this will feed us into a conversation about south africa. political infighting in south africa.ending the rand tumbling as the president is set to fire his finance minister. we assess the situation on the ground. that is coming applied later on in the program. the open, cap 20 minutes away. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ welcome that to the european market open. 18 minutes to go until the start of cash trade and we are looking at futures that are pointing up after a turnaround in equities worldwide yesterday, starting in the u.s.. let's get the business flash with juliette saly in hong kong. juliette: ericsson provisions the third million in quarter. the company said the announcement was triggered by recent negative developments related to certain large customer projects. move highlights the challenges that ceo faces as he tries to stabilize the network maker. strategic opportunities for its media business. the long goodbye is finally over. or that two years after he was ousted from pimco, the from he cofounded and turned into a $2 trillion asset manager, the company will pay him $81 mi

ratingunced its regular in south africa on april 7, south africa had been rated higher than other institutionsing back from the downgrade one point because of the on south africa's institutions. that looks to be more at risk. justification in last night to bring forward its ratings review of south africa is -- not necessarily going to be bound by rating schedule. anna: we have seen previously president zuma bounced into a change of heart by market reaction, in part by market reaction. , am thinking of the debacle and court on being appointed. furthere we get reshuffled or is this a done deal? razia: the key thing to watch is what triggers in response. there has been a deal of talk there could be other resignations from cabinets. cabinet members who were not effective, who do not necessarily agree with what was decided. unfolded made clear that this does not necessarily have anc,road consensus of the for example. an organization that has always consulted on decisions with this magnitude. the days ahead are going to be key in terms of the kind of south africa that will be revealed. anna: thank y

big exposure into south africa.we know, there has been a significant political change overnight, which is rippling into the currency market, and could ripple in to the equity market as well. going nowhere at the moment. individual names -- the open four minutes away. ♪ ♪ cash open one minute away now. what we can expect. you can see it in the bund future's and open this morning. not a lot going on. just looking for a sense of direction. the fair value on your bloomberg pointing to an absolutely flat open on the euro stocks this morning. ftse looks like it could be lighter. watch the minors this morning and old mutual as well. exposure could be something you don't want to have this morning. if you are investigating into those stocks. there, not aggressively priced in. watch copper prices as well. oil may be softer as well. nevertheless, it is the end of the quarter. we are getting into the market open. let's find exactly what has happening. we are anticipating a quiet start to the day. this is the picture as you can

thornton: no one really even knows how many elephants are left in africa. some people think it m may be as few as 300,000 animals, so we might be lososing 1/6 of the cocontinentatal population o of africa's s elephahants every ye. peters: in many countries in africa, ththe elephant is alalry ecolologically extinct. [gunots, eleant trumts] narrator: every 20 minutes, an elephant is killed foror its tusks. the reason: greed. the price of ivory has skyrocketed. raw ivory sells for as much as $3,000 per pound on the black market, but the cost for humanity is unfathomable. elephants may be gone in 10 years. ruggiero: the problem begins very simply wiwith dememand. narrator: and china drives the demand for ivory. knights: china now is estimated to be 70% of the world's ivory market. there is a tradition of ivory carving, but also, of course, the massive growth of the chinese economy. narrator: around 300 million people make up china's middle class today. that's more than the population of the united states, and they are looking to spend their money on luxury good

where we understood africa 10 years ago to where we stand africa now is dramatically different.his is one of the vehicles that has driven us to that place. our relationships are much greater. our debt of understanding throughout the continent is definitely better, but here is a continent that has 2100 different linkages, 3.5 times the size of the united states. the complexity is enormous, so add to painting that mosaic to better understand it, which help us better developed policies and procedures going forward. we are growing procedures within our own army to better understand. if this is really about the long game and the things we strategic success in africa and how do they tied to building army readiness? >> harrington referred to a first century quote from pliny the elder that still seems to stand today -- there's always something w coming out of africa. as africa seems to be a lead of challenges, it is also a land of opportunity, untapped resources and growing power, making symposia exist crucial to leaders to guide the continent in the future in order to ensure they are m

♪host: this week, "global 3000" is dedicicated to women.we heado south africa's hippest hubs to meetoung,female tech-whizzes. in india, we pay a visit to thekhasi, where women run the show. and inin saudi arabia, we meetwomen for whom working m mes nothing less than freedom.freedom is an alien concept for women here.they're not allowed to drive. they need male consent totravel, or even just to own a passport.but for several years, women in saudi arabia have beencampaigning for equal right, filming themselves behind thewheel, and training for football matches.they've even ventured into satire on youtube.and it's having an effect. saudi universities now have morefemale than male students. and over the next few years thenumber of women in the workforce is set to rise from 22% to 30%.in the saudi city of jeddah, the nesma embroidery and tailoringcenter is breaking new ground. it employs more than 60 saudiwomen. that's u unusual in this extremelelyconservative islamc kingdom. its managing director is ranazumai. herself a mother o othree, shepays her staff well a and provideses them with a

has south africa lived up to those ideals? kathrada, welcome to hardtalk thank you for having me. when you think back 50 years ago, what were the ideals for which you are fighting? in one sentence? it was for a non—racial, non—sexist, democratic south africa. that sums up the whole struggle. that sums up the whole struggle? but, for you, there were years of what became an incredibly difficult life? you were arrested more than 18 times? you spent 26 years of your life in prison? there must have been times when you thought that this wasn't for you. there was no such thought at all. the activities for which we were arrested, we already knew what the consequences could be. many of our colleagues were hanged. others were tortured to death, some were assassinated. we had an idea of what it could be. prison was a bonus because many of our colleagues didn't live to see it. you knew the price that you would have to pay. was there a moment when you were young which you felt was such an outrage that you committed your life to it? was itj

is south africa happy about that?behalf of a country with a whole heap of problems? is the us happy we are using the us dollar. but you are talking aboutjoining a currency union. the markets will lead you there. currency, we did that well after the people had already moved and shifted to the us dollar. it doesn't matter if south africa is happy about it or not? we are talking to south african. what are they saying? they are our neighbours. they are warm to the idea. who would not want their currency being used by a neighbour? somebody who is worried out of our currency we can motivate more production in the south african economy. if they extend rand loans to us and they are looking for home for their capital. and they will say you are basically of south africa. well characteristicically and economically, we have always been, it is nothing new. so you are surrendering sovereigntthsouthailical no, there is no sovereignty in a globalised village. in a global village we are opening markets. we are opening the european eco

or from those who grew up in africa.can change america and change american foreign policy, and help get people into office who bring a moral mission as well as spiritual insight into what they should be doing politically, we sit in the place where the opportunity for change resides in its most powerful sense. the dynamic of what we can do to make change is unlike the dynamic than any place else can boast on. >> pushing america in that way to your mind makes you a greater patriot or in the minds of others and integrate? >> i don't dwell too much on the minds of others. >> and there's the harry belafonte i know. >> i went about my life. approaching music. not from the point of view of a singer. but from point of view of an actor. that's how i first started to sing. i ahad a part. it was a guy singing. when i found out how to approach from the acting point of view and diit, it was resounding, the rewards that came from that practice. everything i went after in my musical career was based upon how i approached the song as an

but were hoping it's not going to try to africa. if not, will need a new drug. >> host: where you travel do you take the anti- viral? >> guest: usually not. i sometimes carry but i'm not seen anyone else to do that. i don't spend nights and nights and nights sleeping in huts. i will often be out in the field and then go back to the hotel where there screens and air-conditioning. it's not every mosquito bite that gives you malaria. maybe one out of a hundred. i don't fret but i also carry a test kit that i can do myself and i carry the malaria medicines with me. i usually don't take the prophylactic medicine but i carry it with me if i get it. if i do get malaria i know what to do. >> host: the next call comes from cc in portland. you're on book tv. [inaudible] it seems like every person has had the flu shot, what changed, what has happened. you have a compromise immune system and you're a healthy person what's wrong with getting the flu and getting over it? >> i have interviewed -- >> she was not a mom, because she -- she was a preg

youri has the soul of africa. it is someone, who we met, i knew could present africa.e could present african artists . he is a great photographer, but also someone who is very involved, interested in the culture here. youri lenquette has settled in western africa with his senegalese and wife and two children. he has no regrets swapping musicians of western music for those of the african continent. >> wine wars in the south of france. >> that's right. we're seeing groups that angry winemakers in the south of france against imports of cheap spanish wine, which they say are sometimes being misleadingly marketed as french. you see some very angry winemakers indeed, dumping spanish -- bottles off the shel. they say they should not be sold at such low prices because they represent unfair competition to local venues. they have hacked and drained hundreds of thousands of liters of spanish wine from trucks tearing them across the border earlier this year and throughout 2016. in japan, toshiba shareholders have last out at the conglomerate's management saying they are fed up wit

mike, south africa. the finance minister sacked in this cabinet reshuffle, the south african rand hitting seven-week lows. do you think we'll see stabilization at any point? >> no. i think because next week moody's was due to report on south africa. they're one notch wide of their peers. they're two notches ahead of investment grade. they feel like an outlyer. i think the downgrade were coming. if i were zuma, i think he made a huge mistake. he put gordhan on with the mandate not to get downgraded. moody's downgrade would have been tangental, they would have still be an investment downgrade, but still a do downgrade, he could have blamed gordhan for doing that and then fire him, but he lost that opportunity. i think they were going to go to stag stable, would be my guess, now they may go negative. s&p has an itchy finger focussed on politics, now the likelihood that they're downgraded is more so. it was very unlikely that we were going to see forced selling of south africa because of a move to junk this

it's called africa hunters. but you're going to see some hunting like you haven't seen before. >> when darkness descends on zambia, a hidden world comes alive. >> yes, you're going to see daytime video but also something you haven't seen before. >> through the lens of military grade technology by night. >> that's perfect. that's when the lions are doing stuff. >> what this show has you probably haven't seen before is thermal imaging from a really cool military grade camera. so they got some nighttime activities. >> that's crazy. >> so i'm going to stop talking for about 15 seconds. i just want to see the oohs and ahhs. because you're about to have some. ♪ >> whoa! >> that's my favorite image. i've never seen a big cat leap in the air at night after a bird. >> that's crazy to think about. we can see it because of the thermal imaging camera. but imagine the night vision a big cat has to spot a bird flying through the dark sky. >> this is producer hanna. they said, hey, let's check out a hyena den. ♪ >> look at tha

of the horn of africa needed them. it was eradicated a few years ago by hard-working veterinarians finally realize that they had to stop tackling the cows to back vaccinate them. between the herders who wander across northern somalia to the go to the first and stick them with the vaccine my partner and i wrote about polio any worms, and those be eradicated any, measles, and iodine deficiency. when you go to eradicated disease when you have a good working vaccine that provides last long-lasting protection, what you have a good solution, it's relatively easy to get the first 99% of the disease. it takes years, sometimes decades, we've been fighting polio -- it's been rotary international in 1988 and it was going to be there millennial gift to the world and back then they raise $200 million for the fight and they got it down to 99%, but were still fighting polio. okay to read about a billion dollars in the year. it's like squeezing jell-o to death. you think you've gotten it and it pops up. two years ago we thought it bee

you couldn't do that in africa because they didn't have the money to pay for it. and one of the things that had to do was to raise the money to buy cheaper versions of those drugs generically, which is another issue that he confront confronted, and that money came from governments. it came from governments that in begin were headed by friends of his, people that he got to know as president, the prime minister of canada, ireland, others, the head of government in norway. these were governments that have the money and you would call t these leaders on the phone or go and see them and say i'm going to put together a project because it's a moral outrage that we're going to let tens of millions of people die from this disease that we know how to stop, we know how to keep people alive. because they're supposedly isn't enough money. are you in? those leaders started to write those checks and the money went to his foundation.t at the same time he was arranging the production of those pharmaceuticals in india, mostly in india, all of it in africa with ingredient from china

all the game and all the cattle in west africa and a third of the horn of africa start today from the disease. it was eradicated by the efforts of the lot of the working veterinarians who finally realized they had to stop taxing the cows themselves to vaccinate animals and a trained the herders in somalia and north virginia ut other animals to go through the and stick them with the vaccine so it the second disease was eradicated. doug and i, my partner and i wrote about polio, and guinea worm, those are the diseases that should be eradicated any year now. measles, elephantiasis and iodine efficiency. and when you go to eradicated disease, once you have a solution, once you have a good working vaccine for one dose that provides long-lasting protection. once you've gotten that good solution, it's relatively easy to get the first 99 percent of the disease and is absolutely, it takes years sometimes decades, we have been fighting polio. the fight to start polio was by rotary international in 1988 and was going to be there millennial gift to the world and back then they raised $200 million

conason, you were just talking exactly what i wanted to ask about talk about africa specifically. how the money is not there to fight states profile -- aids. frankly i have the big problem with that because africa is a rich continent but the problem is corruption like nigeria and places like that. actually the charities is where we have to prop these up governments. the money should be used to help our own people. >> guest: this seems wrong to me to punish the african especially children for the fault of the government which i do not agree and adults think the clintons would be there. but between now and the time that you have clean african governments many people would die from hiv/aids through no fault of their own. i disagree with that the second thing that you said that i think is wrong is that somehow this money would go to taking care of americans if clinton was not spending it on medicine but it was not all american money. some of that was. those with strong support it prompting of the evangelical community and showing is a disgrace to humanity and they would have spent tha

how does this affect barclays africa future fundraising plans?s more than adequately capitalized. same could be said for the african banks too. they raised a substantial amount of capital last year for private placement investors. this time around they thought they would place the market in big capital markets to see what kind of impression they could get. they were not really ready to budge on price. there is no reason to believe they were not able to compete in some places for the rest of the year. they might just have to think of the pricing and move forward. tracy: very quickly, do we think this will could be a warning sign for broader influence from south africa? rob: that is the big question, but the investment think this was an anomaly. i don't think we are going to see failed auctions in coming months. that said, i think it is fair to speculate that the backdrop of interest rates, and the south african government is in placing its local government. -- fromfe to speculate your on. you rob.ank that is it for this edition of "bloomberg marke

cattle in west africa and a third of the horn of africa starved to death. and the disease -- it was eradicated a few years ago by the efforts of a lot of hard working veterinarians who finally realized they had to stop tackling the cows because it panicked the animal, and they trained the herders to just gogo through the herds and stick them with the vaccine. you know, celia dugger and i, my partner, wrote about polio, guinea worm, measles, elephant itis and iodine deficiency, and once you have a solution, once you have a good, working vaccine that provides long-lasting protection which many diseases do not have, once you've got a good solution, it's relatively easy to get the first 99% of the disease , and be it takes years, sometimes decades. we have been tighting polio. the -- fighting polio. the effort to fight polio was started by rotary international back in 1988, and it was going to be their millennial gift to the world.ft they raised $200 million and got it down to more than 99%, and we're still fighting polio, and bill gates is putting about a bill

we need to think about the land and south africa. african president fired his finance minister and made changes to his administration in a high-stakes power struggle. this is the picture for the rand. you have a couple of good charts. why this is of concern is the finance minister that has been fired, a friend of the show, he has been on many times to talk about the challenges in south africa, was believed to be the very best. he was focused, and the credit rating agencies trusted him, maybe more than anyone else that could come into power. let's get more and bring in the pimco manager of emerging markets. david herro is still with us here give us a sense of the south african story. how much of this is a concern? we are seeing volatility on brand. nd has weake significantly. is there anyone that can replace mr. gordhan? that is a concern for my kids, as you pointed out. we have seen -- that is a concern for investors, as you have pointed out. it is important to think longer-term and view this as the beginning of the end for the zuma.

whilex is trading up london was down under pressure of south africa's political turmoil. biggest annuale increase in inflation in nearly five years today, inching past the federal reserve's 2% target. are going out with a whimper. with the dow jones and smp in the red and the nasdaq on most completely flat. the sacking of south africa's finance minister has taken a toll on the country's currency. the rent has dropped 8.7% since ththe start of the week. see the rant against the dollar. it is a pretty steep drop. we're going to argentina. labor unions are calling for salary increases and and and to job cuts. catherine diaz has more. >> marching for their rights, hundreds of workers took to the streets to protest government reform. an endions are demanding to widespread layoffs in both the public and private sectors. they vowed to hold a series of strikes to keep pressure on. >> the reality that people don't want to leave. after the strike we need a commitment that we are here, that there will be a fight to change the economy hold that harms us. which is a threat to us. >> m

but first, let's just say you won a big soccer game in south africa.hat's the one thing you should definitely not say in your postgame interview? this. >> thank you very much for this, for giving me this. and i appreciate my fans, also. my wife and my girlfriend-- i mean, my wife. yeah, sorry. i'm so sorry. my wife lizu, i love you so much. >> trevor: gooooooooooooooooo sleep on the couch tonight. ( laughter ) "my wife and my girlfriend-- oh, my girlfriend, no my wife. look at that." african sean spicer over here. the guy just thanked his wife and his girlfriend on live tv. i bet he's going to go home and find an empty apartment with the red card on the bed. that's all that's going to be there. and while we're on africa, these days it feels like everyone is getting banned from coming to america but honestly, this is one of the craziest stories i have heard so far. >> an annual summit addressing economic and development in africa was missing one crucial element this year-- africans. the university of southern california brings together delegations from

nigeria, algeria, and south africa. 800 german companies have operations in africa.oreign delegates want them to spread the more widely. they say africa offers a multitude of burgeoning markets with an expanding middle class. >> that is all the business for this hour. >> you're watching dw news. you are up to date. thank you for watching. we will see you next time. ♪ y ♪ >>> this week on "wealthtrack" during public television's fundraising drive we revisit our interview with gotham asset management joel. why did he provide a fund combining passive with long-term strategies. that's next on consuelo mack "wealthtrack." ♪ >> new york life along with mainstays family of mutual funds offers investment and retirement solutions so you can help your clients keep good going. >> additional funding provided by thornburg investment management, active

to africa and visited sites, people would come and say, i have hope. before i didn't because i knew there was nothing i could do about it. i returned to it because it is a source of great pride and should be an important part of this library. but better than that even, i'd several generals in my office a couple of days ago and they came to talk about the concern they had about cuts in the budget to the domestic side of the budget. they went on to talk about different initiatives that came out of the soft tower, if you want to call it that, the diplomacy. they used as one example of confidence building and connecting, building bridges, especially in africa with pepfar. they said pepfar, you might consider a national security issue, but it is a confidence building issue and reducing of -- forue where recruitment, as you know. so not only was at a health issue, it is a security issue as well. again, i take every chance i can to praise president bush for many things, including that. i said earlier about some of the things we did working together. i have th

from africa, have been cast upon our shores as if from a ship wreck are slave? astonishing, six of -- there's six justices listening to the case. four are slave-owners. francis scott key himself is a slave owner. very, very convoluted story that ultimately ends with john marshall having to weigh the natural rights of liberty versus the rights of property. you can perhaps figure how that came out. ultimately, through a sleight of hand by john marshall a substantial proportion of the captives are return to liberia. 1700 miles a. from their homeland in what was probably the congo, and another 40 or so end up in the hands of the united states congressman on his plantation, making him wealthy enough to retire to florence and write bad poetry. i could no on but it's better for us to have a chance for questions. so, thank you very much. >> thank you very much for you introductions and we'll now instant up to questions and you'll notice there are two microphones. if you have questions, please come down to the microphones so we can hear you. >> can you hear me? okay. my

in south africa last year has been banned form match manipulation, basically influencing the resultlt of the game which focused on several contentious decisions, the most obvious of which was a penalty that he awarded to the hosts. this was just before half—time when the ball hit a player's knee. he gave a penalty even though his assistant referee was pointing for a corner. and even ,- all the players just trudged though all the players just trudged off toa though all the players just trudged off to a weighty corner, because dermody expected a penalty. so he been banned for life. fifa are has been banned for life. fifa are yet to give full details of what exactly he did and what evidence they had that makes them so sure that he deserves this banned for e but that is the news that came life. but that is the news that came out of it. it is a major thing to say that a world cup qualifier in a continent has been unlawfully influenced by the referee. ijust to talk to the referee today tried to talk to the referee today and he said he was not in the right frame of mind to speak. he has no

let's go from the us to south africa.ister. look at what that speculation has done to the random the last couple of days, it has slid by as much as 2% today. it also fell dramatically yesterday and all of the speculation was big enough that the finance minister actually pulled out on international trade trip. let's get more from johannesburg. the recall of gordon from a richer and the us really spooked markets because they could not understand why a president would do that. analyst talking to the media today have called it economic sabotage and a president who i quote is hell—bent on breaking south africa. all of it has really raised the sceptre of political risk in south africa. is not the economic fundamentals that are wrong, not the attractiveness of south africa as an investment destination but the politics that have started to cloud thejudgment of politics that have started to cloud the judgment of the leadership and investors do not like that. notjust investors do not like that. notjust investors but south africa st

>>[singing] >> these are students in south africa singing to students who made the journey last year. they say this is a necessity, a transformative experience. the students will travel to cities, townships and rural areas meeting peers and visiting government and historical sites. >> travel has the ability to teach you things so many lessons at once. it will take years and years and more experiences before you have the one opportunity. >> even before embarking on this trip, there were lessons learned about packing and getting the necessary documents required for international travel. >> it definitely opened up my eyes. >> he went to south africa as a senior and she's returning as a mentor. >> i learned a lot about myself and my history and i came back wiser. >> he says he's grown up fast helping a single mother raise two younger brothers and his trip is a right of passage. >> i'm trying to get that childhood out before the real world hits me. >> this trip is expected to last two weeks, but these students says they'll have memories that will last a lifetime. amber lee, fox 2 news. >>

ofthe developing nature africa is huge.ion people and will continue to grow , and they are slowly building out their manufacturing capability and industrialization across the region, so there is still a lot of opportunity for many companies. there is a big push from china into africa from the standpoint of industrialization and industrial products a have, so there is a lot of value there, and i hope during this time that we will be able to see that work with the administration. thecine: what will relationship between africa and china be like? , how upfront is a to talk about africa where you have different countries with different economies? a one build-one road initiative they are using to look into africa and work on a couple of key segments and someportation, rail, and power areas, especially hydropower. again, there are customers, competitors, partners, so we played across the board there, but over all has been a continued focus on developing. they bring in quite a bit of financing as well. tom: thank you so much. ge af

needs, decent jobs making african products from african resources in africa. the pbs newshour, this is fred de sam lazaro in monrovia, liberia. >> woodruff: finally tonight on this international women's day, she is as beloved as ever. and now, the poet emily dickinson is getting even more attention and a new look: in books, online, on film and a major museum exhibition. jeffrey brown reports from new york. >> reporter: she is at once among the most known and most mysterious of american cultural figures: emily dickinson, subject of an exhibition at the morgan library and museum in new york titled, "i'm nobody, who are you...", the first line of one of her most famous poems. who was emily dickinson? scholar marta werner offers this: >> she is a constant summons to me to think about language and its preciseness. and not only its preciseness, but its power. >> reporter: here, visitors can listen to readings of the poems... while examining remnants of a circumscribed 19th century life lived almost completely in one town: amherst, massachusetts. the only known paint

in the past seven years alone, a third of africa's elfanlts have been wiped out.rly 100 of these sky diving dogs have been placed in game reserves across africa. in one region, they caught over 100 poachers in 18 months. holtshyzen told us one dog, killer, nabbed more poachers than rangers equipped with the latest high-tech weapons. >>ings that the most effective tool against the fight against poaching ever used. and it's low technology. it's low cost compared torg technologies, and it works. >> reporter: man's best friend may turn out to be a poacher's worst enemy. debora patta, cbs news, johannesburg. >> morgan: and that's the cbs weekend news for this saturday. a reminder to set your clocks ahead one hour for dliefg time which begins at 2:00 a.m. tomorrow. i'm demarco morgan in new york. thanks for joining us. we leave you now with a look at the chicago river running green today as the city celebrates st. patrick's day vallejo.. going viral on social media tonight. >>> new at 6:00, a violent police takedown going viral on social media tonight. what a former pol

south africa lead the series 1—0. up a weight class to pursue "big fights" following his defeat byjorge linares on saturday. promoter eddie hearn raised the prospect of crolla moving to light—welterweight which means he could fight the winner of the fight between ricky burns and julius indongo on 15 april. crolla has been speaking to our reporter richard askam. a bit bruised, a suspected hairline fracture on the ribs, which is sort of out of the fight and stuff. i lost to a great fighter so there is no excuses whatsoever, a very, very no excuses whatsoever, a very, very good no excuses whatsoever, a very, very good fighter and i gave it everything on the night, everything in training camp. and itjust wasn't enough. obviously the disappointment, not being able to do it, in my intern with the support that i have. it is more gutting and an upsetting feeling. i certainly would be able to do much exercise over the next few weeks with the injuries. but there are plenty of options out there, plenty of big fights. and i willj

south africa's finance minister appears the on the way out. president zuma says he will fire gordon. cancelred gordon to meetings and return home. he is trying to keep added in check and avoid a junk credit rating. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. mark? 's outlook drops. we will discuss that in focus. awaiting a news conference from paul ryan and gop leaders following the failure of the health care bill. this is bloomberg. ♪ julie: live from new york, i am julie hyman. i am live from london, mark barton. oil is gaining. opec in libya halting the pipeline from the biggest field, tempering concerns as the u.s. continues to expand. joining us is the managing director at kkm financial's. thank you for joining us. is the path of least resistance up or down for oil? >> it appears that it is still down. if you see the consolidation pattern taking place around the 48 level, it got down to 47 yesterday. this consolidation pattern feels like the momentum has shif

kathrada, who was 87—years old, dedicated his life to the struggle for freedom in south africa and remainedically active until his dying days. hundreds of syrian rebels and their families have left their last stronghold in the city of homs. under an evacuation deal backed by the russians, rebel fighters boarded buses out of the city, for another rebel—held area in the north. president trump's son—in—law, jared kushner, has agreed to testify to the senate intelligence committee, as part of its investigations into alleged russian interference in the us presidential election. now for the latest financial news with sally and world business report. president trump's expected to ditch obama's clean energy policies later today but the big question, will the move really help to boostjobs? and hit the road, jack. uber‘s self—driving cars are going back on the road after a crash in arizona. welcome to world business report. also american airlines and china's biggest airline agree a strategic partnership, rico will have all the detailfor partnership, rico will have all the detail for you partnership,

.>>> students from oaklands clonus high school raising money to travel to south africa for a two-week cultural exchange program this month. the 23 students call themselves culture keepers, they will learn about south african history and culture and take part in a cultural exchange with south african students. they've been raising money the past few months and create a video explaining why they want to go. >> if i go to south africa, i feel like the piece of me, can be filled up. i want to bring it back to share with others because i'm not the only one who feels disconnected. >> i have looked at it my whole life. i want to go somewhere where we all, like, started. >> the students will be in south africa from march 20 to april 9, they set up a gofundme page to finance the page, called send matt to africa. >>> interesting video showing you when mom and dad are way the kids really will play. this video has gone viral, new york city twin brothers andrew and ryan put to bed for the night. her parents thought so. this time lapse a video shows the kids tearing their bedroom apart. their slumb

wildlife campaigners believe that rhinos in africa are being killed to order.om vietnam. the demand for the horn there is very high. rhinos are being hammered. even in the last week, there has been an upsurge in poaching in south africa. poachers are going after them like never before. somebody on this site just made a big order, which would have caused a recent spike, but it has been bad anyway, two or three rhinos poached every day. corrupt officials must have helped bring this illicit cargo into thailand, he says. thankfully, though were honest officials willing to stop it, but that alone isn't enough to stop the ring is running this smuggling ring is runningthis! profitable trade. now, the weather. fine, mild weatherfor fine, mild weather for the fine, mild weatherfor the uk. clearly, that is not making headlines. what is going on in north america is. this storm is dumping a lot of snow inland, away from the lggggjge east coast. lots of cold immediate east coast. lots of cold air in place across canada and eastern united states, with thejet strea m eastern

i will begin with south africa. that is one of the few -- to impose martial law. notably, in his correspondence with the polish leader, rated france's opposition to martial law and human rights terms. i want to turn lastly to those places where i think the reagan administration paid attention to human rights very late or under external pressure. i will begin with south africa. that is one of the few non-communist countries toward which the reagan administration policies and slowly evolved. this administration became more engaged with human rights concerns there over the eight years. i would argue the administration largely sussed it -- shifted course to two congressional and nongovernmental pressure, raising questions about much reagan's stance truly developed over his presidency. though reagan was on the record is condemning apartheid repeatedly, his policy towards south africa was formulated with in a cold war context, which led officials to overemphasize the threats -- threat of communist to the country and regio

why aren't we vaccinating our closest relatives in africa?oo well—known. the 2013 outbreak in west africa killed more than 11,000 people. now, though, there's an effective human vaccine. ebola in humans and gorillas is closely linked, the virus can cross between species. some argue that gorillas should now be immunised, too. gorillas are one of our relatives and saving them from extinction is now a number one priority for conservationists and an ebola vaccine does offer some much needed hope, but there could be significant risks. finding a method to get a dose of the vaccine into every gorilla would be difficult. there's also a risk that it could harm the animals, instead of helping them. we, as great ape conservationists, are concerned about any unintended impacts on the health of the target apes, such as introduction of a disease that might spread amongst the intended population that we're trying to protect. the future of these animals is hanging in the balance. the forests are currently free of ebola, but it's inevitable it will strike aga

>> he was inspired to give snake massages by a technique in south africa. neck massages by apin thement only. make sure you make an appointment. $38 for the massage. >> snake massages in south africa are called snake bites. and they are dangerous. >> like that you are not looking at the screen. >> no. no. not down with that. >> snake, really relaxing to hold a snake the way that they move. it is. >> moving on. >> just kind of. >> ha. >> too much fun. >> no. no. >> the my people do not get down with that. no. >> do this again tomorrow. >> no. we are okay. >> coming up new details about the massive fire near kansas city. >> yeah, spread to more than a dozen homes. now we know what's to blame. >> also, family in transition, mother and son, now a father and daughter, share their transgender journey. >> first, a look hat today's weather. you are watching "world news now." coachfully no more mistakes in b block. hopefully no more snakes in b block. >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by swiffer wetjet. if you've got a life, you gotta swiffer , t

take you from new york to london in the next hour with stories from washington to geneva to south africahere's what we're following from bloomberg and around the world. after years of talks, republicans have unveiled a a plan to repeal and replace the affordable care act, but you is coming under fire from conservative critics. mark: the market in danger of extending its losing streak in four days. are we pointing toward a correction or is the recent rallies taking a fall? carl tavarez discusses his companies deal to purchase gm's opel unit to become the second-largest carmaker in europe. we will learn from him and other chief executive at geneva's motor show. dayinutes into the trading and julie hyman is here. any reaction so far from the affordable health care act rollout? julie: largely not much reaction is what i can tell you. we are seeing stocks pull back today and it seems like the perspective back to clients for the s&p 500 is the end of january as we may be taking a policy from the recent rally. have seen the s&p 500 already rally to where strategists are addicted will be by the

vonnie: let's switch countries to south africa. phenomenal day after the central bank made the decision. toing andlitical frowing. marcus: he has a real cabinet crisis on his hands indicates that his finest minister. senty serious message was when he rate called -- he recalled from the national roadshow. but he has obviously not quite got the power to go through with his threats to come in his party numbers who would be against it. i think more importantly the president would quite possibly resign and several other cabinet ministers with him that would cause essentially a zuma. for mr. he has a difficult position and trapped himself into a corner. at the moment the market seems to think he doesn't have the momentum to carry out his threats. vonnie: the economy is weak right now and heading for another weak year. doesn't lose power and is a benefit south africa in the end? marcus: wow. how do you answer that question? the rand is the most risk on risk currency and is doing extremely well the last two months. perhaps a little bit too