mother, mackenzie managed to build a school here with 700 children. mackenzie's school survived the earthquake but not the aftermath. >> we were forced to leave in order to turn the schoolyard into a parking lot. an u.n. agency rented the property from mackenzie's landlord and his school became a parking lot. so now mackenzie teaches dozens of children in a tiny makeshift classroom. what makes it more painful is it's virtually across the street from his old school. >> how does it feel to look at your school? >> oh, yes, each time i look at it, each time, well, actually i try to avoid coming by here because it hurts. it hurts. it hurts deeply. >> i know what you're saying even though i don't speak your language. i feel terrible. >> it makes a pain in my heart. >> it's hurtful. >> mackenzie said he needs just 9 the thousand dollars u.s. to build a new school, just $9,000 of the billions pledged to non-governmental organizations. >> mackenzie, he is impressive, soledad. do you have an update on this story? >> a phenomenal update. a viewer saw that story

and mackenzie you were talking earlier about working with the experienced teachers.o we work together to make it better for all of the kids? >> i feel like teach for america teachers, we come in with energy. we're ready to work. whatever we need to do, we're going to do it. i think with our innovations matched with their experience, their skill, their knowledge, i feel like we can come together to do lots of things, but that involves us being in the school. that involves us being seen as equals, not just, oh, i think this is what we should do, but being at the table to rearrange the menu with these people. so get a diverse way of everybody's perspective. because right now, public education is something we cannot afford to mess up with, so any sort of avenues that we need to improve it, we need to take those. and whoever is willing to do it, we need to trust in them. >> maurice, give us your final thoughts. >> i think the future of tfa is great. most of my students received free or reduced lunch. 100% african american, and we saw many of them become the first in their

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mackenzie says he needs just $9,000 u.s. to build a new school.,000 of the billions pledged to nongovernment the organizations. >>> wednesday on "america tonight," we'll show you how one of our viewers is making a difference. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> tonight we continue our in-depth look at crime and punishment with a focus on death drugs. the drugs used in executions. we have reported extensively about the challenges that prison authority face with a shortage of some key drug stocks in the search for alternatives, executioners have turned to the controversial compounding pharmacies. and to some untested drug alternatives. but there is already been fierce blow back. and legal challenges as well. one execution scheduled for this wednesday has been delayed so a court can decide whether it is unconstitutional to put that inmate to death using a secretly-acquired drug cocktail. "america tonight's" chris on the final punishment and whether it is too cruel of a way to die. >> reporter: christopher has been on death row in louisiana for 20 years. for the 1992 killing

in 1989, ktvu's bob mackenzie brought us a program tracing the history of the golden gate international exposition. the program was called affair to remember. and tonight we bring it to you again on a second look. >>> it was beauty and culture, entertainment and recreation, all spread out in one glorious package. with something for every taste from the highest to the lowest. it was swing city, it was everybody's favorite place. it's about purpose to display the arts and cultures of the nation and the western states. its real purpose was to make a splash and show san francisco was a city that knew how. that gave birth to this once in a lifetime spectacle. you need to know something about the bay area of the 1930s. the early 1930s were very hard years in the united states. a great depression had cast a chilling shadow across the land. a stock market crash, series of violent stocks and generally stalled economy had thrown millions of americans out of work. the unemployed were hopeless, those were jobs were afraid. a kind of outrage swept herbert hoover out of office. it would take more tha

you heard mackenzie phillips say the drug problem gets worse when you have access $45,000 a month.w people in the world who can afford that sort of treatment. but how common is heroin? are these opiates in that celebrity cool scene? >> heroin is all over hollywood right now. it's all over the whole country as you've been talking about all week. and we have to start looking at it as a disease. this is a disease that's killing 100 people a day in this country, and we need to hold people accountable to their recovery. that's the key here. we have to hold people accountable. >> and why is it so popular in hollywood? you heard the statistics there, that 25% of the people that go into these centers have heroin or other opiate addictions that. has increased five times. that is a stratospheric statistic. why is it so popular? >> it's so easy to get. the things they're lacing it with today with the fentanyl it's making it more fatal. it's really about once you know somebody that has an addiction, making sure that they are held accountable to their recovery process. and it's not a ten-day pr

bob mackenzie set out to answer that question in 1997. >> seen from the bay it's a beautiful place imposing and mysterious. but get closer and the grimness of alcatraz asserts itself. the abandoned hopes and seeding anger of thousands of prisoners seems to have seeped into the rock and poisoned the place forever. today the island is a favorite outing for tourists but usually they find it more sobering than amusing. in the 1800 century it was a fortified army barracks. from the turn of the century on it was a federal prison. the meanest prison in the system its inmates the men considered most dangerous and likely to attempt escape. though the island was riddled with caves, tunnels and holes and a thousand places to hide it was considered escape proof. surrounded by treacherous water and currents. large parts of island are still closed to tourists. naomi grift started our tour. >> this was to store am -- ammunition between the battery. >> lovely place for a picnic. >> oh, yes, lovely. >> and where are you taking me. >> we're going to the north. >> it's slimy in here. >> well bunker oil was st

. >> his last interview with recovering addict mackenzie phillips takes us inside heroin addiction. >ug so powerful? >> the pull of heroin is a euphoria that makes nothing important. >> then -- ♪ >> bruno mars literally sets off fireworks at the super bowl. the day may have turned into a super day, but the performers did not disappoint and i was with them all. >> how was that? >> any concern about taking off your shirt? >> will it pay good money? >> and we'll recap a wild super bowl weekend of parties including beyonce's big surprise? >> and then there was the party crasher known as justin bieber. >> can you tell us? >> the latest celebrity news delivered to you 24/7 it's "the insider" together with yahoo. >>> the shocking heroin overdose of oscar winner philip seymour hoffman. i'm thea andrews and i'm here with actress mackenzie phillips, you have been very public about your own battle with addiction. what went through your head when you heard this news? >> i was absolutely devastated. i've never met the man, but i know him because i'm a recovering addict, too, and it absolutely gutt

mackenzie reports. that really just ration of candidates for the chance for local elections began on tuesday and will run until the fourteenth. the lectures covers seventeen provincial governor in the oral seats as well as positions for education superintendent and local assembly members. those who choose to register during this period can carry out certain kind of campaign activities allowing voters to gain an early understanding of the candidates running in their region ahead of me. if registration period in mid may. officially contacted. he waits for the upcoming elections the ruling party strike a deep like the opposition's attempts to paint elections as an early term the valuation of the packet administration the party forty character to come. i had stressed to the will the elections are about picking the best leaders local governments and not about passing judgment and how the pa administration has done thus far. the main opposite democratic party leadership as a shady political reform plan an app

martin'sg at roger wonderful book on leadership, is your basic leadership strategy to lowball mackenziee basic idea, you barton's worst nightmare? no, they are overpricing it, but i think there are a lot of things that companies -- >> just her member he said that on "surveillance." >> i don't think he wants to go work for mckinsey. fordon't want to work mckinsey. wi-fi will not be working for mckinsey, that is correct. >> that is not the mentality these guys. >> let me bring in jon golub here with rbc capital markets. is anybody at harvard business school want to go into the security business like the acclaimed mr. golub? >> absolutely. it is an exciting time to go into hedge funds. the hiring has restarted there. >> i want to know how many want to go to equity research there. we will get two guys from wharton or -- >> with the broader hiring this time around, is there an appetite to get young tourists with no experience? >> yeah, i think so. i live in equity research. the great place to really understand businesses and to grow, and some of those guys end up continuing on, and some of t

on december 5, the president told visiting canadian prime minister mackenzie king that he thought, he really meant he hoped, the german situation resembled that of 1917-1918. germany might crumble at any moment. that would have been an easy way out of what faced him. but roosevelt had missed read the lessons of world war i, which germany lost on the battlefield, and germany, in 1942, was far from crumbling. even as he spoke, hardened german troops counterattacked in tunisia, and the battle dragged on for many months. on december 8, 1942, the first anniversary of the president's date of infamy speech about pearl harbor, for american jewish representatives entered the oval office at me and. -- at noon. he greeted rabbi stephen wise, the only one whom he knew personally, and wise introduced the others, an orthodox rabbi named rosenberg, led a brief prayer. and then everyone was seated. wise read a portion of a memorandum, very detailed memorandum that the world jewish congress had prepared about the evidence on the nazi policy of genocide. he appealed to the president to bring this to th

tone ager plummeted to the ground in a sky do i having and cans now telling her story. 16-year-old mackenzy weatherington speaking for the first time since the accident in oklahoma in which she fell throw hundred feet after the marachute failed to open. >> i remember jumping out of the plane and seeing a complication with the parachute and i kicked my feet like i was taught in the class and i looked up and i was not strong to fight off the wind and i remember screaming and i blacked out. and i don't remember anything after that until three days after. it taught me that there is a god and he is looking after me. nwow, it taught me never to go parachuting. her doctors say she is walking with help and expect her to make a full recovery. >> given all of that, she locks great. >> man oh, man. the u.s. economy supposed to be in recovery. but more americans are saying it doesn't feel that way at all. 58 percent believe the worst is yet to come. only 37 percent say the worst days are behind us. stephen morris. fox nows contributor, how are you doing, steve? >> i think americans seem to think that t

tom mackenzy caught up with the founder of -- for investors who got into ebay and paypal early, wherey. >> i always believe in utilities. both those companies were utilities. i'm stuck in traffic. every person can relate to that. in terms of paypal, we have to find a way to transfer money and we did. i think greater efficiency in human life is something that's always excite to go me. it sometimes can seem rather boring, but eventually if you can create a service that makes a difference, it becomes very exciting. clearly, health care. you know, the intersection of mobile with the internet has happened and you've got great devices, you've got great networks. but you go into a hospital, you go in to see your physician, there's a lot of inefficiency in that system. there's a lot of money there, as well. so i think there's a big focus on health care. that's a vertical that i think a lot of people are excited about. >> really interesting points there. i want to get back out to the interview with viber's ceo. great question. has the facebook deal happened a week earlier, would you have pushe

are they people looking for something on the side for mackenzie or people who are just coming out of business school? >> a great question. interestingly the nba's experience level on a platform varies widely so we encourage students at the top m.b.a. programs and also people with the industry and functional expertise, 15-20 years that are entrepreneurs themselves or stay at home parents or just looking for supplementary income. people who are less experienced charge a slightly lower hourly rate, then superexperienced people charging a premium and depending on the business and the project they are able to find what they're looking for. lori: talk about the plan going forward. mark cuban is on board as an investor raising 750,000 private investments over the summer. what is the next step to expand and grow? >> first of all, having mark on board is fantastic. he is incredibly credible resources for business large aad small and great mentor and adviser for the mmnagement team. the way we will grow, we are generating a ton of cash flow but more importantly the best way to grow is leverage

. >> these are pictures of mackenzie with some of the people he works with nf april began. they build schools and bridges and provides relief funds for thoseary kabul. coming up, we will hear from the dalai lama and find out why his visit to the bay area was so controversial. >>> president obama hosted a dinner for many of the nation's governors at the white house this evening. governors representing democrats and republicans are in washington, d.c. for the national govenor's association conference. >>> still to come on abc news at 11:00, the details about how a notorious drug kingpin was arrested and the effort to bring him to the u.s. and how a world war i replica plane ended up on its nose. and then later, it is like something out of the oscar-nominated film "gravity" but it is an all too real risk. what is being done to prevent the potential disaster in space when abc7 news at 11:00 continues. lead paint poisoning affects one million children today. it's also 100% preventable. if your home was built before 1978, visit leadfreekids.org to learn more. of the arrest of one

. >> these are pictures of mackenzie with some of the people he works with nf april began.y build schools and bridges and provides relief funds for thoseary kabul. coming up, we will hear from the dalai lama and find out why his visit to the bay area was so controversial. >>> president obama hosted a dinner for many of the nation's governors at the white house this evening. governors representing democrats and republicans are in washington, d.c. for the national govenor's association conference. >>> still to come on abc news at 11:00, the details about how a notorious drug kingpin was arrested and the effort to bring him to the u.s. and how a world war i replica plane ended up on its nose. and then later, it is like something out of the oscar-nominated film "gravity" but it is an all too real risk. what is being done to prevent the potential disaster in space when abc7 news at 11:00 continues. hi! ladies, how are you? let's taste some wine. ♪ ♪ seize your vacation with a southwest airlines sale. go to southwest.co where our lowest fares are now available as low as $69 one-w

doug barton of mackenzie said "technology moves five times faster than management does."in the health-care industry, for example, as you have these extraordinary advances, doctors -- can they keep up with what you are doing? >> that is definitely one of the issues that we have. if you look at the typical education of physicians that happened 10, 20, 30 years ago, for the average physician, there is a certain amount of reeducation that you constantly have to do and in a very disseminated market. that is definitely a major issue. innovation can be created by companies, but the translation into broader uses is always a challenge. health care is a very regulated industry, a very sluggish industry. it is one where decision-making is extremely decentralized because of the decision-making authority's position. while we can have great ideas in our ivory towers, the translation into practice is what we're focused about. the promise of these new technologies can only come to utility if we create it in a way that it can be broadly applied. if and only creates utility for a few very

mackenzie it is affecting c shares? down 1/2% for city.et to goldman sachs's focus of a government program. regulators of looking at goldman's fixed-income operation. there looking at something, shares of goldman up 1/2%. change at the top of madison square garden. i have conferred long-term ceo hank ratner is being replaced by cablevision executive ted smith. what is the stock doing today? falling on the news more than 2%. sports telling me this is not an ugly situation, hank woods was not knocked from the spot. a nice knowing you situation. it is going to be that hank will be part of day-to-day operations, he will stay on the board, he will continue to be a vice chair and hank is fine with this. shareholders on not thrilled. let me put this into perspective. in 2010, an s.g. stock over saw what we have followed closely, the transformation of madison square garden has jumped 119%. we will watch and see if executive cats smith does as well but the knicks have struggled back hank rather moving and shifting within the msg family. apple share

you know, it is interesting mackenzie did an interesting study with a group up in canada and they interviewedfos, they surveyed cfos and how many of you would be willing to make a long-term investment that you think has a good payoff if it would cause you to marginally miss your earnings target for the next quarter and only 45 percent said they would be willing to do that. >> here is the interesting point about that, smart people like warren buffet who says he believes, he invests over the long-term, he doesn't look at the price of a stock in the short-term and, therefore, he believes that it is, in a sense, how the company is meeting the future. the other people, jeff bezos runs amazon, has the same attitude. >> right. >> and they are very successful people. >> they are very successful but you know the two things about those two companies you just mentioned and why they are able because they're entrepreneurial founders. they essentially founded their company and no one tells jeff bezos what to do and nobody tells buffett, no one tells either one of those what to do and most are run by journe

. >>> the molestation allegations hit close to home for mackenzie phillips. >> i'm thea andrews. >> i'mer. new details on the death of oscar winner philip seymour hoffman. the family at the funeral home and the young children he has left behind. >> there are new details on the final hours of philip seymour hoffman. >> police say he died in a house full of heroin. >> the actor was found dead sunday apparently from a heroin overdose. >> authorities today are awaiting the results of philip seymour hoffman's autopsy. hoffman's partner was spotted outside a manhattan funeral home earlier today. the death investigation front-page news in new york. "the daily news" reports cops found 70 bags of

types of futures they'll be having -- applying for fulbrights, seeking clerkships, heading off to mackenzier goldman sachs -- heading up a bake sale isn't going to look so good on their resumÉs, and they're very aware of this while they're in college. so clearly, there's an institutional ethos at eastern of being if in a special academic community that shapes conservatives' styles. but we see this cultural ethos being bolstered by the organizational features of campus as well. first, the housing system at eastern keeps students on campus all four years and in well known clusters. they live with one another for many years. the campus overall is much smaller than at western which means that people know each other at least minimally by face. they feel more accountable to one another. and student ises eat communeally, and dining halls all four years. and the way the students describe this is that they live in an eastern elite bubble, a very self-contained social scene. which we argue lodge lates -- modulates the feeling to go rogue. so i could go on about class size, registration procedures tha

about keeping people in the ecosystem, the mackenzie-esque. >> it's a sizable bet.ou've done a deal that's 8% dilutive. can they offset that? if they can get to 500 million users, 70% using on a daily basis. could they get more than a billion users and maybe the bigger interesting question is could you generate more than a buck peruser per year? if the service is successful they should be able to get well above that. this is a case that this is a nice financially acreedive deal long term. >> this was like a terminator situation where they went back and decided to buy john connor before he grew up to challenge the machines. could this have been -- we wanted an excuse to play that. is this like preempting some competition, competitive threat for facebook in the future from the company? >> possibly. this is how we think about it. there's a series of utilities, very few series of utilities on the internet. they're shopping, google, social sharing is facebook. these are utilities that are hard to replace, hard to see somebody undermining those, defeating those. there's t

the report was prepared by mackenzie, this consulting firm, and it issues a series of recommendations for creating life-changing opportunities for palestinians in occupied territory. and one of the life-changing opportunities is tourism. but then the report goes on to note that tourism to the gaza strip has been subpar. [laughter] the word "occupation" is never used in this document once, and it never explains why tourism doesn't happen in the gaz is strip -- gaza strip. it just says it has a nice coastline. >> thank you so much, max, for your talk. i have a very small question in this larger thing here, because i was quite confused about a couple of things you said. so aapologize in advance if it's my own understanding. when you were talking about an aide to lieberman, you said he was on some constitution subcommittee that was important, and you said because israel has no constitution -- and i thought i heard you to say -- that it has no constitution because it doesn't define, you can't define the boundaries, and you can't define the citizenship. i never heard of those being prerequi

i will tell you something, look at what mackenzie just said.see interest rates go up again in a very long time. $1.6 trillion. $1.6 trillion. that is why the federal reserve will hang back and not raise rates in a long time. dennis: we are moving on to the broncos. this was pages last chance, or was it, at a super bowl trophy. >> he will always be a winner. he has been a spectacular quarterback for quite some time. before the game started last night, he did not look good. he did not look confident. in fact, he looked a little pale. then the camera was on him as the flyover happened. it was almost symbolic of him enjoying his last super bowl. dennis: will he retire? >> i do not think he does. he underwent back surgery -- net surgery. i think he comes back. charles: i do not think he retires. he is an old man playing a young man's game. dennis: i think he is so likable and so good that hisscontracts continue even if he retires. charles: they have ways of making a lot of money for almost forever. i think he wants one more super bowl win. it is har

what would mackenzie advised? ?hen you look at the idea of advice to companies in turmoil and transition, what is the first step? >> they have to make a decision around innovation. in innovation there is the early bird gets the worm. and there is another strategy that the koreans have done well which is the second mouse gets the cheese. you can be very successful. if you look at smartphones, it is dominant by an early bird. >> the back story here is that microsoft is still minting money. >> they've got a lot of it and are returning a lot to shareholders. shareholders not just want to but show asit back you will invest in something real and innovative. that people want to buy. >> hardware or software? >> they say they want to be a hardware maker and provider of a vast range of services. xbox has a lot of potential. don't estimate the ability of xbox to deliver a wide range of services into your living room. >> michael chasen is with us as well. how many employees did you have at the biggest moment? blackboard, we had

tom mackenzie has been taking a look back at day nine. >> eva samkova took gold in the women's snowboard. the first time the event has featured six riders rather than four. samkova was pushed all the way with dominique maltais. a fourth consecutive olympic gold in the event clocking a time of 1:18.14. silver went to american andrew weinbrect. germany with seven golds, but the dutch one two three means the netherlands are second and norway move into third. >> right. that's the latest on the olympics. still to come, mark carney has defended the decision to use a second phase of forward guidance. is he right? we'll have more. we needed 30 new hires for our call center. i'm spending too much time hiring and not enough time in my kitchen. [ female announcer ] need to hire fast? go to ziprecruiter.com and post your job to over 30 of the web's leading job boards with a single click; then simply select the best candidates from one easy to review list. you put up one post and the next day you have all these candidates. makes my job a lot easier. [ female announcer ] over 100,000 businesses have a

tom mackenzy has the details. >> the men's finals saw hamelin taking on the to finish just ahead of chinaia claimed the bronze giving the country's first ever short track metal. in the men's moelguls, bilodeau had a technically near perfect ascent on a slushy and unpredictable course. he becomes the first free style skier to win consecutive tiles. bilodeau's gold helped move can do to the top of the leaderboard, but only just. >> i love the mogul skiing. >> you could do those slips. i've seen you in action. >> i had to back out this year. >> such a shame. >>> still to come -- >> it's not just the jobs report that impact the stateside, the freezing temperatures are giving fashionistas a hard time. snow and heels don't mix. >> no. we'll look at the hottest trends later in the show. >>> welcome to "worldwide exchange." i'm julia chatterley. >> and i'm ross westgate. barclay's paid out nearly $2.5 billion pounds in incentives. >> india's trade deficit narrows@as gold imports narrow significantly. >> and equity et in the green ahead of janet yellen's testimony. she makes a first appearance for

tom mackenzy has more. >>> kuschner landed a near perfect second jump to record a winning score of 134.5alia's davis morris managed to secure silver and china's jia zongyong earned bronze. in the bobsledding event, the usa took bronze. russia's bob sled gold moves the host nation up to second place in the medals table with the netherlands sfalg to third. >>> still to come on the show, coca-cola reports ahead of the open today. will investors be raising a glass to the iconic brand? we preview the numbers, right after this. change engineering in dubai, aluminum production in south africa, and the aerospace industry in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. >>> welcome to "worldwide exchange." i'm carolin roth. these are your headlines from around the world. sending a strong me

tom mackenzy has the highlights. >> american maddie bowman secured the women's first gold in free-ski the men's competition. in the curling event, the women of canada reign supreme over sweden to claim their fist ever second curling gold. the move improved cap da's gains to 7-0 matching the olympic gain without a cross. norway remain at the top of the medal board going into day 14 with the usa in second and germany in third. >> now, u.s. futures indicating a slight bounce on the u.s. markets on the open. not a big one, though. and they call it a flat to a very slight bounce as we've seen on our european markets here on today's session. >>> still to come on the show, the luxury grounds are lost as caring to a certain extent as gucci sales slump. we hear exclusively from the firm's executive. that's coming up next. [ male announcer ] first the cookie at check-in... then a little time to kick back. earn double hilton honors points with the 2x points package and be one step closer to a weekend break. doubletree by hilton. where the little things mean everything. doubletree by hilton. are

tom mackenzy has all the details. >> another busy day in sochi saw the final of the men's giant slalomace. ligety finished his first run and held off the competition to take gold. steve missillier took silver and alexis pinturault took bronze. >>> in curling, sweden overthrew their last effort while david murdoch held his stone for a victory. the u.s. face canada in tomorrow's finals. norway has the top spod with medals followed by germany and the united states in second and third respectively. >>> will weather woes shut in profits? we'll get your weekend preview, next. are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. >>> welcome to "worldwide exchange." i'm carolin roth. these are your thls from around the world. facebook flashes the cash, spending $16 billion on whatsapp. it's facebook's biggest deal to date. shares are lower in frankfurt. >>> weak pmi pushes markets into the red across the board. >>> the situation in kiev i

tom mackenzy has more. >> there was no gold for u.s.nowboarder shaun white as he failed to make the podium in the half pipe. white finished fourth. podladtchikov won gold. hirano and taku winning silver and bronze respectively. germany's karina voigt's second jump gave her an aggregate score of 247, nvs to take the gold. is stolz hung on for silver and mattel took of france took bronze, as well. in the medal count, norway surged to first, canada second. >> i'm really enjoying some of the snowboarding tricks. fantastic. >>> still to come, the bank of england and mark carney is about to deliver his quarterly inflation report. we're going to bring you that press conference. as we do so, a reminder of where futures are trading after hour days of gains. futures are called higher again, the s&p by 2 points, the dow by 27 and the fass dak, as well, by around 5.4 points. "worldwide exchange" continues. >>> welcome back to "worldwide exchange." i'm julia chatterley. >> and i'm ross westgate. >> the new fed chair assures she will continue the fed

tom mackenzy has all the details. >> for the first time ever in the winter games, the top of the podium women's alpine downhill. suter recorded a time of 1 .7. laura guter finished with bronze. germany continues their dominant in the luge events. the pair sets a course record time of 49.373 seconds. tipping austrian brothers by more than half a second. latvia took bronze. germany now moves ahead of canada and norway to the top of the medals board going into day six. >>> still to come on the show, did retail sales dip along with temperatures across snowy albany, new york? next after the break, find out on if the winter weather could snow in retail profits. >>> welcome to "worldwide exchange." i'm ross westgate. comcast and time warner set to reveal a $44 billion takeover that could just about rattle the regulators. we'll hear from both ceos coming up on "squawk box." >>> signed, sealed and delivered, the u.s. senate passes the bill to raise the nation's debt ceiling, but the votes didn't come without some last-minute drama. >>> and investors don't particularly like the taste of nestle. t

tom mackenzy joins us from the streets in london. presumably the underground are quiet. how busy are the streets? >> the london underground is very quiet. the streets are packed with pedestrians, a lot of cyclists we've seen as we hot footed it from station to station today. this is all because two of the biggest transport unions in britain have decided that enough is enough. they are very sangry about plans by the overall transport for london, the organization that runs the london underground to close ticket office necessas in stations and to ax 247 jobs. it comes two drivers and train workers and people around the station have come out on to the streets today to express their anger. for london and the mayor's office said this is all about modernizing london's underground system, which is the oldest in the world. they say it's about making it more efficient by including technology and swipeless tickets and also just speeding things up basically making it easier to get people through the underground doors every single day. the problem for commuters is we've got another 2

. >> mackenzie wethington got a special visit from harlem globe trotter.n him. wet >>> a bizarre and dangerous arrest. >> outrage this morning after police handcuff a firefighter who was helping to save a life. >>> and later, people who love mixed breeds, i hope they love the saying, every dog has its day is true. the westminster dog show is welcoming mutts for the first time. we have the story of one little contestant who is already deserving of a prize. check him out. you're watching "world news now." ♪ one moment in sunshine ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by consumer cellular. "world news now" weather brought to you by consumer cellular. ♪ >>> well, firefighters who went to the aid of accident victims on a california highway got caught up in a flap with the highway patrol instead. >> one firefighter was handcuffed and put in the back of a police cruiser as the car lay upside down on the road. reporter allison ash much our san diego station has the story. >> this is ridiculous. the chp is arresting -- >> reporter: that's radio tr