turney is filing video updates from the distressed vessel at the bottom of the earth. >> the vessel hasn't moved for the last two days and we're surrounded by sea ice, we just can't get through. >> reporter: the ship left new zealand november 28 on a month- long scientific expedition. 74 scientists, tourists, journalists and crew studying antarctica's wildlife and waters. turney is leading the expedition. >> it's a glorious day, the fog has lifted, it's very still and calm. >> reporter: they were retracing the steps of australian explorer douglas mawson who made the trek in 1911. >> finally made it to mawson's hut. it's right here behind me. >> reporter: as they traveled on toward the magnetic south pole the see ic

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now i mention monocultures and i want to look at this and then the next headline this is from new zealand exiting watchdog concerned about risk of the single investment so the next big financial disaster to hit new zealand investors could involve a collapse in house prices or the share market says departing investment watch our boss sean hughes hughes who leaves tomorrow after three years at the financial markets authority cleaning up the mess left by the collapse of the finance industry company said my biggest concern is about excess investment in single asset classes and what happens when asset prices fall sharply whether that is equity or property again we have all this quantitative easing all this money printing caused by the toppling last time of the last bubble and now we've only the single only policy has been about stoking that keeping these share prices and house prices up that's it there's nothing at all but pushing more debt right and there's just one bed at the monoculture here john. and authors wrote a book about this a few years ago we had him on the show talking about the f

and the lord of the rings was filmed in new zealand this is the five eyes agreement has been around since the end of world war two it was so secret that the program wasn't even disclosed to the public until two thousand and five on the surface this treaty is just a friendly agreement between allied nations that it's essential to stopping global terrorism but that the snowden leaks we now know just what an asinine agreement it's actually being used for just realist the knowledge and circumventing those pesky laws that prohibit warrantless surveillance of a country's own citizens in theory these nations are not allowed to spy on each other's people we all know rules are meant to be broken in two thousand and seven man is a analyze retained and a british citizens mobile phone number email and ip address wept up and its enormous dragnet another memo dated from two thousand and five shows that the n.s.a. was working on a procedure to spy on the other four countries and while one sentence in the memo states that the. the u.s. and u.k. will not explicitly target each other very expensive a

australia canada and new zealand just like the i have sore on the whole region especially appropriate analogies and lord of the rings was filmed in new zealand and i digress is it five eyes agreement has been around since the end of world war two it was so secret that the program wasn't even disclosed to the public until two thousand and five on the surface this treaty is just a friendly agreement between allied nations that it's essential to stopping global terrorism but thanks to the snowden leaks we now know just what an asinine agreement it's actually being used for us trialist the knowledge and circumventing those pesky laws that prohibit warrantless surveillance of a country's own citizens in theory these nations are not allowed to spy on each other's people we all know rules are meant to be broken in two thousand and seven the n.s.a. analyzed retained any british citizens mobile phone number email and ip address wept up and its enormous dragnet another memo dated from two thousand and five shows that the n.s.a. was working on a procedure to spy on the other four countries and w

and the lord of the rings was filmed in new zealand and i digress is it five eyes agreement has been around since the end of world war two it was so secret that the program wasn't even disclosed to the public until two thousand and five on the surface this treaty is just a friendly agreement between allied nations that it's essential to stopping global terrorism but they say the snowden leaks we now know just what an asinine agreement it's actually being used for just realist the knowledge and circumventing those pesky laws that prohibit warrantless surveillance of a country's own citizens in theory these nations are not allowed to spy on each other's people we all know rules are meant to be broken in two thousand and seven man to say analyze retain any british citizens mobile phone number email and ip address wept up and its enormous dragnet another memo dated from two thousand and five shows that the n.s.a. was working on a procedure to spy on the other forms. countries and well one sentence in the memo states that the u.s. and u.k. will not explicitly target each other the very ne

it's picked up by the rescue team in new zealand. >> the hotline rang. i thought here we go.hat we got now? we were told it was a boat in distress and if we could go out and try to find it. >> the mayday calls gives only a vague position. the pilot knows finding the boat will be tough. >> the rescue helicopter actually went over us. it didn't see us because of the squalls in the water. >> it's now a nerve-racking 25 minutes since the rescue call was made. and at any moment "the tormenter" may sink. finally the rescue crew spots the troubled boat. >> they were in big trouble. the boat was actually beginning to sink rather rapidly. >> alex stewart, an experienced rescue diver, is lowered from the chopper. >> when they placed me on the boat, i had about two seconds and i was off it. >> alex knows there's very little time. >> i shouted to tina to get into the water and for her husband to go in the dinghy and get away from the seng sinking boat. >> tina doesn't want to get in the water for fear she'll lose hold of priscilla. then a wave hits the cockpit and the dog falls in to the

i made a wager with the new zealand prime minister that i would wear kiwi cufflinks if they won in theion match. i did so last week, but fortunately, nobody noticed. as >> the prime minister has vowed to fight for the united kingdom with his head, heart, and soul, but when it comes to a debate it is some guts that he needs to find. we now have the blueprint for independence, and we know what his united kingdom will look like. will he now stop being a pathetic big feartie and get out and debate the issues with the first minister? >> i am enjoying the debate we are having now -- that is where the debate should take place. of course, there should be a debate, including televised debates, but this is a debate between people in scotland. this is not a debate between the leader of the conservative party, or even the uk prime minister, and the scottish first minister. it is a debate, rightly, between the leader of the "no" campaign and the leader of the "yes" campaign, and they should fight it out on the facts and on the issues. i know he wants to find every sort of distraction possible becau

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cents.ng at 91 new zealand is still in the green. kiwi is also seeing some strength europe. 82.9 u.s. cents. let's head over to japan right now. the nikkei is closed in the green. just a fraction away. taking a look at the yen. it is weakening. is pointing to a higher open this morning. to ben get he was going leading the games. let's switch over to china. the debt is piling up. the odds of the defaults are higher. this lens of the question. defaulthe first deep -- in china's credit market. quite let's paint a picture of what is happening with some of these done financial companies. they are faced with heavy debts. they also have a very tight cash supply. this is a perfect storm for them to see their very first default. they first started regulating back in 1990 seven. they have not seen a default since then. principledn of securities must be repaid at some point next year. that is 19% more than this year. the majority will come from these note that have to be reading. will be thenority interest that is due on these payments. you can

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"squawk box" is up next and about to welcome in the new year in new zealand.e beginning around the globe. d beef. bny mellon turns insights like these into powerful investment strategies. for a university endowment. it funds a marine biologist... who studies the peruvian anchovy. invested in the world. bny mellon. >>> good morning. the final day of 2013 is upon us. getting ready to ring in the new year again. seems like we just did this. and we have one more trading day left to go. >>> resident necessary a small north dakota town are being urged to evacuate after a train collided into another and no injuries have been reported. >>> and the east coast may ring in the new year with a big snowstorm. it's tuesday, december 31st, 2013. "squawk box" begins right now. you are looking at a live shot from auckland, new zealand right now where they are about to celebrate in just about four seconds, three seconds, two seconds, one second, the new year. we have another 18 hours to go, though, before the bell drops here in times square. good morning to you and welcome to "

. >> when new zealand [ inaudible ] new zealand teaching 367 at 3.a where the top two teams of the east and west faced off on monday. the pacers won 106-102. >>> and the utah jazz picked up their second straight. they beat the houston rockets 109-103. 21 points from both trey burke and alex burke. >>> mexico's football team is concerned that the coach will stay on for the world cup in brazil next year. he took over in mid-october following a disastrous qualifying campaign we saw three other coaches get the boot. herrera guided the mexicans to a last minute race at the playoffs. >>> the sumbo world champions came to a close in st. petersburg last year. the marshall art's popularity is growing thanks to russian president vladimir putin. >> reporter: russia sambo is relatively unknown to the rest of the world. it's less of a style and more of an attitude, and it is finally getting it time in the spotlight thanks to steven segal and vladimir putin. the pair attended the opening of a multi-million dollars facility that opened in march. and last week the p

we have hope that in new zealand and u.k. they receive a marriage equality. they are working hard to make that a success story in australia. >> we wish you and your partner the best. ivan hinton speaking to us. >>> vladimir putin says he did not pressure ukraine into signing a trade deal. he has finished delivering his state of the union address. he outlined the position. >> translation: with all the event in kiev i hope the political powers in the country. in the interests of the ukrainian people will agree all the problems. you couldn't express to join in a different agreement. we do not pressure them. >> anna is a russian analyst and is at kings college london. before we get into the issue of ukraine, i want to talk about what vladimir putin said about the u.s. he didn't specifically mentioned washington but there was criticism of the u.s. putin says moscow is not trying to be a superpower or influence its powers given its own regional influence or the pour it has. putin did not mention u.s. or you and i will say that his point was wider than the u.s. it w