. >>> vice-president joseph biden was there and the reverend al sharpton was there and he prevented a piece for him to talk about. >> that is what you all fight about, racial gender equality and trying to stem the tide of new attempts, new attempts, to restrict the right of our people to lay a vote. >> prosecute poke is spending time -- president barack obama is spending time doing community service and banks and post offices are closed and other buses will be running as usual. park meter enforcement will still be enforced. >>> and the point is -- that was the point -- >>> in an interview, president barack obama opens up his thoughts on president barack obama and his thoughts much it. >>> a new sweat surfaces at the 2014 olympics in sochi. . >>> the olympic torch is headed through the town where two suicide bombing killed more than 30 people last month and right now the police presence is staggering as the oh limb page flame -- olympic flame winds through the city. and right now there are concerns about a newly surfaced video threatens an attack. they claimed responsibility for last m

. >>> welcome back, vice- president joseph biden will be joining como on the left at an event. they will be talking about using the federal disaster money they received and they promise to build a stronger infrastructure in new york saying storms are happening more often. >>> 49ers are taking on the carolina panthers meanwhile they are having attribute in his room and this will be his first cross country trip ever to see his team play. >> i just kept thinking, man, i missed out on all the fun i had last year, i said let me go out with a bank at least, and $600 that he said are well worth the money. new orleans wins setting up one last game at candle stick. now on sunday, it was a most watched wildcard game in nfl history. according to the nfl, $47.1 million tuned in and prior to sunday, the most wildcard ever, and in 2012. >>> that bass filed pack in 2011 and that whip went to between bay. >>> channel 2, we will have a large team coverage kickoff set 10:00, and we will have the points followed after the game. >>> time now 5:24, speaking of football, kids are celebrating a big v

. >>> welcome back it is 624 vice- president joseph biden is join being como at an event and they willalk about relief funds following hurricane sandy. governor cuomo promised to build a more resist stand structure saying storms are happening more often. this inspired one girl to try something morris can i. -- more risky. she decided to try and stick her tongue to a flagpole and when she tried to pull away, she tried flailing her arms to attract her parents. >> i said, did i seriously just do that. >> parents were blowing on her lips and tongue, she was stuck to the flack pole for 15 minutes before getting free. don't do it. >>> football fans, they are really heating up and 49ers fans are booking trips to see them play the carolina panthers. now this man is a diehard 49ers fan and he has attribute in his home. he decided to by tickets -- buy tickets to see the 49ers play. >> i missed out on all of the fun they had last year and i missed out saying can i go out without bang. >> he says it is worth the money and the ticket broker said there are still plenty of tickets for the game and th

vice president joseph biden calling him today and emphasizing that he should not call a state of emergencyhat there should be a dialogue. a dialogue there was this evening at the presidential headquarters as the president met with his opposition, three opposition leaders. a big development for him because, just over a week ago, he wasn't even speaking to them and the fact that he is making concessions, that is a new development. after a surprise negotiating session between president viktor yanukovych and the three soiption leaders, a sign of progress. >> translator: the political decision was made to repeal the law adopted on january 16th which invoked numerous discussions. >> translator: negotiations are long and difficult. i would like to point out a couple of key issues that are being discussed and i think that tomorrow we will have a chance to review them in detail. they are releasing the arrested offering amnesty to the arrested, this issue was reviewed. another issue is a cancellation of the shameless antiprotest laws from the 16th of january adopted against the constitution. these i

should note that while senator in trying to outreach to the islamic republic of iran, senator joseph biden had urged american public broadcasting, voice of america and radio free europe, to tone down some of its criticism of human rights in the iranian regime in order to make diplomacy work i could. that the course was well over a decade ago. it simply didn't work, but simply making the information campaign to be part and parcel of a broader strategy, or part and parcel, select diplomacy is younger brother, is something the wrong way to conduct business. desperation often leads to philly. between 1995-2000, american diplomats sought to engage the taliban. our current negotiations with the taliban are not new and they are not pathbreaking. we have done this before. the talk, of course went nowhere but the state department wouldn't take no for an answer or let reality intrude. in 1997, for example, the u.s. ambassador to extend wrote, there's little evidence to suggest that mullah omar is our radical with a western agenda. the head of the american negotiation delegation included that the tal

overnight, there was a telephone call from joseph biden, the u.s. vice president urging a negotiated settlement to this crisis. now, the opposition, for their part, also being cautious today. last night, protesters withdrew from a justice ministry building they've been occupying. the government threatened to introduce a state of emergency and many fear they may still do that. but as of today, things here in kiev are quiet. all eyes are on parliament. but the situation remains extremely tense and volatile. ian williams, nbc news, kiev. >> we'll have more on what's going on in the ukraine. also still to come, what contribution can industry make to the competitiveness? after the break, we'll be back in brussels where julia is putting a key industry record in just a few moments. >>> european equities just bouncing back this morning. 130 points on tuesday's session. here we are up -- sorry, on monday's session. here we are up on tuesday. ftse 100 up 0.3%. xetra dax up 0.6%. cac 40 up 0..% and the ftse mib up 0.8%. treasury yields, 2.78% after hit ago two