and norwegian north sea. there are limits moving. have had to impair some of our assets. i think this is quite serious. >> will e-government do enough to safeguard your operations? they are working on a plan to help the oil companies? >> i think they are preparing for the budget speech in march. it's not just the norwegian north sea. oil-producing provinces are around the world. there is enormous shock. government and taxation does need to adjust just as costs do. it's not going to be able to make up for a 60% drop in revenue. >> i know your five year anniversary is in october. maybe it's unfair to ask you to draw conclusions based on your first five years, i will ask you what's next? do you continue to stay here for another five? >> five years goes very fast. it's been a very busy five years. i think we have a great team and are heading in the same. i think we have an enormous challenge again. i enjoy the work and the management team is energized. that's all i'm thinking about. >> for more, we are joined by ryan. he says he needs to

and the north sea. there are fields where the economic life and limits are now moving. had to impair some of our assets. i think this is quite serious. guy: let's get an outlook for scottish oil. let's talk to scotland's energy minister. good to talk to a ewing about the oil industry. he joins us now. good morning. bob dudley talking about the situation in the north sea being serious. would you ask of that claim? what is going to be done about it? guest: well, the oil and gas industry all over the world faces serious challenges especially in the u.k. sector. costs are too high and efficiency is too low. these concerns are being addressed as we speak. the real challenge for the u.k. government, is that the tax take on oil and gas is far too high. it has been used as a giant cash machine for government for far too long. what we need to do to re-instill investor confidence all over the globe with operators who are making decisions about life prolongation of fields is to give the tax deal that provides certainty and predictability. we set out three components that we believ

coming up, we get a gauge of the energy industry in britain as a north sea oil summit in aberdeen getsnderway. that and more, when "bottom line," continues. ♪ >> and north sea oil summit is being held in aberdeen's industry executives, politicians, and unions try to tackle the problem poised by falling oil prices. it follows the threat of thousands of job losses as oil firms cut investment in the region. bloomberg travel to the city at the heart of written's energy industry to gauge reaction. -- of written's -- britain's energy industry to gauge reaction. >> if we didn't have the oil industry, i wonder what aberdeen would look like? we won't see them for two or three month at times, i will member their name -- remember the name. >> within a have been in, will get them a free drink. >> is unbelievable how much, you when you take a step back and look at everywhere in aberdeen how much this affects us directly or indirectly from our businesses, we don't rely on it but it is a big chunk of the business. to begin with, it was more a case of let's see what happens. there has been fluctuation

and flips over and over, plunging down the steep cliff toward the north sea. >> translator: i was sures dead, after falling and rolling over for 60 meters. i started shaking. >> rescue workers find the driver's body in the devastating wreckage thrown outside his truck. but he's alive. his fall is cushioned by his truck's load of salmon and ice. he escaped with two collapsed lungs, a broken arm, finger and collar bone. >>> on the other side of the north sea, england's roads are much tamer, but driving can be just as dangerous. >> oh! >> jack and his son raj depend on cars to make their living, installing custom exhausts in their shop minutes from london's heathrow airport. they never dreamed they would end up using their car to chase down a hit-and-run driver. january 19, 2011. just before 10:00 a.m. jack and raj are on their usual commute to work, when they notice a red mercedes driving recklessly. >> stupid driving. that's stupid driving. >> what caught our attention immediately was the fact that driver decided to break the law by just barging in front of us in the first place. >> jac

they will release hundreds of jobs in the north sea and is trying to reduce spending by $22 million. they are suffering more than other oil companies to pay for the deep water horizon spill in the gulf of mexico >>> it's been weeks since the death of argentinian leader and the circumstances remain a mystery. rumours polarized people who are months away from presidential elections. daniel schweimler has more. >> reporter: with the prosecutor committing suicide or was murdered it's being vetted. if he was killed who killed him? someone from the government? one of the many elements of an intelligence service. one of his own security men, or the assistant that he'd borrowed the gun from. the opposition deputy spoke to alberto niceman the day before his death. >> it's difficult to say he was murdered because i don't have evidence. i heard a very live person thinking about the next day. the day before >>> he accused the president of argentina, kristina kirchner to cover up iran's involvement in the 1994 bomb attack on the jewish community center that killed 85 people. a few days after his

the service across the north sea was maintained by the dutch.hey frequently lost their channel steamers. but always provided methods of escape. one day i went down to take the boat and i had usually paid the bill for my food and cabin at the end of the trip. but the steward came to me and said you have to pay cash. and i said how come? well he said last voyage the queen wilhelmina went down and the passengers owed me nine pound ten and he said i never got the money. >> i'm afraid you're being unduly modest there mr. hoover. it seems to me i recall a story of your having been actually under fire. >> i was under fire a number of times. the only time i really got wounded was when the germans were bombing the town of beloyne, where i was stopping overnight. and they looked out the window to see this performance. as the germans dropped a bomb in the street right opposite the hotel. and i got showered with glass. i got cut up a lot, but i never got a purple heart. >> now, didn't some of the authorities fight the feeding of starving children during you

the company has already slashed hundreds of jobs in the north sea and around the world. b.p. is suffering more than other oil companies as it continues to pay for the 2010 deep water horizon accident in the gulf of mexico >>> u.s. president obama unveiled his proposal to boost government suspending to 4 trillion increasing taxes on the wealthiest task. 9 billion will be spent on the islamic state of iraq and levant. >> reporter: there is very little the president and the republicans who control congress agree on. that is especially true when it comes to money. >> i cannot believe we are here again. >> this pleas is a mess. >> previous cuts shut the government. leading to defaults. it's been ugly and now it should be worse. president obama wants to increase spending by 7%. 75 billion. in these hundreds of pages he calls for raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations. before reading a page the republicans said no. they are willing to use the budget again to force the president's hand. they will not fund the department of homeland security past february if the president doesn

north sea oil is turning into a buyers market. the biggest names in the oil business are trying to sell older costly wealth. they've become less profitable with the collapse in oil prices. apache and marathon are among those that may sell their north sea assets. in hong kong, pro-democracy protesters were back on the streets for the first time in more than a month. demonstrators want china to back off its decision that candidates for election must be vetted by the government. after 79 days of tests, police cleared demonstrators off the streets in december. >> let's return to our conversation with the ceo of highlighting capital management. we began by you telling us what you do differently, and clearly it's up 27% in 2013. but why is it from where you sit, so many other equity long short funds have struggled. -- have struggled? >> i don't know about other funds, but some have given up on specific equities. they missed out on all the alpha one can earn shortselling. at highline, we take that seriously and short companies -- short c

they're used to working in the north sea, where conditions are not nearly as harsh. >> i asked specificallyme on this job, because sit a very exciting opportunity to do something that will potentially help a lot of people. >> reporter: most of all, the suffering families whose loved ones were on board. and zain those families are just struggling. we've got several of them here in perth, and they just cannot come to terms with the fact that it is almost a year since their loved ones disappeared on board mh-370 and still no sign no clue absolutely nothing as to what happened to them. >> yeah anna just heartbreaking, especially when you consider the fact that the malaysian prime minister did say all the passengers on the flight are presumed dead. anna coren, live for us there in perth. we appreciate it. >> it's been a year which is the hard part to comprehend. >>> the battle for a key town in ukraine has ended. coming up why the president is now asking for international help. >>> also ahead, looking for clues in the latest isis propaganda video. those details after the break. i have the worst

so the war is pushing out russian siberian crude or north slope crude or albertan or north sea crudehe shale patch. >> if you had the crisis in the middle east, this has always been the concern, prices of oil skyrocket. some people say, well it doesn't matter whether we're importing it from the middle east or not. we're still affected if it's $200 a barrel oil because oil is a global commodity. >> right. but that linkage is breaking down. as it moves to formal self-sufficiency, you have to remember they can't import oil from the united states, it's illegal. glue you're not going to have the sort of broad spectrum political support for exposing the united states on purpose to geopolitical risks. >> the price of oil might decouple and as a result the middle east crisis will mean more expensive middle eastern oil, but not west texas crude? >> and we're seeing the start of that already. there's already about a $5 disconnect despite that american prices are more reliable, more sustainable and pure crude, not high sulfur. all we need now is some sort of shock on the supply side to drive th

they're used to working in the north sea where conditions are not new orleans as harsh. >> i asked specifically to come on this job because it's a very exciting tune to do something that will potentially help a lot of people. >> reporter: most of all, the suffering families whose loved ones were on board. rosemary while the search crews are obviously committed to finding the wreckage of mh370, the families of the 23 people on board are -- 239 people on board are terrified that once they cover the priority zone, if the plane is not there, that the search will be called off. that is their greatest fear because as far as they are concerned, the malaysians who are in charge of this operation have a moral obligation responsible to bring their loved ones home. rosemary? >> and let's hope that that is exactly what happens. reporting there live from perth, australia. many thanks to you. >>> and complicating matters, you've got two tropical cyclones bearing down on australia at this hour. >> and of course we have our pedram javaheri who's been keeping an eye on this. where is the position of the cyclone

they have had problems in brazil in the north sea along with egypt. in terms of production, they are ramping up according to bloomberg intelligence with a wrapup program. especially they will ramp up their production of liquefied natural gas as a $20 billion project and waiting for ceo. the former ceo arrives to take the helm. it is with a real strategic direction for considerable time. impairments, write-downs, lower dividends. the hallmarks and the results of weaker energy prices. >> let's take a look at our other stories. corporate's are not the only one reacting. they cut its interest rate to 2.5% overnight. joining a double -- easing policy this year on deflation risks. >> president obama has sent congress a $4 billion -- $4 trillion budget. not eliminating the annual budget deficit. analysts say it is likely congress will approve the proposals. >> the budget the congress has in its hands is built on those values. it helps working families' paychecks go farther and -- as the economic priorities that they are. americans are given the chance to upg

we talk a lot about the american west, permian basin, saudi arabia, brent crude coming out of the north seay expensive to extract. what is that going to meet for the economy of scotland, which really revolves around oil? maury: the whole independence movement and separatist movement rest on the assumption that they are making ona a lot of money on oil. olivia: yeah, i felt bob dudley the head of bp, saying -- central banks are in negative territory. we are talking with the plunge of oil. do you think the norwegian bank is the next? maury: they certainly could be. brendan: you talk a lot feeling like the 1980's, there is a great bloomberg news piece about just a much aberdeen has changed. at cafÉ boem about 30 christmas bookings were cut in december. luxury used to exist in northern scotland that is not there anymore. maury: this is a redistribution of income. away from oil producing countries to oil consuming countries. the counter to all of this will be the united states probably having a pretty good year because we are on balance and oil importer, and this is good for us. it is good for a

in the north sea in particular, -- i think we all want fiscal relief from the government but my big concernof the industry and having a cost structure that allows it to be competitive going forward. i believe the cost structure in the u.k. is not sustainable and we will see a rapid decline in production. we've already seen a big decline in capital spending. if we look at the international locations, what we have been doing is operating better, our engineering offices in india are busier than ever, we 3000 engineers and technical staff in india. as a business we have to continue to do everything possible. we have done a lot in the last few years and i think the message with said in our souls we've taken the money from our operating costs into 2014 alone. we're doing something similar in continuing to drive costs down in 2015. i think one of our objectives is to maintain a position where we are the most efficient and cost-effective operator. manus: you think that osborne has got the gravity of what you just outlined in terms of what is to come? what exactly do you see? guest: this industry ha

<south and north seas are dealing with bitter cold temperatures and the natural tendency. we have a place called industry. the state emergency has been declared and tennessee on the rate of washington d.c. were several inches of snow fell overnight. the now pretty much winding down with the snow with a snowstorm did cause this federal government to close today. more than that of the flights have been canceled the york and washington d.c. will not reach temps of freezing until after the weekend when the high will be in the low 30's. boston won not see temperatures above freezing for close to a week. <

they're used to work in the north sea where conditions are not as harsh. >> i asked specific tloi comeon this job, because it's a very exciting opportunity to do something that will potentially help a lot of people. >> reporter: most of all, the suffering families whose loved ones were on board. wolf the families are fearful that once this search is completed of this priority zone that if nothing is found then the operation will be called off. they are quite literally terrified. the know the search can't go on forever. but they believe that malaysian airlines has an obligation to bring their loved edd ones back home. >> is isis harvesting organs for cash? we're digging into new reports of new terrorist brutality. >>> details of the u.s. justice department's plans to sue the ferguson missouri police department. we're learning new information tonight from our sources. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ great rates for great rides. geico motorcycle see how much you could save. the real question that needs to be asked is "what is it that we can do that is impactful?" what the cloud enables is computing t

joking aside we have rain in the north by. around sea and healdsburg moving to the north and out of the neighbors in the next five or ten minutes and the altamont pass is quiet and on highway 4 through discovery bay interest brentwood you could find slick streets and lingering sprinkles. the left side of the spring shows the next wave of water at 45 minutes to an hour and 15 minutes away from the sonoma and marin county coast and it will bring a steady batch the rain. half moon bay is 36 miles per hour. 20 in san carlos and 28 in oakland and the fast wind is why we have 4 1/2 hour flight arrival delays, the average into sfo and why the winds are bouncing around. any east-west bridge is going to be tough to deal with in the high are file vehicles as they come right up from the south and running perpendicular and they will get faster headed to noon at 30 to 45 miles per hour gusts and 35 to 45 headed influence the early evening hours staying around 25 to 45 during the evening and wake up tomorrow and we will be breezy at continue to 25 mil

still like an easy ride and we are still by the weight problem freedom recounted all in the north may the sea is she is supporting reduce visibility because of fog. >>mark:it then plunges into a taipei river. >>darya:rescuers continue to pull survivors from the submerged wreck of the plane this morning. the flight crashed shortly after take off. >>mark:it was carrying 53 passengers and five crew. 31 of those passengers were chinese tourists. >>mark: 50 on board to three have been filled 20 are missing 15 people pulled alive from the wreckagetaiwan's aviation safety agency has not yet said what caused the crash. >>darya: justing the belly of the giant plane come by bill and is not the first trans asia crashed just last year a plane crashed near to this crash and killed 49 people. >>darya:a two alarm fire in san jose. it broke out at around 2-15 on azucar avenue. kron 4's mike pelton is live with what happened. mike? >> reporter: this is a duplex and most of the damage is for the unit on the backside is a costly loss was stuff you can replace fortunately there are no injuries in the fire this m

you have got hands full of clouds here and, there but generally off to the south off to the north or out to sea. with the nice clear sky, temperatures have had

we're at the north end of padre island national sea shore. speaking of national sea shore, which is a type of national park unit, the idea of a national parks, as you know preservation and providing for the enjoyment of the people. when national parks were first created, the big ones like the first one, yellowstone, it's a place you're like yeah let's set this aside. we can all enjoy it and preserve it. but as time went on there's different types of national park units that were added for different reasons. so if we think about the idea of the national sea shore, what happened is on the east coast as cities start to expand the population got bigger, people started looking forward in the 1930s and said hey, we're going to need places out here that we can correct relate where we can go to decompress be with nature even though cities are getting bigger. starting in the '50s that idea really took off of near some population areas to have national sea shores where we can conserve the wildlife, the scenery, protect things and provide for the enjoym

. >>> in north carolina today a sea of grief as a crowd of over 5,000 turned out for a prayer service for three muslim college students shot to death in what police describe as a dispute over parking at a condo complex. their neighbor has been charged with murder. the crowd today was so large the service had to be moved to a nearby athletic field. the father of two of the victims continued his call today for authorities to investigate their deaths as a potential hate crime. islamic leaders also express concern about growing anti-islamic sentiment in the u.s. they called on president obama to address it. investigators say their initial findings do not indicate a hate crime in this case. the murders have garnered international attention that inspired a huge candlelight vigil in chapel hill last night. and the hashtag muslim lives matter is trending on social media. >>> jurors in the trial of the man accused of killing "american sniper" chris kyle got a striking look today at the aftermath of the crime. a dash cam video shows police in hot pursuit of kyle's truck driven by his suspected

we could see if you more clout for it north in the area, north to bay. with the seaettifog tomorrow. across the that-- apache patchy fog across the bay area. >> reporter: across the north bay and peninsula more sixties. it will is one for this time of year. we do have a chance of showers for friday and saturday. >> pam: bat kid incredible story is coming to the big screen with to get there and a few minutes. >> pam: curry was he able to play on his injured foot? if so, how did they do tonight? >> reporter:the latest on court celebration to get out of hand.on the campus of kansas >> reporter: what is it about this story? >> i think it is about how hard people came together for little skit wish, they did not to a head the effort they made it an amazing day the to possibly give anyone as five years old. >> reporter: remember when he saved got the city could not have done it without the mobile. >> i tell what to make a wish so what ever we need to do with cars we stepped in and provide that card. --car >> i wish that it was not over. >> reporter: tonight when the documen

you have got hands full of clouds here and, there but generally off to the south off to the north or out to sea. with the nice clear sky, temperatures have had a chance to just plummet. look at the difference in the last 24 hours, you have dropped generally, 15 to even up to 25 and 30 degrees in some of the spots. so that's again 24-hour temperature departure but what it translates to on thermometer is as such. that's rough stuff. 11 degrees at both philadelphia international and in atlantic city, at three below zero on the thermometer with a northwest breeze at 18 miles per hour. so, it is feeling more like it is 20, 25, 26 degrees below zero. as you head up toward the poconos, that said, western chester, western montgomery, as well as upper bucks then all points north and west have windchill advisory in the poconos, windchill warning and that will stay in effect until at least the noon hour. as the day progresses, one good thing about today is that winds is going to be easing up for us, little bit, so while it is still brutally cold, at least it is not going to feel that much worse as the win

you have these big inland seas in northern north america called hudson's bay. on the edges of hudson bay, you have the british establishing these trading post along the edge of hudson's bay. and the british, what they try to do is encourage indians from inland to come to these posts along the edge of hudson's bay and give them what? what's the virtue of northern canada in terms of their particular commodities? >> fur. >> absolutely. they want the indians to do all the work of getting the first -- fursa and then giving the furs. from the point of view of a french explorer? how does this make you feel? outmaneuvered. ok. if we look, for example, at page 295, the right-hand column, he talks about i got the two chiefs to come to my tent. i knew that they went every year to the english post. one of them received a present as an inducement. so what is the problem? you have these indians trading with the british. right? and you don't want that. if you are you -- if you are him, what can you do to draw these western indians? draw them away from english? >> give them be

most of the activity again tonight by 8:30 remains off north out here in the sea and then you will see as we head throughout 11:30 tonight. possibly a few spotty showers, nothing major. it isn't until tomorrow morning that will likely begin to see activity bubble up in the south bay also for the santa cruz mountains. we are tracking the full-time line on this storm system and where we have the best clans of rain fall on your saturday coming up in your full forecast and details. >> thanks, jeff. >>> weather worries for crews to speed up time line on a controversial project. a main thoroughfare is slimming down. parts of lincoln avenue are shrinking from four lanes to two. the goal to slow down at the business district more inviting place for pedestrians. nbc bay area's robert handa is live and robert these big changes weren't supposed to happen yet. >> that's right. it comes as quite a surprise for a lot of people. especially drivers. the reason for the change was simple. san jose and department of transportation were afraid it would rain this weekend. and so crews came in and simply ma

the snow centered over virginia and north carolina continues to pass out to sea to our south but close enough to brush us what is generally going to be light snow. we'll have the first bands popping through. slow it down if you see a coating. as we get into 6:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m., we'll have a better chance of seeing this in philadelphia. we're not expecting major accumulations around i-95. word to the wise, slow down when it starts. sky 6 looking at center city, the clouds high enough above growfned -- ground to allow us to see the tops of the center city sky scrapers. temperatures are 21 degrees, the numbers are beginning to drop. windchills currently making it feel like in the 20s in most neighborhoods. future tracker 6 putting the snow in the proper place in delaware and south jersey, we may see it in philadelphia, by then. up in allentown there's a developing snow shower around as we go through the morning. most of this will be done around lunchtime. it's a brief hit of snow during the morning and then it goes away. we're not looking at overwhelming snowfall amounts. in reading and a

here is the soviet kamchatka coast, this is the north atlantic, here is the bering sea. there is off kamchatka and the bering a storm. from that low extend from waves -- from frontal waves, a cold front, and that deep low will track cross the bering sea into the gulf of alaska and down, bringing with it rain, sleet snow, freezing rain, and it will progressively close the air stations in the aleutians, such that the search and rescue operation to come will be impeded and finally shut down by the poor weather that's preceding out of this system. jerry is supposed to fly up and down the coast here in the back side of that weather system, and he's not concerned about it. this aircraft is a superb foul weather airplane and he can handle this. the aircraft can handle it without difficulty. it might complicate his landing back home at adak, if there's very bad weather there, in which case he'll proceed to elmendorf and lend their at the air force base -- and land there at the air force base on the alaskan main land. so this is the briefing he gets on the 27th of october, 1978.

what went wr >>> the coast guard released this video of a dramatic rescue at sea 200 mimes off the coast of north carolina. five people were rescued after the mast of a luxury boat broke in 40-miles-an-hour winds and 13-foot seas. crews hoisted each person into a rescue helicopter. aboard the boat millionaire pinterest investor, brian cohen. >>> more than 2 million vehicles are being re-called for the second time because of faulty airbacks the national highway traffic safety administration says the re-call involves these seven models made between 2007 and 2004. the airbags may inflate while the car is running these vehicles're already under re-call for airbags but the original attempts to fix the defects only worked 85% of the time. the ntsa says half of the new re-called vehicles are part of the defective air bags made by takata which means airbags and decree employ and rupture. >>> friends and family will take part in memorial walk for a teacher whos gunned down. he 'twas on walk two days before thanksgiving when he was shot and killed. tomorrow's walk will tapes on at the trail where he tied.

now the cold air actually caused heavy snowfall over the north because it moves over the sea of japan it gets ample moisture from the water, so snow clouds form over the northwestern flank of the nation. the significant snow and plussery conditions are happening in the tohoku and hokuriku regions. i want to take you to yamagata to show you the snowy sight up there. this is yamagata city where about 40 centimeters of snow have piled up. record breaking gusts have been reported early friday morning. several railway services have been suspended and ferry services and flights have been canceled. 50 centimeters is still likely through saturday afternoon. now actually 80 centimeters fell in the hokuriku region or 90 even in the mountainous locations. gusts could be up to 110 kilometers per hour so the combination will cause blustery conditions, blowing snow conditions, as well as near-zero visibility. winds are going to be up to five meters. enough to cause coastal flooding as well as thunderstorms over the coastal locations. lots of things are happening across japan. snow will likely conti

300 migrants are thought to have drowned this week while attempting to cross the mediterranean sea from northited nations says it's a tragedy on an enormous scale. survivors brought to the italian island said they were forced by human traffickers in libya to risk the crossing in rough seas. our correspondent, karen holly, las the story. >> reporter: they risked their lives to get here. the survivors who made it when so many did not. they'd set sail in rubber dinghies leaving the chaos of libya on saturday for europe. they dreamt of a new life somewhere that was safe. but today the bodies of 29 would-be migrants were transported off the island. they died of hypothermia after being rescued by the italian coast guard. on monday 100 other people were rescued. but more than 300 more are now believed to have had drowned in waves as high as 8 meters. the mediterranean is being described as a graveyard for migrants. there's harsh criticism from humanitarian groups and for the european union for not doing more to save lives. today, even the pope weighed in. he offered prayers for the victims and said

the sea breeze starts to pick up. across the north bay, oakland at 80. that was the record high tomorrow. 75. then we'll see the sea breeze picking up after 3:00 in the afternoon. for the tri valley highs in the 70s. the best chance of rain soon really doesn't look like it's in the cards for us unfortunately. you will notice high pressure stopping the strong storms sending them to the east, north away from the west coast. as the high weak withens during the weak 'with it's going to keep most of the west coast dry. we are talking seattle to san diego looking dry through the week. the five- day outlook relatively warm for the south bay tomorrow. temperatures cooling but still running above average this week. into the 60s and low 70s around the south bay. san francisco seeing highs in the mid 60s. as we jump forward to ethics weekend it does look like we are going to stay dry. temperatures starting close to 70 in the south bay lt. upperer 60s. cooling approaching sunday. family and friends are calling frantically because they have seen the seven-day forecast

north. this will be impacting parts of new england for saturday afternoon. locally we keep staying mild until we get into monday. then you seaross most of our countyies the farther north you go you could run into know in the poconos but this is not good timing along the morning commute hours. if you're not in front of a tv, we will be updating you. for tonight, partly cloudy not as cold. in the suburbs, tomorrow a mostly cloudy day. milder we'll be in the low 50s as we go into sunday. we see rain and mix to the north. so we could just be dealing with some mix. we'll update that as we get closer. we get colder by the end of next week. highs into the low 20s. >> thank you, michael carter williams missed the sixers game tonight. but noel could be picking up the slack. >> this is the xfinity sports desk. brought to you by xfinity. >> hi i'm amy fadool. the sixers are in washington. and eight points seven rebounds for the big man tonight. but this fourth quarter three by thompson cuts the deficit to three. that is as close as they got. it puts boston up ten. the sixers fall. the only hiccup for the celtics before the game happene

>> yes, very concerned, not just across western europe but across the seas to north america.know what's appearing in denmark, in paris, in the uk and my only concern is whether we're facing it at home and i'm concerned perhaps some of our leaders aren't willing to face it aren't willing to admit we have global jihad that we have to be prepared for hoar in washington. >> ambassador thank you for coming on. >> nice to be with you, poppy. >>> to turn to the ugly weather to start out yet another week. it's already brutal in the midwest. look at chicago, three dozen cars in a chain reaction accident. dozens had to go to the hospital. can this decadent, fruit topped pastry... ...with indulgent streusel crumble, be from... fiber one. fiber one streusel. >>> more horrible winter weather. a blizzard warning still in effect for eastern massachusetts, even though the storm is on its way out. it is leaving a powerful set of wind behind along with bitterly cold temperature. but further south, another big air of concern. a big storm about to hit arkansas, tennessee, kentucky and the caroli

. >> at least 29 migrants have died of hypothermia while attempting to cross from north africa to italy by sea. they were packed aboard an inflatable raft that was on verge of sinking. intercepted by the italian coast guard off the coast of lampedusa. >>> hoping to be cleared of sodomy charges, marianna leader is back in court. >> this is anwar ibrahim. now guilty of sodomy and sentenced to prison for five years he's been on bail pending this final appeal. allegations of sodomy were raised shortly after falling out with the ruling party. it was 1997 and he was the deputy prime minister. charged and convicted he spent several years in jail until the verdict was partially overturned in 2004 when he was released on appeal. he is a cares maltic figure. the government will be concerned if anwar clears his name. >> as long as this case is pending and hanging over his head he probably wouldn't be able to focus 100% in leading this country towards chain -- change. he is still seen as the most charismatic political figure to bring this country to change. >> those disaffected with a government that's be

chaos that we saw in syria and moved into iraq and now all of the sudden, it jumped the red sea and in north >> keeping in mine. there was a pipeline for jihaddist. they are sending foreign fighters to attack american troops. they have sent them back to libya to establish the beach head in north africa. it is a natural progression of the war against u.s. and other allied troops. >> isis has battalions made up of the libyans. they fought on behalf of iraq. >> and they are going to butt heads in libia. >> there were misreports last year saying that isis had taken over a city of hundred thousand. what they ran into al-qaeda loyalist and they got into skirmish with isis and they control more territory than isis. >> they don't get along? >> they fight each other. they are jihaddist rivals at this point. all the way from syria to libya they are fighting each other. >> i hope they both use. isis tends to recruit the worst of the worst. >> isis is the caliphate and you will do what we want you to do or we kill. al-qaeda is trying to portray itself being moderate and composed of how to reign in jihad

north. we're not seeing any fog. no sea breeze pushing in the marine layer for us tonight. and gusty to tomorrow morning. increasing slightly after day break. briefly at 40 miles per hour. with that in mind, a wind advisory up now, extended beyond 6:00 tonight. and now through 10:00 tomorrow morning. a little bit in lower elevations, below 500 feet and much like we are seeing outside right now. we did have showers earlier around morgan hill areas south and you had pretty good brief downpours. that is the outer fringe of a weather sift weather system bringing thunder and just the outer edge of this may clip the bay area for tomorrow. as you wake up tomorrow morning, breezy for outside. one more day of the chance of a few showers. your forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you, rob. >>> one person dead and another person hurt. this happened in sunnyvale on north wolf road near fair oaks park. the driver did stay at the scene. they are cooperating with investigators. the surviving victim is in the hospital in critical condition. and the identity of these victims has no

speed restrictions of 50 miles an hour for anyone traveling southbound southbound and north bound rather between sea boulevard and cape may. just note that if that is where you are headed. things at the airport are checking out and looking fine. let's head back to the desk. >>> in a story we had first on 3a toddler returns home to delaware after she was abducted by her father. "eyewitness news" spoke to three-year old elinor trotta a and her mother dawn barknews new castle. they were reunited tuesday night. girl and her father michael trotta were subject of the amber alert after trotta assaulted barkas and then kidnaped elinor. >> she's glad to be home and that is all she kept saying since i found her last night. i was reunited with her. she kept asking when are we going home. >> the girls father was arrested without incident. he made his first court appearance in massachusetts and awaiting extradition. >>> three people are killed overnight on the violent streets of philadelphia a woman was shot to death in a car in west more land street in north philadelphia and two men shot and killed in grays fer

>>> new this morning, overseas north korea has fired five short-range missiles into the sea. that's what we're learning. it's their second weapons test this year. this latest launch comes as north and south korea are at odds over terms of a possible summit between their leaders. >>> more pilots are joining the fight against isis. the united arab emirates is sending a squadron of jet fighters to join jordanian f-16s. dozens of fighter jets have bombed isis training centers and weapons storage sites this week after the group released a video showing a captured jordanian pilot being burned to death. meanwhile, the family of an american woman held hostage by isis is still holding on to hope that she is alive. on friday isis leaders claimed that 26-year-old kayla mueller was killed in a jordanian air strike in syria, but u.s. officials say there's no evidence to authenticate that report. isis took mueller hostage in august of 2013 as she was leaving a hospital where she was working as an aid worker. mueller is the only known u.s. hostage who is still being held as isis. >>> federal

in search of sea cucumber five families from the north of china have come to the area on a tour. to sample the delicacy they also hope to take some home. the cucumber is known in china. the city has organized the tour to promote the product. the first stop, a local chinese restaurant. the dried sea cucumber is soaked in water. >> translator: sea cucumber from the bay is thick and firm which makes it a good variety. >> eating sauteed or simmered with spinach and pork. the dishes are served. they love the texture of the variety. >> translator: i've eaten many kinds of sea cucumber, this is the best one ever. >> on day two, the tourists visit the plant where the cucumber is processes. here some caught in the bay are dried, the tour members captured it all on their camera. after being dried for three months, the delicacy is stored in this room. they are key eaters they ask how old the sea cucumbers are, and how many are in a 500 gram bag. in china the specialty is sold for about 3,000$3,000. but on this tour they pay after that amount. >> much better than what the chinese sell for th

north africa. two commercial ships arrived after an early morning distress call. some have been taken to the italian island of lampedusa. others to sicily. an estimated 300 migrants were drowned in stormy seas earlier this week trying to reach italy from north africa. >>> red roses symbolizing love are the traditional way to celebrate valentine's day. that means big business around the world. but bangladesh blockades strikes, and fear of attacks are hurting sales. >> it's been a difficult couple of months for most businesses in bangladesh. but for flower growers it could end up being a bad year. february is when they make almost all their money. they bearly break even the rest of the year. but as the opposition here tries to get the prime minister to step down through national strikes and violent blockades transportation has stopped. this means that although they continue to gather the roses on their farm, there are no trucks to take them to the city in time for valentine's day. >> it's just a couple of weeks that really matter. these two weeks are worth $7,000 to $9,000 for us. that's basically all our profit. >> for theinterest is not just a problem with supply. the demand is also drying

a sea of white from texas north to new england. and look at this patch of empty interstate in ft. worth, texas. that's a good thing so many of the highways coated with ice for a time today. this is the ride home in oklahoma. whiteout conditions there. the view tonight from inside this person's car in dallas. ice covering the whole thing. you can't even see out the windows there. also tonight, word of hail and a possible tornado in california and the whole system now moving east. meteorologist rob marsciano with the track. but first, abc's clayton sandell from dallas. >> reporter: the coming storm, announced its arrival in dallas/ft. worth with thunder sleet. freezing rain made driving an icy, dangerous mess. 37 cars piled up in amarillo. in oklahoma crashes closed interstate 35. drivers in the storm's path struggled to get traction. >> it's pretty bad. four-wheel drive helps you go but it doesn't help you stop. >> even gifts out to push. slick roads turned big rigs into 15 thougs-pound hockey pucks. here in dallas there's ice everywhere. the police have responded to well over 100

. >>> saudi arabia to its north it borders the red sea and guff of aden. the houthi rebels took control last month yemen also remains a stronghold of al qaeda. the group controls a large portion of the country seen here in light orange. now, this area has been the target of u.s. drone strikes for more than a decade. tony schaeffer is a retired army colonel and intelligence officer in d.c. night. tony what does this mean for yemen and al qaeda? >> john, it is a very dynamic issue as you point out. the houthi are natural enemies of quealt, al qaeda houthi being shia backed and al qaeda being a sunni organization pnl sunni being the saudi ruling religion and iraq is kind of split. it's a very interesting dynamic simply because they are enemies doesn't mean they won't work together. a dynamic we might see is the houthi may even ally going after a common enemy the government of saudi arabia. i'm not sure anyone understands what's going to come next. >> you talk about the regional risks. saudi arabia next door. >> right. >> could this destabilize not only saudi

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the sea lions' food supply has migrated north because of the warmup. scientists say temperatures in the pacific ocean are two to five degrees above average for this time of year. >>> today is the beginning of the new lunar year 4713. asians are celebrating. in china a centuries old bell tower rang. a lot of people lit fireworks and others burned incense while praying on this day. and the president, president obama, offered his well wishes. > so whatever year you're celebrating, may we all do our part to carry forward the work of perfecting the country we love. happy new year. >> apparently there is confusion there about which animal represents the new lunar year. is it the year of the ram, the goat or the sheep? we asked anchor joe yaun. >> red. chinese pronounce [ non-english language ] goat. [ non-english language ] sheep foreign. speaking chinese ] >> she says it depends on how you pronounce and translate it. happy new year. >> so you can just pick one of three i guess. >> whichever one works for you. >> go with the goat. >>> i was reading something

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sea. now new concerns about north korea's ability to strike u.s.llied warships off the korean coast. this is a test missile filed by north korea. it appears to be a more advanced weapon of its kind than north korea's revealed before. >> this is more sophisticated in terms of what they have tested. if they want to hold a risk this is a good way to do it. >> reporter: kim jong-un boasts this missile was developed in north korea, but analysts say look how it compares to the russian missile. >> it looks very similar from here to here. it's a cruise missile. it's going to be operated on aerodynamic principles. the north korean version has this. different model. this appears to be a solid fuel booster that get it is off the ship and moving quickly. >> reporter: did they buy it from russia? take the design and re-purpose it? no response from north korean or russian officials. at the time they were testing five other short-range missiles. it comes ahead of joint u.s. south korean south korean drills. this comes a few days after kim's regime says it sees no