from italy.ake us back to the mindset of the late '30s and early '40s and how this might have affected the psyche of directors like william wyler. >> one thing that it's really hard to recapture now is the idea that before the war, the relationship between hollywood and washington, d.c. and in fact between hollywood and much of america was very suspicious. there were many isolationists in america and in fact in congress, and in the government. there were certainly many anti-semites in america, and there was a considerable overlap between isolationism and anti-semitism, although there were certainly isolationists who were not anti-semites and a lot that were. and the way that played out was this suspicion that this kind of grubby, seedy business where there was mob infiltration of the unions, where most of the men who ran these studios were first or second generation immigrants. most of them were jewish. there was a suspicion that's, you know, these people were not real americans. that they were f

italy is concerned. do you agree? >> yes it's a revolution because it is looking at the market and the banking sector was not looking at the market with a friendly approach. now it is open to italy. >> that's a broader structure. >> it is also related to the ability of the government to deliver perform or something not made in the past. it's a move very important for italy. >> also italian banks are still overloaded with nonperforming loans and that goes to judicial reforms. we're addressing one. >> it was also a reduction with a former government. in any case it is a long time. we are recreated so in order to work with them and are not interested in that structure. >> this goes back to the point for the ecb and you look at the largest 15 banks in italy but what about the others. it comes back to qe. you have been arguing we need qe for more than six months. what do you expect from the ecb this week? in reality we're already in the qe mood. it comes from the expoint of view. they reach the evaluation of

it said prohibited items to italy included footwear of any kind. >> so you can't send shoes to italy.so he reached out to 7 on your side for help. is there a lesson that you learned? >> use federal express. >> horace holmes, abc 7 news. >> we went to the usps website and it says that it is prohibited to send footwear to italy. we spoke with a representative who said they would do with they could to help him with his claim. if you have an issue that you want our team to check out e-mail us at tips@wjla.com or call 1-866-236-3401. we listen to every phone call. coming up -- there is a fight in the district over a playground. and forget about grabbing a drink at another local nightspot. >> bitterly cold temperatures. forecast is coming up. >> fights on the playground are nothing new, but a fight over a playground in d.c. it's a condo board against preschoolers. stephen tschida explains. >> too cold today for kids, but when it is warmer, this is what the playground sounds like from the top floor of this condo building behind closed windows. [kids squealing] >> the sound bounces off the wa

italy down. 1.46% italy is looking to borrow on the 10-year. spain able to access the market at 1.3%. germany still less than half a percent. bond markets getting a push high er. a quick look at a few stocks this morning. we have got m&a. it is all about telecom. at least they find a buyer for 02. 10.25 billion pounds. talk talk had been faulted as potentially what would be bought. trading higher. wait for premier foods. mr. kipling bisto. fourth quarter triaailing. >> thank you. breaking news on -- for france manufacturing and services. the composite drops below 50. 49.5 on the french composite. showing the economy is contracting below 53. three years of no growth. that is a headline in terms of the french economy still struggling. all part of the reasons as well as the deflation story as to why the european central bank took such action yesterday. that is how the markets have started the day. equities are rising. let's try and make some sense of these markets. he is an advisor at credit suisse. bob, great to have you here. we have gone to the

for italy -- it appears to have worked. for italy, this is the second time in a week. the crew abandoned ship and left it headed straight toward shore. 700 migrants for the middle east -- from the middle east were on board. they had each paid thousands of pounds for smugglers to get them to europe. the migrants found on the drifting ship may come in the end, be the lucky ones. they're desperate voyage from the middle east across these waters to europe has become the most dangerous migrants journey in the world. last year, more than 3000 people drowned trying to get here. >> ships sinking off the italian island in 2013 killed hundreds of migrants. it spurred italy into expanding its own rescue efforts. a year later, italy and that you decided -- the eu decided this encouraged more migrants to attempt the trip. in october, a smaller force took over. but migrants escaping moore refused to be put off -- escaping moore -- war refused to be put off. >> if you close the door, they will come through the window. the trick is to find safe, legal ways for refugees to come to euro

as well as italy's longest recession since the second world war. he started his career in a very powerful body. he was first elected in 2006 as a member of the democratic party. he reluctantly agreed to serve a second term in 2013. he was really instrumental in breaking the parliamentary deadlock that followed the election in 2013. i want to remind you it is mr. napolitano that managed to convince mario monti to leave the technocratic party at the height of italy's crisis. -- two lead the democratic party at the height of italy's crisis. >> you will be talking about charlie hebdo in a moment, but we will be starting with the news from the european central bank. >> the european court of justice has said that the bank bond buying program is legal. the so-called program was launched in 2012, as a way to allow the ecb to help crisis ridden eurozone countries. the advocate generals ruling has not indicated which way the court will decide, paving the way for even greater stimulus spending by the european central bank, which could be announced as early as

so then italy's coast guard sent several of its own forces on to the ship. we understand from the navy that those forces are half a dozen people have got onboard, and are in the process of securing the ship, and with the help, we understand from the navy, of the icelandic boat and its tug, they will now head towards a southern italian port arriving later in the day. and of course the first priority for the italian coast guard will be to assess the health of those onboard. we don't know exactly how many people may be onboard that ship and what kind of conditions they may be living in. the initial reports we have suggests that there might be several hundred people on board. and once it gets to port and once those people are taken to either local schools or gymnasiums or even hospitals the authorities will try to establish what happened to the crew and what happened to the people traffickers, are the crew and the traffickers essentially one in the same. there will be many questions the italians will have to ask. and of course italy as a whole will be looking at

we are getting breaking news out of italy. possible qe next week in terms of that inflation figure that is due out any second. >> we've already had a lot of macro news affecting the euro this morning. though it actually hasn't affected the euro in terms of where the currency is trading. a little relief for mario draghi. the european court of justice has given a favorable opinion on outright monetary transactions, seen as a precursor to the qe plan that many people believe draghi will announce next week. >> the court has said the omt plan is legal in principle. what can you tell us about this opinion? it seems like it is a green light. >> in principle, there's nothing behind me in announcing quantitative easing. it seems like the last potential major road brock -- roadblock has been lifted. the european court of justice said it may be legal. the outright monetary transaction, which you can read as code for ecb -- when you look at what is going to happen with the market and mario draghi in berlin today told the newspaper that th

when their passengers finally begin their perilous trip to europe the smugglers promise once in italy the migrants can go to any country they want. smugglers on the two vessels that ended up near italy last week cleared about $3 million in profits. so you can see when there's so much money to be made why smuggling is becoming so much of a big business. there is challenges, my colleague mohammad adow,. >> these are some of iraq's internally displaced people displaced from their homes when the islamic state of iraq and the levant took over their town last year, semi autonomous kurdish region, tents are all they have to shelter against the freezing weather. rena and her four children are from mosul iraq's second biggest city. >> i didn't sleep much last night. i was afraid a storm would come and sweep us away. my husband is also unwell, we were really suffering here. >> the rain comes all day. at night the temperature drops to below zero degrees celsius. >> we are given bedding heaters and fuel. most of them came here with nothing. we cannot satisfy all their needs here. >> reporter: it'

>> it was shot by john huston in italy.it was intended to be a document commissioned by frank capra of the successful u.s. effort to free small ancient village with -- told to go to italy in search of a town that could provide images like joyful and grateful villagers emerging from their hiding places with rounds of cheese and loaves of bread and casts of wine to greet the victorious americans. huston got to italy and found the right town but the battle was already over. the town had been retaken. there were no villagers in sight and it was mined german traps. so what he did with the full knowledge and enthusiastic cooperation of the army, was to restage the battle. the battle of san pietro, this film is fake. it's all re-enactments. re-enactments done on that location and with actual u.s. soldiers, but none of it was real. it was very successfully passed off to the american public as predominately actual battle footage. the army put out press releases who say huston and his men were so brave that they actually preceded the

he had the opportunity to go back to italy and actually visit. had a photograph of his father leaving italy at the train station taken to the shipyard. he was able to visit the very same spot where his father had boarded the train prior to their arrival he was a typical american town. when they came they gathered with their countrymen and neighborhoods. you might go to east wheeling which is known as little italy center had a lot of greek immigrants and lebanese immigrants. south wheeling was primarily polish. so these neighborhoods became distinctive and brought a lot of there culture and traditions with them and it influenced everything about cultural life from religion and the churches to education and language and art, music so prior to the immigration time i'm talking about largely in german settlement after that it was quite diverse and each neighborhood had its own distinct flavor and character. like a lot of towns, suffered from the collapse of those extremes. mainly from foreign competition. mainly from foreign competition. they could ma

after italy rescued another un unskip erdskipperred ships. victoria gatenby looks at why the number of migrants. >> is croing thecrossing the immediate mediterranean in unsafe boats. before continuing the journey overland to europe. the number of migrants head toward italy. 60,000 migrants arrived in the country in 2013. but last year that figure almost tripled to emotional more than 160,000. the u.n. estimates 600 migrants died or went missing at sea trying to cross the immediate trainmediterranean. >> okay, we can speak to joel millman now a spokesman from the international association for migrants. the number are vast, aren't there, a direct correlation between the number of individuals wilings to willing to do this and the conflict zones we're seeing around the world. >> that's certainly what we're reporting. we're seeing 2015 is starting pretty much along the same tangent. the response of some of the authorities in the region, m are no sir tremrerenostrum, bringing the same population towards european shores. >> tell us about the tactics

in italy. they just go through italy and they go to the north of this country and they go to north europe, germany, france, and u.k. and so on. >> the spring you an update in another incident in the adriatic involving ac rescue after a passenger ferry was engulfed on a voyage from greece. 105 survivors have been flown home from the port more than 400 people arrested at 11 people are known to have died. the crisis in ukraine is figuring heavily in the messages of leaders. president qiagen said the people of moscow the site -- of crime era return home. our correspondent reports from berlin. >> for these ukrainians, new year's eve in kiev means being far away from home. that is because they fled crimera before moscow took control. today, they're still living as refugees. more than half milk will have been displaced because of the ukraine conflict. the russian resident vladimir cute and said the annexation was a sign of love. -- vladimir putin said the annexation was a sign of love. >> it manifeste

>>> it's considered street food in italy but we eat pasta for lunch anytime. stephanie and tony tantillo are cooking up cheese and pepper pasta. >> reporter: pasta with [ non- english language ] i love those words together. >> cheese and pepper pasta. it's simple old italian street food so delicious. it's done for hundreds of years in napoli. you take a shortcut pasta out of the water very al dente like southern italy. pour some oil on that, dad. then mix it around with the wooden spoon. >> that's important, right, wooden spoon. >> yes. shredded parmesan. you could use pecorino romano but i like the parmesan. coarse or finely ground pepper, mix it up. >> so simple, stephanie. >> and we're done. >> i love it. that's it. >> go ahead and serve it right here. >> and then you can taste it if you want more seasoning, add more cheese but i like just a

in italy, 1.81. in italy and spain last week -- sorry, earlier this week both seeing record low owes their ten-year gold government debt. despite the dow and the s&p posting their biggest daily declines, last year was a stellar year for equities. the russell 2000 hit new all-time records for 2014. >> hilly, i wanted to kick off with the new year. we saw strong returns in the u.s. bond market. this coming at a time when it was a new evening. does that mean one of those two asset classes is due a correction as we kick off 2015? >> ultimately we will see tightening. it's a 2015 or 2017 story. so we could persist with these very low interest rates and with a booming stock market for another 12 months. it's very possible even though the nay sayers are pessimistic. >> and, hellry you write in your notes that this lack of oil price inflation gives janet yellen lots of room to be patient. do you think she welcomes that situation, given that it's not a demand-led oil price weakness that's causing it in the u.

it has arrived in italy. what will police be looking for? >> the first thing they were looking for was the vessel's black box which apparently has been found and the investigating magistrate has taken possession of it. subsequently they will be looking for any further bodies trapped on the vessel. but they may be delayed because there are still fires smoldering on the ship. it is -- it may well not be completely safe for a day or two. >> we are following the stories from room. thank you for now. >> we have the director of european affairs at an advocacy group lobbying for the rights of refugees and migrants across europe. what do we know about the people who are putting these migrants on ships and pointing them in the direction of the italian sure? >> these are international operating gangs companies, they are let's say the winner of the fortress europe concert -- concept. they love this policy because they get more profits, they can offer new ways to create the service access to europe. >> this is clearly a desperate situation for the refug

this graphic relates to in italy. italy is on the receiving end of many of these arrivals. it gives you a good idea of the nationalities trying to cross. syria at the top of the chart. these are figures from november 2014, covering the first 11 months of last year. eritrea in second and then mali. >> lie has there been so little progress on this issue? >> i think europe doesn't know how to tackle the root of the problem. it doesn't know what to do about the situation in eritrea or nigeria. europe has taken measures to deal with some of these things but only on its own borders. stepping up sea patrols. that doesn't deal with the question, why does a syrian want to leave his country in the first place? europe has a reactive approach. the human smugglers can be proactive. their networks accompanied the migrants right to the point where they are crammed into boats and abandoned in the middle of the mediterranean. >> not stopping the flow. thank you for walking us through that. investigators have now wrote the search area for air asia flight 8501. they are scanning the bottom of

well that's the second migrant ship found abandoned by its crew off of italy's coast.e than 700 syrian migrants were captured days ago. despite the dangers of a perilous voyage across the mediterranean sea, migrants continue to risk everything. >> the turmoil of the arab spring has caused an increasing number of migrants to risk their lives, crossing the mediterranean in over-crowded routes. another popular route involves traveling to yemen and saudi arabia before continuing the journey to europe. according to the italian interior ministry 60,000 migrants arrived in the country in 2013. but last year that figure almost tripled. many were escaping syria and the country's civil war, and their journeys are dangerous. in 2013, the u.n. estimates 600 migrants died at sea. last year that figure increased to more than 3,000 as more my grants attempted the journey. >>> kurdish peshmerga forces are battling with isil fighters. mohammed reports. >> reporter: heavy fighting at the village. 80 kilometers outside of erbil, the capitol of the region. it's one of the few villages kur

. -- about to face in italy. but the germans did. and let me say this: i highly respected the german soldiers as an enemy. they were good. they had ravaged most of europe. they had taken over everything. they had military down to a science. it is still called a science in some places but they know what it was. and what i watched them do in anzio, for instance, and the mountains of italy, whenever they went in to attack, they prepared their target. they came in with bombers or artillery or whatever to soften up the target for their infantry that would follow. that was preparatory. we didn't do that. i wasn't taught that at all in my training. we didn't do that. but the germans did. and when they charged out of their position, they didn't come in mass but they came in units. if it was a rifle company, there would be three squads and they'd all approach it from another angle. and what they did that from behind them machine guns would fire overhead. so here these guys come charging at you and machine guns firing over

on the big ship he'll head to italy. it takes about five days to get to italy. it sails slowly. the smugglers move different harbours to stay one ahead of the turkey lead. when the passengers begin their troop the smugglers promise in italy, the migrants can go to any country they want. >> a deadly weekend in acapulco mexico two teachers killed within hours of each other. coming in the midst of a teacher strike. following a rash of violence. 15,000 students are affected by the strike. >> reporter: rejecting not by choice. veronica is filling in as her teacher. veronica home schools because of strikes. one of mexico's violent cities. the gangs robbed us not only of safety but have stolen our public spaces. kids can't go out to play. they can't do activities outside like they used to when i was a child. >> 11-year-old fatima enjoys time with her mum. her plan to study chemistry requires intense preparation. something lacking, especially now. acapulco is one of the mexico's famous resorts. in years it lost its sheen as drug gangs fight for territory. it's not just drugs, criminals

he joins us from southern italy.irst off this vessel the norman atlantic, what caused the fire aboard the ship? [no audio] >> villa? can you hear us, philip? ok. we can't get that up right now. but we will try later on this program to get philip back with the latest on what happened to the norman atlantic, and of course the migrant ship. >> [indiscernible] >> ok. we will be getting philip later in the show. palestinian president mahmoud abbas has signed a palestinian request to join the international criminal court7 . >> this comes after the u.n. rejected a resolution calling for a end to the israeli occupation of territories. abbas slammed the resolution -- rejection. israel welcome to the resolution by the un security council. >> we're joined more -- by our middle east correspondent, tania kramer. what can we expect as a response from the netanyahu government? >> mr. netanyahu -- there is a lot of anger in israel about this. israel has tried repeatedly to prevent palestinian leadership, the palestinians from becomi

>> this is a pair of johan sovaki tennis shoes made in italy. you've heard how much it cost almost $700. you understand why terrance is so upset that his shoes are lost in the mail. terrance admits he has a weakness for on-line shopping and for shoes. >> you like shoes? >> yes. >> specifically, exotic designer shoes. like this pair he received just today. he had been hoping to add this pair of $677 johan tennis shoes to his collection. he purchased the shoes on line from a store in italy last february but when the shoes arrived at his home they were damaged. so he packed them up went to his local post office to send them back to italy. >> and i tried to send them through the postal service and they never got them. >> no problem. he told 7 on your side that before sending them off he insured the shoes for the max $650 and after the store in italy said they hadn't received them, he went on to the postal service website to track the package. >> april 11th chicago, illinois. >> the postal service, he says still hasn't been able to find his shoes in

italy needs reforms and so forth. i'm sure overtime it will get it. >> more in just a second but first let's get you a market update update. >> now european markets have actually bucked the trend so far this week having gains in the last couple of days despite the sell off we've seen on commodity prices. that wasn't the case today as markets open. particularly the copper price weighing on sentiments. the stock 600 was down as much as 1.6%. it's allied to be around session highs down only 1% after we got that decision saying that omt would be illegal. it would be within the provisions of european i don't know union law paving the way for mario to act at the next central bank meeting. let's have a look at the individual european markets quickly. it's quite a broad based sell off across all of the main continental markets but continental europe is out weighing the ftse 100. but let's move on from the countries to the sectors because it tells a fuller story for us. basic resources down 5.7% getting absolutely hit by this

the international issue is more on the public entities in italy.talian government approved the the new rules for more flexibility in the labor market might apply into next year for the public sector and that of course, is causing so many problems and strikes or also creeping strikes as this was on new year's eve. >> markell how about the political disunity that currently exists in italy? how difficult is that making it for business to get down to transform the way things are handled? >> well, the political situation is quite striking because right now, we do have a central left government. usually in italy central left governments have been more keen to enclose public sector employees but even a center left government such as rentz government a reformist government has been attacking certain privileges of the public employees. let's remember that in italy, we have almost 3.5 million people who work for the public sector and they have been throughout the years of crisis they have worked in a different planet from the private sect there has been no f

everything from labor reform to the weight italy elects officials -- to the way italy elects officialsd a president who will help broker-deals if he wants to get these measures passed through parliament. to convince the eu, angela merkel, mr. draghi that italy is making structural changes in the way it operates. >> it is still early. we are waiting for him to step down. give us a sense of where they may reach out. who might be in the offing at the moment? >> that is a big question and right now there is no figure -- italy needs someone like napolit ano who can sit above the political fray who is authoritative and knows the methods of reaching compromise. deraraghi's name has come up however he has not said if he is interested in leaving the ecb to come to italy. other options are the former eu president and italian prime minister. he was a candidate two years ago in the italian parliament failed to elect someone. typically, a former premiers, warmer central bankers -- former central bankers. >> dan, i'm sure you will have your year to the ground. when that new name comes out, we will s

that is exactly what italy is urging prime minister matteo renzi to do. last month, the italian government said the slowdown in the economy had ended. italy has been the most sluggish country in the eurozone for more than a decade without posting a single quarter of growth over the past three years. now that it has turned the corner renzi wants to turn the page. >> i believe for my children, italy will be a lab, not a museum. the traditional country is very beautiful but the best moment for italy is not yesterday. it will be tomorrow. >> news of the ecb stimulus is pushing up stocks. a room at 600 billion euros is beyond most analyst expectations, and it's having a positive effect on wall street. dow jones, nasdaq, and s&p 500 all trading up, less than 1%, but still getting positive the back so far. >> time for a brief look at other news making headlines. international monetary fund said oil exports to the middle east and croatia will reach up to $300 million this year. zynga about iraq, libya, qatar as being the hardest hit by the economy. the imf added

we're seeing that in denmark spain, italy germany either. the rise of populist rds becoming more dominant -- parties becoming more dominant. >> the euro dropped towards 1.18 overnight. when does this start to make a difference? when does it start to make a difference? >> i think it will make a difference, especially for germany him a which is a big export nation. -- for germany, which is a big export nation. we have seen economic data coming out of europe a lot weaker than expected. the weaker euro will make it more competitive. japan's currencies are also going fine. japan is having the same impact in the currency. against u.s. and u.k. exports, they have an economic advantage. >> amidst this political risk in europe, would you be buying european equities because of weaker euro? when you look at the fundamentals behind the weaker euro are they supportive of the view to be buying european assets right now? >> i think european equities are multigenerational against the u.s. market. there is opportunity. the euro is getting weaker. that should

if you talk about italy, it is the most interesting aspect of italian cuisine.e is too good. i need a little bitterness to remind myself of the internal tragedy of our existence. >> you're right, the sweet and sour of the life. >> one final attempt before i go to extract something meaningful on what it means to be sicilian. what's wrong with these people in the north? >> people from the south are coming from these greek street culture, where the philosopher while in the north came through, you know, and -- >> ooh, that's the harshest, meanest thing anyone can say. oh! >> they figured out that the last century, the three best writers in italy are from sicily. >> because they consider us a way to end their problems, but finally in summers, they all come here to make millions. it's a good thing for us, you know? >> in the end, it all comes back to "the godfather." we go up this beautiful mountain, this incredible town. it goes back to the 12th century. there are few places on earth more beautiful. but we are sitting in one of the -- ♪ da, na, na it was like a "godf

also coming up a second cargo ship with hundreds of migrants on board is towed to italy after being abandonedy its crew. >>> yazidis fighters attack an iraqi village trying to rescue women and girls kidnapped months ago by isil. >>> cities across china start releasing real time air quality reading. >>> and why most types of cancer can be blamed on bad luck and not lifestyle. ♪ >>> hello. the palestinian ambassador to the united nations has handed palestine's formal application for membership of the international criminal court to the u.n. the documents he gave to the office of the u.n. chief ban ki-moon was signed by abbas two days ago. he says the move will pave the way for the palestinians to pursue war crimes charges against israel. let's get more now from kristen saloomey at the united nations for us right now. christen that application has been submitted, what happens next? >> reporter: well we received a statement from the secretary general's spokesperson that says that the u.n. is now considering the appropriate next steps. typically, it takes 60 days once an application is received fo

in italy.withstand any reforms over the past 10, 15 years, and it is necessary to be successful, to be competitive, to do reforms. that is what we did in the past 10 years. it was not easy for our people to accept. the italian people have to accept that they have to do reforms as well. only with reforms a country can be successful in the future. europe needs to be successful and competitive in a more and more competitive world. that's one of the reasons i think italy has to do its homework. >> michael, do you not think that italy is starting to do its homework? it has more reforms in the last year and a half than in the past 20 years. it may be slow, but the trend is towards more reforms. >> hard in may? -- pardon me? >> there are more reforms in italy, it is just taking longer than we would like. >> there are more reforms in italy. it is something which will not work from the first day. greece started two years ago to do reforms. last year, already it has been much more successful than in the

this is the second biggest bank in italy. i hung out with the italian prime minister. he has been in the job for a little under a year. he has tried to push through reforms. yesterday, we had the first glimpse of the biggest banking reform in 20 years. it will be interesting to get his take on what that means for him, if he sees your rivals emerge. >> too many banks, not enough credit, the line coming out of renzi yesterday. we are going to be talking to the most senior member of the russian government. we don't have putin this year. we have -- [indiscernible] he is the deputy prime minister. we will get his take on exactly what happens in 2015 with his government and his economy. >> that is a recession story. talking of oil, we will be speaking to tim clark of emirates to get his take on the business of consolidation. >> oil, a big input cost. it will be interesting to get his take on how it will affect the gcc. >> the man of the week in davos is -- i have three names. mario draghi, he is not coming to davos but we get the ecb announcement. let's say mario draghi jack

member states to reach the desired country, in this case italy. they're taking on millions of refugees and protecting them. or do you try to create as mentioned in the report, ways for people to safely reach the european union so they don't have to resort to traffickers. the big challenge there is one of scale. what number would they have to take in order the traffickers to seem less attractive to days operate refugees who want to start a new life. >> syria's main political opposition block. the syrian national coalition is holding a three-day meeting in the turkish city of instainable. they're discuss building to send a delegation to moscow later this month. >> thee armed opposition factions have announced a measure regioner. >> the commander of the army announce the merger of three rebel groups based in the south by watching forces they hope to have success in fully regaining provinces. they've merged in the past with limited success. and in the northern city of aleppo, they joined forces with other rebel groups but fighters say the integration

the boat docked a short time ago at a port in southern italy.his comes two days after a ship carrying nearly a migrants were brought to another italian port. >> reporter: this stip normally care rying livestock. it was drifts miles off of the italian coast are 450 migrants aboard. this is the second such incident this week on wednesday the blue sky m with 970 migrants on board was brought into an italian port. most of them also came from syria and many suffering the effects of hypothermia and frostbite after six days at sea. this appears to be a new tactic by human traffickers. >> it's possible that they have discovered a new method of -- of purchasing derelict or old crafts that are seaworthy for maybe one last voyage and then reporting that the crew has abandoned ship. they have also reported that there's violence on board and created a kind of emergency situation. that's what we hear but it's too soon to judge how -- how much this is going to be the new tactic. >> reporter: it's a new challenge for the thinly stretched european agency frontex

a migrant ship docked in italy, could be a start of a new trend by people-smugglers. hello i'm martine dennis. there could lose aid if palestine bids to join the international criminal court. and the hack of sony pictures. and ebola leading man against the virus. a cattle ship carrying around 450 migrants has been safely towed know to an italian port. this is the third migrant ship found off the coast of italy in the past two weeks. an areacaptain has told al jazeera they are fearful more will come. >> must have been an enormous relief and how exhausted they must have been. italian officials were sympathetic. >> we must create humanitarian corridors, free from dwreedy greedy human traffickers. >> recognition coast guard officials were forced to board the ship. it was abandoned without power left to the mercy of the sea. the second of in as much days. the other had been rescued close to the italian coast before it too became wrecked. told al jazeera he believed the crew had deliberately abandoned the ship. they are now digesting the assumption that this is the traffick

he said that italy should be an innovation laborde tory -- laboratory and not a museum.is just one of many leaders here to sell their countries to investors. this is a meeting -- forum dominated by economic affairs. you were saying, looking at the overall atmosphere this year that the economic environment we are looking at is reminiscent. >> it is sort of back to the future. it looks very much the 1980's and 1990's. the u.s. is back to being a locomotive of growth the dollar is strong again, the u.s. is the biggest producer of oil -- that is where we were in the 1980's and 1990's. in that sense, this is familiar territory. >> oil prices are a dominant issue. do you see it going lower again? >> it could go as low as $30. then it will come back up. we think the average oil price is around $50 this year for 2015. >> what effect is that going to have on the global economy? >> we were very much aware that the imf is higher than our forecast and they have met us. we agree with them now in terms of where they are right now. they and we believe that the net effect of lower oil p

to face in italy. this. i highly respected the german soldiers as an enemy. they were good. they had ravaged most of europe. they had taken over everything. they had military down to a science. they knew what it was. what i watched them do at the mountains of italy, whenever they went into attack, they prepared their target. they came in with bombers or artillery or whatever to soften up the target for infantry that would follow. we did not do that. i was not taught that in my training. but the germans did. when they charged out of their position, e they did not comen masse, but in units. arrival rifle squad would approach it from another angle. when they did that from behind the machine guns would fire overhead. these guys come to -- charging at you. when things really got back, you can look for the looked walking -- luftwaffen. they brought everything to bear on their targets in a way i had not been taught. i was wounded twice and eventually evacuated to england before i jumped in holland. but i lear

the problems are in greece and portugal, in italy, italy and france are still lagging on reforms.been a very very slow process. let's think about the european approach in general. in the u.s. bond markets management to transmit the stimulus from the central bank to the u.s. economy very quickly. 80% of u.s. credit funding is bonds. and the banks are still weak. so i think that we just don't only neat reforms, but we also need more government stimulus. 0.2% of european gdp is very small. or we need lower taxes. we need more coordination from governments. lots of elections, lots of political risks. >> and that could potentially mean further political uncertainty. we're going to leave it there. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >>> sticking with europe angela merkel will be in london today. the german leader is expected to meet with david cameron and is expected to hold her ground on contested uk laws. cameron is looking to renegotiation eu ties ahead of the general election which could lead to a uk referendum over membership in the europe. >>> meanwhile, the french economy mini

he wants to help italy. he is better off staying where you are. >> it is the difference between frankfurt and rome. it seems like there is speculation he may be returning back for the open job now that he has resigned. part of what is fueling this is the january 22 and 23rd meeting in florence. some of the speculation is from that. let's be clear that that the speculation. here is what he told the newspaper. it is a great honor to be considered. it is not my job. as the president of italy, he would only make 238,000 euros a year. when he was think of italy governor, he had 770 -- he is getting free housing with both. >> great work. stick to the a tie-in food. stay in germany. let's check in with the oil. bp is up. shell is up. late in the session yesterday brent when a higher. we're playing catch-up for the oil makers. they could cut jobs in the north. . we will bring you that. for now, just reports. after the break, taking a beating after copper collapses. is it time to buy? is it like catching a falling kn

. >> cooperative banks in italy rally around 6% after the government passes a radical overhaul of the sector paving

germany, switzerland, italy, france. it's so easy, as you said. i have -- have i driven up through italy into the alps of switzerland? i think maybe i show my driver's license. which was my american driver's license, and they let me through. they didn't look to see if i had a trurnk full of ammunition with me. >> the other thing people are picking up on today is these attacker tz are casual even in their escape. would there be cameras in paris all over the city like it is in london? >> or like there is here. >> apparently the french are camera shy. they're a peaceful people, and they don't want to be filmed buying the newspaper. know. okay, i get that. maybe i got it more 50 years ago. in this age we live in in order to catch crooks of any kind, you got to have them on surveillance. i can't think of a place where we could go right now where we're not on camera. i think if you are -- they have to start at the nucleus of this. they don't have to go far from pair toys try to determine who this might be because crime leaves clues, and thankfully someb

. >>> just ahead, a desperate search this weekend aboard a crippled ferry off the coast of italy. >> also, we've got one final inaugural event for dc's new . >>> in italy, heat and smoke kept firefighters and investigators from searching for more bodies aboard a crippled ferry. at least 11 people died when the fire broke out aboard the ferry last week, as it tried to make its way from greece to italy. as many as 19 people are still unaccounted for. it took more than two days for greek and italian coast guard to rescue survivors by helicopter due to strong winds surrounding the ferry. ♪ >>> dc's new mayor wrapped up three days of inaugural events this afternoon, with a party for the little ones. dozens of children and their parents showed up for the first- ever inaugural kids party at the southeast tenants and learning center. mayor bowser took the dance floor with the kids, the mayor's youngest supporters. >> this is really fun. i don't think anyone's ever done this. i wanted to see the mayor because i saw her on tv and i wanted to see her in person because i liked what she was sayin

so by time he came to italy in november of '43 to run the newly-established 15th air force, he was very much a known quantity, and he was only there two months before eisenhower recalled him to britain to take over the eighth air force for the run-up to d-day. >> which, of course had its problems in the sense that the weather didn't cooperate with the air strategy for d-day. you had that very low cloud cover. and as you wrote, the bombers actually ended up being too far back to really protect the people -- >> right. >> -- landing. >> yeah. the airman that i found in the air force -- the air plan that i found in the air force archives shows the normandy coast running mostly east/west, and the heavy bombers based in britain, 30 miles away, were approaching the german-occupied beaches at a perpendicular angle from north to south. and the navy said we don't want the bombers dropping short because it'll endanger the ships offshore. the bombardiers added another fudge factor, the long story short most of the bombs fell one-and-a-half to three miles behind the beaches and therefore, really did

on the big ship you will ahead directly to italy. the journey takes about five days to get to italy because it sales solely. >> the smugglers use different harbors to stay ahead of the turkish police. when their passengers finally begin their perilous trips to europe the smugglers promise that once in italy the migrants can go to any country they want. al jazeera turkey. >> back in the united states residents in west virginia still do not trust their water pipes. one year after a chemical spill contaminated the water. they say the state has taken the wrong steps to prevent another accident. >> president obama today gave a before of one of his state initiatives called america's college promise. it offers free community college for all. mike viqueira has more. >> reporter: president obama spent part of his friday in knoxville, tennessee tennessee a state he seldom visits a ruby red state. he was there for one reason only and that is residents of that state pay nothing zero, in two-year community college tuition. that is a program that