. >> robin harding from the financial times. given the new qualitative guidance does not give any information about how you will trade off your unemployment and inflation objectives, how will the risk of higher inflation versus faster progress of unemployment as we get closer to unemployment? thank you. >> so far, we have not had the trade-off to make because inflation is running well below our objectives. remainseasure, there substantial slack in the labor market. aboutoffs and worrying doing more were less because we have conflicting objectives, this really has not been an in our discussions about how to conduct policy now. as we get closer to meeting our goals, it could become an element. we have given guidance in this statement, and perhaps more guidance in our so-called consensus statement of longer run goals and monetary policy and strategies that would now reaffirm for three years in a row that the committee would take a balanced approach in situations where our objectives conflict and we are faced with between inflation

robin harding from the financial times. isn't the new qualitative guidance does not give information about how you will trade off your unemployment and inflation object does. it does not give us any information. how will you trade off the risks of higher inflation versus faster progress on unemployment? far, we have not had that trade-off to make because inflation is running well below our object to. -- objective. any measure, there remains substantial slack in the labor market. trade-offs than worrying about doing more because of conflicting objectives has not been an element in our discussions about how to be conduct and policy now. as we get closer to meeting our goals, it it could become an element. -- wed say that we gave are giving guidance in this statement and if we gave more guidance in our so-called , strategiesatement that we have now reaffirmed for three years in a row, the committee would take a balanced approach in situations where our objectives conflict and we're faced with trade-offs between inflation and u

. >> robin harding from the financial times. given the new qualitative guidance does not give any information about how you will trade off your unemployment and inflation objectives, how will the risk of higher inflation versus faster progress of unemployment as we get closer to unemployment? thank you. >> so far, we have not had the trade-off to make because inflation is running well below our objectives. remainseasure, there substantial slack in the labor market. aboutoffs and worrying doing more were less because we have conflicting objectives, this really has not been an in our discussions about how to conduct policy now. as we get closer to meeting our goals, it could become an element. we have given guidance in this statement, and perhaps more guidance in our so-called consensus statement of longer run goals and monetary policy and strategies that would now reaffirm for three years in a row that the committee would take a balanced approach in situations where our objectives conflict and we are faced with between inflation

. >> robin harding from ""the financial times."" madam chair given the new guidance doesn't give any information about how you will trade off your unemployment and inflation objectives, doesn't actually give us any information, how will you trade off the risk of higher inflation versus faster progress on unemployment as you get closer to full employment? thank you. >> so i'd say so far we haven't had that trade-off to make because inflation is running well below our objective, and by any measure there remains substantial slack in the labor market. so trade-offs and worrying about doing more or less because we have conflicting objectives, this really has not been an element in our discussions about how to be conducting policy now. as we get closer to meeting our goals, it could become -- it could become an element, and i would say that we've given guidance in the statement, and we gave perhaps more guidance in our so-called consensus statement or statement of longer run goals in monetary policy strategies that we've now reaffirmed fo

. >> reporter: robin, it is hard to imagine this trial getting any more dramatic but it is.amantha taylor, the ex-girlfriend of oscar pistorius has been in the witness stand with this blockbuster testimony. she's talked about the end of their relationship, she claims it happened when pistorius cheated on her with reeva steenkamp. samantha taylor, a marketing student and part-time model was 18 when she dated the olympian. she testified during their relationship he often carried a gun with him. >> he carried it around with him. he placed it next to him on the bedside table. >> reporter: she recalled pistorius firing his gun out of the car's sunroof after a policeman stopped them for speeding. >> he shouted at the policeman because he said that he was not allowed to touch his gun. >> reporter: the court had to briefly adjourn this morning when taylor became emotional, recalling their breakup. >> he cheated on me with reeva steenkamp. >> reporter: the defense claims they will produce e-mails between taylor and pistorius to show them he did not cheat. >> we had not officially bro

hard time. >> $175,000 that you won for the robin hood foundation and you will also match that for another charity, i will do that for the andy roddick foundation, which is a charity i recently joined the board in. i am excited about that. obviously, the amount of good this will do both at robinhood and the roddick foundation is amazing. >> this is a former trader turned professional poker player. what you think? is he going to the top >> i'd play with him. he's got the game. >> i like my job already. >> steve kuhn, congratulations. steve kuhn is the winner of "poker night on wall street." the robin hood foundation will receive a total of $175,000 in donation from our six players. plus, steve is donating an additional $150,000 to the andy roddick foundation. my thanks to andy frankenberger, the borgata, and all the wall street titans who joined us tonight. for bloomberg, i am trish regan. have a great night. ♪ . .

robin? josh? >> so hard to see. all right, bob, thank you. we bring in abc news aviation consultant colonel stephen ganyard. he's in washington with us this morning. and, steve, anything that's been released or revealed that will help investigators with all these theories as to what actually happened? >> not really, robin. i think the key yesterday was that we finally affirmed what we believed for probably a week to ten days now. and we came out and said, we know it's on the southern track. and if it was on the southern track, we know it only had so much gas. and there was no way it was going to make land. so i think this was more for the families and to move the search along with what we knew was actually the truth. and so, as david said, this is now a recovery operation. it's not a rescue operation. >> and we hear what the australian investigators said we're not searching for a needle in the haystack we're still trying to determine where the haystack is. any new revelations as to where they're looking? >> it's still brutal. if we put it in

. >> and, jon, as robin pointed out, the white house pushing so hard right now to get more people signedr obamacare. where does that stand? >> reporter: you know, the goal they set some time ago was 7 million people to be enrolled. they're not going to meet that goal, virtually impossible but the white house is bullish and says enrollment has picked up there's a big push. they've got another three, almost four weeks. and think they'll come close. they won't hit 7 million though. >> thanks very much. >>> other top stories from josh. >>> we begin with terrifying news out of dallas. a flight and a pilot forced to declare an emergency american eagle flight 3400 had just taken off headed to illinois when smoke started to fill the cockpit. the pilot made an emergency landing in nearby greenville, texas, and the 45 passengers on board were safely evacuated. no word yet on what caused the smoke. >>> and new details in the historic trial of an army general facing sexual assault charges that could land him in prison for life. this morning, general jeffrey sinclair who commanded u.s. forces in afgh

hard on either side. right here in tucson there are so many groups. the samaritans. i guess robin hoover has probably retired but i'm sure his group is still going on. there is the border angels group that comes in and out. there are so many organizations that work. i think you can find a thousand ways to do things that make you happy, that make you feel right. i always tell people who are really upset about the situations that there are astonishing political things that happen in arizona. if you don't like those things, vote. get out there and voting get everybody to vote. there is no lack of opportunity to reach out with a good open heart to do what needs to be done. i have gotten tired of big giant jet setting penthouse massive we need to have bruce springsteen filled the arena. i realize now you just put a hand out and touch somebody. those ways are really valuable and important on both sides of our aisle, both political visions. and honestly it doesn't hurt to reach out and buy up border patrol guy a cup of coffee. they key field kicked around too. that's how i see it but i'm

robins. the point that doug and his family and business represents, is we believe in hard work and responsibility and individual initiative. we come together to raise the bar for everybody. they can look after their kids and lift them up. we look out for each other. that's who we are. that is our story. there millions of americans like doug and like all of you who are tired of the arguments ready to move the bar higher. let's move the country further and go further. that's what i'm going to do as period and i need your help. let's give america a raise. god bless the united states of america. . >> that is president obama who wrapped up comments in new britain, connecticut urging them to increase the minimum wage. he did not make remarks on ukraine. and on russia. we were looking to see if he would and he did not. we are waiting on john kerry who is in paris. john kerry has been meeting with russian foreign minster throughout the day. they had multiple meetings that involve other allies. they try to reach resolution on ukraine and certainly at russia's involvement in the crisis. they are trying to

hard. >> it is -- you guys are great. >> i loved working with you. that was the best, robin. >> anytime, anytime. >> news josh?now and causing oil and gas prices to spike overnight. there are new concerns that russia could send more troops into eastern ukraine, despite a stern warning from secretary of state john kerry. he told george that russia could face harsh diplomatic and financial penalties if they don't reverse course. >>> the crisis is affecting consumers around the globe. russia is one of the top suppliers of oil and natural gas. overnight, oil prices jumped more than a dollar a barrel. that will hit drivers at the pump. wholesale gas prices are up nearly four cents per gallon today. >>> the other big story this morning, the weather. a snow emergency declared in the nation's capital. most federal offices in washington, d.c. closed. the mid-atlantic region braces for up to a foot of snow. thousands of flights, meanwhile, are canceled or delayed. ginger's complete forecast in a moment. >>> the suspect in a brazen gold heist in florida is being sent back to the u.s. to face charges. authorities say they

hard part comes below this flight path. that's where we have to search underwater. way tougher than looking for debris on the surface. josh and robin? >> of course we'll have updates all morning long as they become available. >>> now to more trouble for the secret service. three members of an elite unit responsible for protecting president obama overseas have been sent home for drinking hours before going on duty. abc's jonathan karl traveling with the president and joins us this morning. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, robin. these were three members of the secret service's assault team. they were allegedly so drunk that one of them passed out in the hallway of the president's hotel. this happened two days before the president got here. the secret service says that the president's security was never compromised. ever since that scandal involving prostitutes and secret service agents in columbia, they have zero tolerance policy for alcohol. that's why these three agents were sent home. >> they don't want this trouble again with the agency. jon, you were with the president as well yesterday and you asked him a question

hard facts and how it's interpreted under law. this is very important what we're hearing in court today and over the course of the next few days. >> robin in a very rainy pretoria. incredibly gruesome. >> one of the very unusual aspects to this trial early on which is why we're following it so closely and continue to do so. but first a break here on "new day". when we come back the debate over medical march swran is heating up. dr. sanjay gupta back with a new documentary here on cnn and will tell us all about it. "weed 2, cannibis madness." captain obvious: i'm in a hotel. and a hotel is the perfect place to talk to you about hotels. all-you-can-eat is a hotel policy that allows you to eat all that you can. the hotel gym is short for gymnasium. the hotel pool is usually filled with water. and the best dot com for booking hotels, is hotels.com. it's on the internet, but you probably knew that. or maybe not, i don't really know you. bellman: welcome back, captain obvious. captain obvious: yes i am. all those words are spelled correctly. >>> welcome back to "new day". we hear a lot about the down side of prescription pain killers, right a

hard to take up. once again to put on a play by adding that he had sex with her thick hair killing. listen . welcome back with me for tonight's big picture rubble robin carter martin ben cohen and hugh in new so let's get back to it today is the twentieth anniversary of the passage of the brady gun control bill during the reagan administration that bill named after former white house press secretary james brady ronald reagan's processor terry who was paralyzed during an assassination attempt on ronald reagan requires all licensed gun dealers to perform background checks on their quote customers so what's wrong with this reagan was for. the vast majority american people want this is the time to at least go back to the brady bill. anybody here's the thing going back to the brady bill i guess that's commendable but the one thing about it what would they have prevented so obviously the tragedy in newtown people that put the tragedy in newtown and you know very tragic but it would not have been prevented with a background check because ok then let me go to them let me go a step further ok i would suggest you know we the constitution says that in order to