if, in fact, it was the policy. >> abu dhabi is not an input.i think this was a point along the way in a progression to were i think we should get to a more aviation security and vibrant for this country. >> may i close my question on this? what of it going to do as we put more resources over there and we're saying to the very airports you identified, newark among others, as american citizens flying in from all over the world are seeing extended delays in simply getting through. they already down in the form of resources that you need to do the work that you're doing. why are we sending personnel overseas during a prototype when you're remarkably understaffed right at our own border? >> in general, the more we can put at communism in forward as, last point of departure outside this country, before the terrorists can get on the airplane to fly into this country, the better. i believe that is a homeland security imperative, congressman. ..

show him welcome back is going to charity and analysts are divided on the us loneliness and from abu dhabi. sigh so aliyah five chief columnist at the national salute you for for joining us and from washington james kerr chick of the foreign policy initiatives said thank you for being with us the falls and gets paid we can join the conversation on facebook and twitter are hushed and two for two dates. the french cannot brag about it they were first in this week more than a hundred business leaders touching down in tehran. the delegation. it's reportedly to be followed by businessmen from other plant parts belgium the netherlands and germany i really am eyeing around with her new entranced by a country with its lights and seventy six million as a potential goldmine and companies around the world are hoping the filling of western sanctions will be open the treasure trove. it's karma. she has to be dominated by friends dying it's an issue and that no intelligent and stuffs like students respond in the works the number of cars produced in iran with and hopped between two thousand and eleven an

secretary of state john kerry has visited the united arab emirates and met with abu dhabi's crown prince mohammed bin dow he'd al nahian. he blamed the government of barber al assad for stalling progress at the talks. the uae and other gulf arab states including saudi arabia and qatar support syria's opposition forces and have demanded that assad step down. u.s. president barack obama plans to visit saudi arabia in late march. the united states is working closely with arab nations to respond to the syrian crisis. >>> mbs of a united nations panel have released the results of a we're-long investigation into human rights abuses in north korea. they say no other country has committed such a wide range of crimes against humanity. and they say they hope their report will spur people to take action. the panel members heard testimony from 240 witnesses including north korean defectors. the chairperson criticized leader kim jong-un for his role in the abuses. >> he should be aware of the international crime of aiding and abetting crimes against humanity. even if not himself involved in the actua

meanwhile us secretary of state john kerry has visited the united arab emirates and met with abu dhabi is crown prince mohammed bin saeed al no idea kerry blamed the government of syrian president bush are now all sides for stalling progress at the docks the uae and other gulf arab states including saudi arabia and other support serious opposition forces and demanded that aside stand down. u s preston racquetball class to visit saudi arabia in late march the united states is working closely with arab nations to respond to the syrian crisis. members of the united nations panel and release the results of light year long investigation into human rights issues in north korea. they say authorities and committed systematic widespread and gross violations of these people in the country. many are now calling for action from the international community. nhk world for me to the reports. our members have testimony from two hundred and fourteen witnesses including several of the facts as found on three athletes the commission concluded present their evidence in many cases the country committed cri

after injuring his back playing volleyball on the beach during spot at moscow's pre-season tour in abu dhabi the thirty one year old midfielder was brought in on loan until the end of the sea.

after injuring his back playing volleyball on the beach during spot at moscow's pre-season tour in abu dhabi the thirty one year old midfielder was brought in on loan until the end of the season to provide cover for the injured aaron ramsey and jack wilshere for those markets nominees were suspended for three games but the injury discovered in the swedes medical one hundred eight caps we have been a tight with the gun is missed almost to know how when i go crystal palace he'll also be at the two matches against liverpool plus those against manchester united are in munich and sunderland is awesome but his side target their first league title since two thousand and four. well meanwhile midfielder michael essien and has moved from chelsea to ac milan on a seventeen month deal the thirty one year old gonna staal was the blues record signing when he joined from lille for over forty million dollars in two thousand and five he played in chelsea's champions league winning campaign as well as lifting two premier league trophies and four f.a. cups he went on loan to realm last summer after an injury h

bullet and some of these these digital utopias that you mention like song go in korea or master and abu dhabi really do try to use technologies the silver bullet that's going to solve all of our problems and it's almost a. false utopia that we can just simply install a piece of software and all these problems are going to go away in the real world is much more complicated than that and the truth is that even the biggest of those showcase projects will never be home to more than one hundred thousand people at the same time we're talking about a million people a week either being born in or migrating to cities around the world and so the scale of the problem is far beyond what the showcase. projects are are trying to accomplish so were do we begin how do we know what's what. we have cities how do we make them smarter where do we begin. well so what i really tried to do in the book was to almost. a lot of the hype that the idea of using information technology to tackle the problems of cities is a new thing we've been doing this since the ten thousand years ago the first day a nomad sat down and

they believe he may have gone overseas, perhaps to abu dhabi. the real risk is where it will remain united or split into two, possibly even three parts with russia backing the eastern states. >> hamish, disturbing to hear that member of parliament talking about the country being on the edge of war. thank you for your reporting. >>> we're going to stay in the region and talk about the olympics. team u.s. racking up more medals. we're tied with russia for first place. matt gutman is tracking all of the action at our "gma" head quarters at our olympic desk. hey, matt, good morning. >> hey, dan, good morning. we have had some thrills here. the u.s. dominating the x games-type events. 27 medals, as you mentioned, the total so far. more than in any other games outside forth america. the past 48 hours have been agony. the u.s. men's and women's hockey teams losing in never-wracking gut-wrenchers to the canadians. thrilling to watch until the final whistle. >> the horn sounds. canada has won! >> reporter: the canadians raised their arms in triumph. the

the opposition believe he may have fled overseas, perhaps to abu dhabi. they've voted to release one of the key opposition figures here. a former leader of the country. she's been thin jail for 2 1/2 years. she'll wibe released into hospil care because she has back issues. the protesters seem to be celebrating a crucial moment in their revolution. dan? >> thank you for your reporting this morning. >>> we're going to stay in the region and switch gears a little bit and talk about the olympics. team u.s. racking up more medals. on this final full day of action today. we're tied with russia for first place. followed by norway, canada, and the netherlands. matt gutman is tracking all of the action at our "gma" head quarters at our olympic desk. hey, matt, good morning. >> hey, dan, good morning. we have had some thrills here. the u.s. dominating the x games-type events. 27 medals, as you mentioned, the total so far. more than in any other games outside north america. the past 48 hours have been agony. the u.s. men's and women's hockey teams losing in nerve ra

. >>> and after a visit to abu dhabi, secretary of state john kerry is heading to paris.here he will meet with palestinian president mahmood abbas for talks on the palestinian peace framework. back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." get ready to hear the word obamacare a lot this year. republicans plan to use the president's health care law, it is affordable care act as a battering ram this november. and conservative groups are all too happy to try to tie democratic candidates this november to the law. take a listen. >> the republic said ann kirkpatrick refused to criticize obama's website for weeks, hardly blowing the whistle. and just days ago kirkpatrick voted against a bipartisan bill to help fix the health care website. still loyal to obamacare, not us. >> alex sink's loyal is to them, not florida. why else we should continue to support obamacare? >> if you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. >> that was the lie of the year. but now we know the truth. why does congressman joe garcia still support obama care? >> wow.

the gold medal. , i have to ask about what is happening in norway, because you sued norway and the abu dhabind over a decision to cut the transportation of new gas volume through the gas pipeline by as much as 90%. can you tell us what the losses and write-downs chile are ash write-downs actuallty are on this? , 6.1s, i must say billion krone, it was actually an estimate of 800 million rubles, a number i can better deal with, and we are writing down in 2013 about 50 million euros. more lost return, and i think it is a very important discussion because europe needs a lot of infrastructure investment, whether it is energy or highways or other forms of infrastructure to make europe a leading economic zone in the world. for this infrastructure investment, you need investors who can trust what is going on. therefore, i think it is a very crucial discussion, and that governments and super organizations in europe give this trust to long-term investors. >> mr. wemmer, it has been good talking to you. thank you for your time. dieter wemmer the ceo of allianz , europe's world largest insurer, which is

he is scheduled to leave for abu dhabi in the united arab era merits later on today.hong kong. >> thank you very much indeed. let's find out what else is going on. we are having a look at southeast asian stocks right now. >> we saw that jakarta is advancing today as strength continues in the indonesian session, 0.7% for stocks. that reflects the general games we are seeing across the region. in places like japan, we have had six weeks of declines. that is one of the more extreme examples of what is happening in some of these markets. it is good to see optimism filtering through. these are the movers that we are seeing in jakarta today. equity developments up 34%. you have to consider the base level at which the stocks are trading. keep that in mind as you look at the market here. we are seeing property shares moving as well in some of the financial related stocks in the indonesian session. i mentioned japan. japan, heading into their lunch break, we have seen the nikkei swing between gains and losses. it started the day lower as the latest gdp report shows slowing in

unbelievable the amount of ,usiness we are doing in dubai abu dhabi.see an opportunity basically. they love fashion. they are out there. they are ready to buy. very big for us, besides london and so forth. >> i hear other ceo's the retail groups always flying to dubai and i am trying to figure out what exactly is in the market -- >> it is a playground. >> i know there is the ultra rich but only so many of them. >> i think the way they have it right now, people love to stop over from so many different places. and it is going to continue. we are opening more stores there . one was very successful, thousands of shoes per month. and our clothing line is very hot. i don't know if you know that. ,he clothing line was a topic in nordstrom, the partnership award. he so much. >> vince camuto, ceo of the communal group. group.of the camuto much more coming up. stay "in the loop." ♪ >> welcome back. you are "in the loop." i'm betty liu. 26 minutes past the hour, which means we are on the markets. olivia sterns. >> futures right now are in the red after the s&p 50