hermes responded to jane birkin with a statement.ed by the images recently broadcast. the luxury brand also claims that investigation is underway at the texas farm which was implicated in the video. any breech breach -- breach of rules will be rectified. the crocodiles supplied are not used for the fabrication. it's a bag many dream of owning but how does this birkin blowout affect the average consume ensure. >> the question of how clothes and luxury goods are made are increasingly important to customers. it's exactly this kind of episode that reminds viewers to be mindful about how their clothes are made. >> the next time you hit the mall and want to be a conscious consumers, experts advise do your research. >> if you want to be a conscious consumer, you should feel free to ask questions when you go in a store. the more they know about how clothes are made the better they can feel about the purchase. >> there are also numerous websites for consumers who want to be a conscious consumer. i've noticed people are not just worried about

jane birkin decried the rule methods to make the back.penalize any breach of its animal welfare code. the back accounts for 15% of sales. how do you send a yvonne: it is 7:30 in hong kong, half an hour from trading in australia, japan, and south korea. you are watching "first up." ♪ top stories -- the fed market continues to improve, keeping policy makers on track for a rate hike this year. but no clear signal on when that will happen. there needs to be further improvement in jobs and confidence inflation will reach a 2% target in the medium-term. the fed will get together again in september. is imf says china's economy strong enough to whether the stock rout. christine lagarde addressed volatility on an online conference in washington and said they have appreciated significantly in the past year despite the composite dropping 27% on june 12. >> we believe the chinese economy is resilient and strong enough to withstand that significant variation in the market. spendingacebook's spree overshadowed better-than-expected earnings. revenue ros

. >>> also why british actress and singer jane birkin wants her name taken off the famously pricey hermes bags. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm antonio mora. coming up on international news, downing of a malaysia airlines flight over eastern ukraine. a university of cincinnati campus police officer who shot an unarmed black man during a traffic stop was indicted by a grand jury today. ray tensing's camera was rolling, when he pulled ed dubose's car because it didn't have a front license plate. the police commissioner called it asinine. >>> allegedly concealing a $1 million loan from a donor. government money to pay back the loan. hata is also excused of using campaign funds to pay off his son's student debt. >>> florida governor rick scott is ordering reports of abortions in the state. harvesting tissues florida planned parenthood denies the ailingses. libby casey reports. >> reporter: stop military brass took a turn on capitol hill defending the deal on iran adding their voices and credentials to the white house team pitching the plan. >> it's a good deal because it prevents i

. >>> the guardian's jane birkin has had her name taken off handbags. them to depap tiez the birkin croco. the company says it is investigating. is it hermes or hermes? >> hermes. >> i don't know anything. >> i've never been that yes, you have. tell us all. >> just to the biltmore home. "the dallas morning news" looks at a tv reporter confronted with being accused. >> i went upstairs and waited for farah to come to me. >> did you use my credit card to check into your room. >> are you farrah? >> i am. >> he's a consumer reporter. he tracked down this alleged thief and he confronted her at the hotel thanks to fraud alert on his account and he called the police. he was there with his cell phone camera when she was arrested. that was a sweet moment for him. >> let me just say, she should close her mouth when she's chewing gone. ky hear my mom. >> or don't chew gum. >> they report on an ear bud design. it has a bendable outer section to fit the ear. it would address complaints that the ear bud can fall out when exercising. >> not a bad idea. >>> he's conside

british actress jane birkin wants to take her name off the crocodile version of the iconic birkin handbagthey cost anywhere from 10,000 to $100,000 apiece. the animal rights group peta has accused them of using crocodile skin and cruel slaughter practices. we all know it is probably true. stephanie: i am pretty sure they know how they produce -- matt: it is probably not nice. mixed results in crash tests performed on the ford f-150 pickup. the smaller pickup did poorly in a front crash test. thank goodness i have the big steel, four-door. stephanie: those are your top headlines. the impressive that he wants to take us back just before we came back. i wiped out. it was tremendous. we need to take a break because i need to lick my wounds. we will be back. ♪ ♪ matt: it is time now for our morning brief want to give you some of the agenda items you need to know about this thursday but i will kick it off with vice president joe biden. he is hosting a working breakfast with members of the house democratic caucus to discuss the nuclear deal with iran. at 9:30 a.m., the senate will be holding a h

stuart: the british singer jane birkin, asked a the luxury goods company hermes to take her name offerting her to cruel slaughtering practice. >> these bags go 300 to $3,000. peta showed video of killing crocodiles and skins sent to hermes. they were stunned, not killed not cut but shot dead. the she said way animals are slaughtered. take my name off your bag. this is a lot of money. hermes. stuart: 300,000 for a bag. >> they go to 300 grand for a purse yeah. stuart: $300,000? >> yeah. stuart: are you kidding me? >> nope, not at all. stuart: hermes stock is unchanged. >> look i'm not in that camp but there are women that will pay this kind of money, upper side of manhattan don't live, don't know but they will to for it. she said look this is inhumane. stop it. stuart: i would have used example of upper west side full of limousine liberals. what do i know. you live there. >> yeah, i do. i do. stuart: i repeat, get this, the word american has been add toed a list of problematic words at the university of new hampshire. in something the university is calling a bias-free language guide, ke