i'm ali velshi, and this is "real money." >> this is real money. you are the most important part of the show. join our conversation for the next half our on twitter or facebook. last week i told you about conflicting signals in our economy. today i'm going to give you a little more to choo on. every month thompson reuters comes up with a survey and it shows sentiment dropped in january. driving that dip are middle and lower income families concerned about jobs and pay. today we've got new figures showing more jobs openings in another than at any other time since 2008. now despite lots of other signs of a growing economy consumers are sending some different signals. despite what the national retail federation, which is the lobby group for retailers will tell you, this holiday season wasn't great. they expected sales to be 3.9% higher than last year. they came in at 3.8% higher but that's only half the story. retailers discounted so deeply to attract customers sales were strong, but stores made less money on those sales. today we learned that ups mad

>> well, i think you nailed it, ali. that's the impression that a lot of folks have had of bourbon until recently. we've had a renaissance, a resurgence of bourbon drinking. we take bourbon and finish it in port casks or rum casks, things that we're doing, has brought bourbon back to a new age. it's reinventing bourbon for a younger demographic, as well as brought it back to the old demographic. >> tell me about the younger demographic. why are young people turning to bourbon? >> bourbon is a versatile drink. the taste profile is incredible. there are 300 taste components in bourbon. it's versatile in cocktails and in culinary. we're seeing it used in cooking. because of the cocktail creations i think that by and large is why you see young people coming back to bourbon. >> there has been a general resurgence, what bourbon has done particular well, but there is a move forwards whiskey. is this a cyclical thing where sometimes it's beer, sometimes it's wine, and then we're in an age where it's harder liquors now? >> you kn

connect to ali velshi or facebook.com/"real money." talk about a turnaround, investors shook off the recent gloom by the emerging markets, and sent stocks way higher today. healthy corporate earnings, and solid report on u.s. economic growth. those sent the dow jones industrial average up 110 points. s&p climbed more than a percent, that might be your 401k. and the nasdaq jumped 1.8%. tech stocks helped that out. today's gains with investors, they just experienced their first loss in a year. it was something of a baseball statistic, and here's the big reason for today's turn around. we learned that the u.s. economy grew at a steady pace in the final days of 2014. and you see that on the right of the screen. it would have been 3.5% if not for the government shut down in october. that latest report follows the 4% increase in the prior 3-month period of september. if you prefer to look at it in 6 month chunks, that is the strongest second half since 2003. all of these measures are part of the gross domestic product. all of these, we hope

i'm ali velshi, this is "real money." ♪ >>> this is "real money," you are the most important part of show so join our live conversation for the next half hour on twitter, and on facebook. all right. the coldest temperatures in almost two decades in parts of the mideast or northeast, have me thinking a lot about heat. so i want .to take a hard look at america'sen by boom and what it means for our country, good and bad. here is what the boom looks like. in the last fy years, oil production has surge to 8 million barrels per day. the energy department predicts that will increase all the way through 2016. that's thanks in large part to frac-ing in which drillers blast water and sand into shale in places like north dakota and texas. the oil and gas that is extracted is helping to shrink the u.s. trade deficit, that's boosting the gdp by an estimated 1 minute 5 percentage points. more oil and gas drilling means more jobs. government data show the number of oil and gas jobs, the blue line, has jumped by 80,000 in the last decade to 200,000, the number of indirect jobs that support industry,

and the world titans of business industry with high hopes at an european mountain retreat, ali velshi is in switzerland, and we'll have a preview and all that and more as real money continues. first sense the conflict began nearly three years ago. syria's bloody civil war has killed more than 100,000 people and displaced millions of others. more than half a million threing the conflict are now in neighboring turkey. many of them are living outside refugee camps. he spent some time with several refugees and nick, good to see you, what are those people saying to you? those syrians? >> yeah, tony, these are stories of absolutely heartbreak, and inside syria they have all fled horrific very violent fighting and just give you one statistic, one out of every three homes inside syria has been destroyed or damaged. and so that's why these people have to leave, they feel like their lives depend on them leaving. they are fleeing to lebanon, fleeing to jordan, as you said thereforing also to turkey where i was over >> every sunday night, al jazeera america presents... award winning films telling

we have david schuster for ali velshi on "real money." >> the dow is getting hammered and economic problems in china start to ripple across the globe. we'll explain what it means for you. plus after paying $20 billion in fines jp morgan chase has given a huge raise to ceo jamie dimon. later in the federal reserve there is a new documentary that chronicled the fed during the financial crisis, and this was an intriguing day at the economic forum with ali velshi. i'm david shuster, and this is "real money." >> this is "real money," and you are the most important part of the show. join our live conversation for the next half hour on twitter @aj real money. this has not been a very good day for all of how have money invested in the stock market. for the second day in a row stocks took a big dive, the dow dropped 318 points and the trading loss of 2%. that capped off the weekly decline that they have seen in more than a year. the tech heavy nasdaq fell 2.95%. investors appear to be spooked about what is known as the emerging markets, the rapidly developing countries of brazil, russia and china. t

these aren't really a new idea, aly.ember jack kemp when he was the hud secretary, and enterprise zones, empowerment zones. they have had mixed success in stimulating growth in urban areas, and the obama administration wants to extend this into rur ro -- rural towns and places that have seen decay. there is a tax component, the question is it going to be flying in congress? perhaps one positive sign in that regard, and no coincidence that'sern kentucky was one of these promise zones that was named, both mitch mcconnell and rand paul were on stage with the president, all of them rand paul, paul ryan, marco rubio, all of them posing their own version of this. so it stands to get somewhere, but there are no safe bets. >> some republicans are supporting this but there are others who are not. what is the politics in the places that have been selected. >> everybody has been looking under the stones to determine if there is some sort of pattern here. i don't think you can really draw a straight line there. there was a long appl

tweet us at ali velshi or leave a comment on our facebook page. if you want to see more about tonight's stories log on to our website www.aljazeera.com/real money. finally, the national football league championship game the super bowl will be held in ten days just across the hudson river from here at the stadium that is home to the new york giants and the new york jets. next week in the leadup there will be parties, concerts and even a fan festival in hasn't on broadway. well, it turns out that roger goodell has paid a manhattan-sized ceo salary. according to tax documents goodell gets $29 million a year. that's more than the ceos of ford, at&t and american express. some could say that it's, but it's at non-profit 501 c 6. the nfl gave just $2.3 million to charity. most of that $2.1 million went to the nfl hall of fame. that's one-fifteenth of the ceo's salary. perhaps they should follow the path of profession baseball, basketball and hockey which gave up their tax status years ago. that's our show today. we'll join ali in davos to talk about the

"real money with ali velshi" is up next. for the latest on any of our stories head on over to our website. it's www.aljazeera.com. >> new data point a stronger picture of an u.s. job market. 11 million americans remain unemployed. i'll ask the nation if this recovery has the right stuff. also what healthcare.gov could have been. how one state's health exchange was built for success. >>> and what one tech built with a 3d printer, had a you can builwhat you can buildwith a pe. i'm ali velshi, and this is "real money." >> this is "real money." you are the most important part of the show. join our live conversation in the next half hour by using the handles, aj real money and aj at real money. in a report that comes out every month, the private sector in the united states added 238,000 night new jobs in december. that's the most in a year and more than most economists predicted. this is the biggest increase since early 2012. this adp number prompted several wall street economists to raise their estimated tally for december. this

tom perez alling our ali velshi that he is focusing more on long-term unemployment trends. >> those trends clearly show us that the economy is moving in the right direction. last month's report clearly underscores what the president has saided repeatedly that we need to pick up the pace. >> jobs priority number one, this report has to be disappointed, mike. >> right. there is a paint by numbers reaction from the white house each and every month these numbers come out. today they point out that 2.2 million jobs have been created in the last calendar year alone. 46 months of private sector job growth. the unemployment rate the lowest it has been since october of 2008. at the outset of this great recession we have been struggling to recover from ever since president obama took office. having said that, you pointed out the bad news here. it's not so much that the rate is down but it is down for the long reasons. the lowest since the carter administration. 62.8%, the so-called u-6. that's the real unemployment rate some people term it that combines the unemployed with the underemployed. that ha

. >> joining me from washington d.c., he is the host of ali ali aljazeera's fault lines, and they can have these raids in places like bank robbery stores and bible classes, and is talk to us about this. >> it was blown up by officials, and what we found, it's the criminal alien removal initiative, and it was not known about until october of last year. it was released with some documents, when he was let out on a bond from immigration attention, they said that they had been picked up under the kerry initiative, but no one had herd of the kerry initiative. documents were forwarded by the georgia aclu office, and it goes back to may of 2012, and it lays out the kerry initiative, kerry is supposed to target high-profile criminals, so when they have specific intelligence that someone they believe it a high-profile criminal is in a grocery store, officials will raid it. but then they will detain everyone in the area from what we gather, that looks hispanic. so if i was in a grocery store in new orleans, i wouldn't be dapped but many people would be. they're brought over to the ice vehicle a

>> our digital producer, wajahat ali is here as always.ince 9/11 al-qaeda has been viewed by many as our biggest

ali velshi in davos, switzerland, thank you. >>> obamacare has just hit another milestone. enrollment now tops 3 million people up 2.2 million a few weeks ago. the administration is hoping to hit 7 million by the end of march, they may get close but the devil is in the details. for the system to work analysts say 38% of enrollies need to be young and healthy. older people are generally more expensive to cover. the administration has not released the ratio of young to old sign ups and if it falls short premiums could skyrocket. >>> nissan stretched the truth a little too far in this pickup truck commercial. nissan admits it's frontier truck really can't do this. cables were used to pull both the truck and the buggy up the hill and the sand dunes were modified to make them look steeper. under the terms of the settlement, nissan and the ad agency basically agreed not to do it again. >>> just ahead a revealing look at the federal reserve and why many systems fail at the same time during the financial crisis. the stream is uniquely interactive television. >> financial markets wi

ali velshi will take a deeper dive into that. we'll have a conversation with treasure secretary larry summers, and we'll talk to people who have helped previous presidents get ready for their state of the union addresses. all that coming up at 7:00 eastern time, and we'll be here after the speech as well until midnight eastern. tony, we'll see you a little later. >> thank you. it's been four years since the obama administration announced plans to shift foreign policy focus from the middle east to asia. we asked melissa chan if that pivot really has happened. >> the uss george washington out on the pacific ocean, part of president obama's pivot to asia. by 2020 the plan is to shift a majority 60% of the country's warship to the region along with maintaining six aircraft carri carriers. this is one major reason, and some consider the only reason for the major pivot: china. >> every morning asia follows the same protocol. it's a combination of engagement and hedging. >> japan has watched wearily has china has become boulder. the two

that he could disagree with ali's actions but admire him as a man.he bug and started following him because now he had the stamp of approval from the guy that meant the most in my life to me, my dad. the fact of the matter is that when mohammed ali became the most famous man in the world, he didn't just treat it as being a celebrity. he felt a responsibility. >> people look for miracles. people look for surprises of all kinds. yet the greatest miracle, the greatest surprise is to be found in one's heart. >> he helped people who were hungry and poor and depressed and illiterate and he gave them hope and inspiration and he stood for something. it leads to that night in atlanta, the opening ceremony of the atlanta olympic games and i'm sitting in that stadium with bryant gumbel and on to the platform, out of the shadows comes mohammed ali and he is carrying the torch as he's shaking. imagine the message it sent to people all around the world that the once heavyweight champion of the world, the greatest was comfortable standing there in that world spotlig

i'm ali velshi, and this is "real money." >> hey this, is "real money." you are the most important part of the show, so please join our live conversation on twitter at ali velshi and on facebook. i hope you got a good night sleep and a second wind today because tonight i'm going to tax your brain and mine. here is our challenge. i want you to understand what happens to the currencies and economies of far away places like turkey, south africa and india, and why they ended up taking a sizable bite out of your investments today. this is all about how markets and countries are connected, and those connections are taking a toll on u.s. stalks. they fell again today even before the federal reserve said they'll continue tapering or pulling back on the bond-buying program that has helped to keep the u.s. economy afloat the past few years. the dow lost more than a percent. the nasdaq and s&p 500 fell more than 1% each. the fed said nothing about the turmoil that has been rocking emerging markets. that turmoil began last week when a report indicated that manufactur

real money with ali velshi is next. >> it's a friday to forget. many americans have given up looking for work. i'll give you the stories behind the numbers. and how fake friends on facebook can translate into real friends for business. and we'll start kicking the tires tonight, i'm ali velshi, this is real money. ♪ >> this is real money. you're the most important part of the show. join our live conversation for the next half hour on twitter and facebook. well, call it a nasty decease surprise in january. today's unpleasant news that the u.s. economy created just 74,000 net new jobs in the last month of 2013. that is the lowest molly number in three years. it's the steep drop from 241 jobs in november and way below the 182,000 average monthly gain in 2013. blame brutal weather for part of that job that put a chill on construction, but the cold doesn't explain the healthcare sector losing 6,000 positions. that's the industry's first monthly decline in ten years. now you may have heard the unemployment rate fell from 7% to 6.7% in december. that's th

thanks to ali velshi, who is covering in davos for us. sunshine for snow showers, it's an intriguing time to be there, chatting with leaders. more updates from them and the conference tomorrow. >> facebook stock closed at a high on tuesday. it lifted chief operating officer, also who is in davos. into the female billion yair club. her shares are worth $750 million. add in stock options and you have one of the youngest female billion airs at the age of 44. there was only 17 women on bloomberg's 2013 list. worldwide 138 female billionaires, less than 10% of the total number of billionaires, and that's according to forbes. >> next up, a city that was down and out. we talk to the mayor of cocoa mow about what is recharging his city. and one of fords companies aims to make life interesting for borrowers. one of our largest banks is taking notice. the ceo of lending club will explain. those stories and more as "real money" continues. >> i try to remind residents that we were hit as hard, if not harder than any state in the midwest. at one point

go to a dot google address. >> i ali velshi.com, but not ali velshi.pizza et cetera. is there something i should do. >> if you want to protect that, there are ways to do that. we'll find that the trademark concerns are limited. there'll be attention in the number of small businesses finding a new and better way to communicate on the internet. >> if i'm a major corporation and want a top-level domain, how does one create it. >> you have to apply. sure, if you are role ex, you have to apply to the entity, and go through the process. the first phase happened. it's been 1900 applications for 1,000 unique strings. there are about 500 brands that applied. if you didn't ply in this round, you'll have to wait a couple of years. >> will individuals ply. >> there's no restrictions on who can apply. the phase is done. the names that were plied. >> how does that come about. >> thank you for doing this. >> all right. final thought tonight. back to the beginning of the show, turkey, india, south africa, they sound o world away. it's amazing how the turmoil ployed out in their marke

. >> ali velshi is live right now in switzerland meeting with oil companies and leaders, and ali he's taking advantage. >> i haven't seen this kind of push from a country for long time. netanyahu from israel is here, and he's meeting with everyone who will meet with him. i spoke to carlos goen, he's the ceo of nissan and renault. and iran was the 10th biggest automobile market in the world. it was a very prosperous country. and these sanctions have really hurt. i spoke to carlos goen, and asked about these sanctions and here's what he told me. >> even with the sanctions, the local government defectors figured out how to produce and sell 600,000 cars a year. we still make it the largest market. i think with the sanctions, i'm expecting this to double. that this market will go to 1 ha1.5 million cars a year for my years to come. >> 1.5 million cars a year. and to give you perspective on that, last year in the united states, 15 million cars sold. so this could make up 1/10 of the cars that we sell in the united states. that's one example. and there are many like that with ceos very excit

with ali velshi. he's always on 7 p.m. eastern time. >>> in geneva. the first round of peace talks between the syrian government are over. and nick schiffrin has been following it all week. he laid out what the two sides can agree to. ask can you tell us more about it? >> yeah, del, this is a negotiation that has gone on for a week, where both sides have not agreed on anything. so like a good mediator, he spoke at the last press conference and laid out the things that they do agree on. perhaps the audience was the delegation, trying to convince them that they're not as far apart as you think. and the main point that the delegations agree on, the geneva 1, that lays out a political transition inside of syria, and they are discussing that document. and there's progress. but there's a caveat. the fighting inside of syria has to stop. before they can talk about the rest of the communique, the opposition says that you have to talk about it first. and both sides are speaking past each other. he pleaded with everybody to be patient. >> first of all, there's

i'm david shuster in for ali velshi. and this is "real money." >> this is "real money," and you are the most important part of the show. join our live conversation on twitter @aj real money @ail ail, and facebook at aj real money. >>> in december consumer confidence surged close to where it was before the government shutdown in october. that end of washington di disfunction helped drop the confidence level index to a seven-month low. in addition to a stronger job market and incredible year for stocks many americans are feeling more confident and wealthier because of the rebound in home values. we have another sign of that. 20 cities tracked 13% in october compared to a year earlier. that's the biggest gain in seven years. but there is a cautionary note. after a hot year for real estate things appear to be cooling off. pricing rose 2% in october compared to september, and 18 of the 20 cities have lower growth month over month. s&p's david blitzer said that we're living on borrowed time and the boom is fading. the question

i'm ali velshi, this is "real money." ♪ >> this is "real money."ou're the pos most important pt of the show. join us on twitter and facebook. seven years after the bubble burst america's housing market is back on its feet fueled in part by a streak of historically low interest rates. ironically tougher lending standards made it harder for millions of americans to take advantage of those lower rates, and it seems tougher now that rates are rising again. once an upon a time a steady income, a good credit score and some cash for a down payment made it eas easy to buy a home. many people unable to take advantage of good rates from existing homeowners refinancing their mortgages. but recently the banks got a scare. the boom financing of 2013 fell off a cliff in the final three months of the year. america's two biggest home lenders are seeing huge drops of mortgages which sees homes refinance and purchases. we wills fargwells fargo report. jp morgan reported a 54% drop. it could be rising rates, we don't know. even though rates are inching up it may be e

i wanted to thank chief sir and commander ali and deputy chief bill for their presence in our committee for several hearings that we've held on the safe issue. it's really frustrating, though i'll say, to keep thinking about how we have already set up pedestrian safety advisory committees. i believe jack did that in 2002 as we set up the first peace act. when former mayor nuson set up his task force that took years for them to develop their plan that is in place as our san francisco pedestrian strategy, it's really great, but the commitment to fund key strategies to keep our children and vulnerable population safe -- i think the solutions are where we put our money where our mouth is, and it's funding and funding whether it's the bicycle funding. i'm going to have to leave the meeting early because of an association government meeting but i'll follow this with my staff peter. street blog has been covering it year after year. and in january in streets blog when the strategy first came out that it's a largely unfunded vision to make our street safer and i strongly and support my colleague

"real money" with ali velshi airs 7 p.m. eastern, 4 p.m.pacific every weekday. >>> jill abramson sat down with me for an interview. >>> big money, big power, most of all big stories. jill abramson is the executive editor for the new york times. that means she controls the conversation. from her place in the center of the newsroom she's led the gray lady through some of its toughest challenges. falling mtion add revenue. forced buyouts of about 30 editors, among them some of the most beloved veterans. abramson has also faced the shift to digital. the paper made the leap from free access to a metered pay scheme and said it won nearly a million subscribers. then the times first website redesign since 2006 with smoother access to social media outlets like twitter, what she's called her biggest competitor in breaking news. last september, she made news, her newsroom had begun to doubt her. her attitude leaves everyone feeling demoralized. often other occasions she can seem disengaged and uncaring. it highlighted the gender issue. news outcomplet

david shuster is filling in for ali velshi. ali is in switzerland, david. good to talk to you.hat kind of toll is this storm going to take? >> reporter: the big thick flakes that you and john terrett were talking about, they cause more than travel problems but they're causing something of an energy emergency in ohio and 17 states. states where supplies of propane gas was already tight. and 6% of the people use propane in the market, and it's tight to begin with. there is an effort to make it easier for propane tanks to get to people who need them during the storm. >> dravid, how much might this cost companies? >> well, as far as the airline industry, which is a lot of people like to talk b the estimate, for example, in the last storm earlier this month, the polar vortex, the expectation is that it could create a storm that is the same. and more airports are involved today than were involved last month. the good news with the airline industries, they have insurance that protects them up to $1 billion of catastrophic damage, but it's not good for the industry, and it's not good f

i am ali velshi. us, ♪ ♪ ♪ this is al jazeera america live from new york, i'm jonathan with the headlines, violence is intensifying against the government and tens of thousands are aiming at stamping out the protest and they kidnapped a policeman and injured 20 others. tomorrow iran will be with the long awaited agreement and they are in tehran ahead of the deadline and last for six months as a final deal is negotiated. the reelection of a mayor on the island of okinawa and he won a

i am ali velshi. you continue to be the most important part of the show even though i am in switzerland. tweet me at ali velshi or at ajrealmoney. i check those tweets as long as i have free wireless. i am in davo, switzerland where the world economic forum has been underway for the last week. it's wrapping up over the course of the weekend. those who are left are here because they are either real thinkers or hard partiers but through the course of the week, much has been discussed about the global economy and the global political situation. in fact, probably the most news-worthy part of the week was the rival of iranian president hasan row wa whowani -- rohani. he has been on a bit after pr mission, talked to oil company heads to same, come back into iran. help us get our oil production up to speed and he's been speaking to other leaders. now, benjamin netanyahu of israel is also here the two of them have not met. they are not at that stage. benjamin netanyahu has been talking about israel having bee

today we're traveling to ali's home town.e woman who transformed herself in a very public way. ♪ when ali's not traveling the country helping others to live big, she makes her home in spokane, washington where she can escape the spotlight and recharge, connecting with her family and friends. i always look in other people's refrigerators so you can look in mine. i like magnets. this was a pre-new lifestyle magnet so i like to keep it. because it says whenever i have the urge to exercise i lie down until that goes away, which just makes me laugh. this is kind of my sandwich drawer. i've got some cut up tomatoes, cucumbers, two different kinds of turkeys. i got my hummus which i love. string cheese, jalapeno string cheese. it's a good snack, easy, take a piece of fruit, apple, string cheese, it's good to go. i always talk about cutting up your fruit so it's easy to access. so i got my fruit pre-cut. down here is my vegetable drawer. these are my different herbs, if you will. i got sliced up mushrooms, peppers, got some grapes, o

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it seems like the whole story n hinges on the ali baba ipo. >> the ipo is almost completely ali baba. if they turn the core business around. but the metrics are on the come. i think the stock will trade off of ali baba, which is in line from what i was expecting, the results on that subsidiary. >> to further the point about the asian opportunity for shareholders. do you believe that the s.e.c. concern about the accounting practices at some of the big chinese firms is an additional opportunity? in other words, that sold off yahoo! as well, because of the ali baba influence? >> there's lots of puts and takes. some depends on the taxation on that asset. they may be able to tax shelter some of it. when does it go public? and what valuation? and where does the residual portion yahoo! continue to own trade at? i think undeniably, this is an important asset. the chinese retail opportunities completely open-ended. and this company has an unparalleled position. >> rob, thanks for your analysis. we appreciate it. rob sanderson, of mkm partners. looking at yahoo! one more time. marissa mayer, ju

i'm ali velshi. ♪ >>> this is "real money."ou are the most important part of the show so please join our live conversation for the next half hour on twitter, or on facebook. we are seeing some conflicting signals about the economy. whether the glass is half full or half empty depends on who is drinking. for retail sales over all they grew by a approximately 8.3%. according to new numbers put out by the national retail federation which is a lobby group for the retailers. even so, many chains resorted to steep discounting to lure in shoppers. and now all of that price slashing took too big of a bite out of their profits. the company's stock fell by 28.6% in trading today. that's in reaction to the news. best buy may have been too aggressive with its campaign to match competitor's prices. something has got to give when you are completing with online outlets like amazon.com. this is more a story about you and how you feel. today gallop released a new poll showing 42% of americans say they with worse off financially than they were a

from marrying him off says abu ali. i buried him. life went on such as it was until july 20 last year. two other sons of abu ali, on duty at the watermelon stand when another bomb went off. ala, 23 and by now a father of three, and brother abas just 17 were killed in the hail of shrapnel. evidence of its power still etched in nearby walls today. the funeral turnout was huge. no one could believe what had happened to this family. ala and abas taken to be with their brother. they're all gone, abu ali tells me. three sons, two bombings, a family destroyed. no one will call me dad anymore, he sobs. they were also our breadwinners. they supported us. now i have no income. i haven't paid the rent for seven months. this is all this family has, it is three rooms, one large bedroom, a living room and a kitchen. given the tragedy that this story is, the real sad part is it's not unusual. this is happening every day around iraq and families are left in this sort of position. it really is heartbreaking. it's hard says abu ali. i've

i'm ali velshi, and this is "real money." ♪ >>> this is "real money," and you are the most importantart of the show, so jien our live conversation for the next half hour on twitter, and facebook. i'll be in switzerland to bring you reports from where powerful business leaders are gathering. the biggest worries this year include income inequality. severe income disparity ranks first on the most likely risks over the next decade. this is the third year in a row that concerns about income have topped the list. but in case the high and mighty need more reminders that wealth inequality is a growing problem, we received a report from ox-fam international. their report says the world's richest 1% now control 46% of the globe's total wealth. and the wealth of that richest 1% is 65 times the total wealth of the bottom half of the world's population. those 85 people control the same amount of wealth as the bottom half or 3.5 billion people. all of the facts and figures are adding up to calls for change here in the united states. it range from workers demanding a higher range to the president s

some of the moves wrought on has happened and ali baba is the biggest piece. don't think that they could have predicted that the market would go crazy for growth stocks in china and suspect that ali baba could have numbers that would be so big that it would flow to the whole company. that is one the side benefits they have got. you mentioned the hiring of one single employee for over $100 million over the course of the year. you talk about these acquisitions that have failed to deliver revenue growth. some of the moves that marissa mayer has made have been very expensive. they have yet to show any results. >> what can she do about this hole in her see suite? it seems like she will be taking on a lot of responsibility. what does it mean when a ceo is personally doing what the coo should do. >> these jobs are different in every case in the way that those job responsibilities are delineated. there are so many people who used to work at yahoo!, myself included. i think a lot of people in silicon valley root for the company because they have some memories of the pl

we have more on "real money with ali velshi," ali is in davos on the economic forum, but david, what is happening with investigators. >> the emerging markets. the economies in russia, brazil and china. the emerging markets continue to grow. there was a report yesterday that china's factory this month has begun to contract, the first time in six months. a lot of investors around the world are convinced. many these emerging markets are not doing so well. things have begun to slow down and that has caused fear around the globe. you bine that with the fact that the interest rates in the united states are begin to go up because the fed has suggested it might taper back some of its stimulus and that has caused the markets to take a dive in asia and new york. >> we thought the interest rates would start to rise but that has started to spook the markets. >> ben bernanke, in his final meeting as head of the fed, will decide should they continue to taper and again there is some concerns if they do this that they might some how be helpful in the united states. it will cause the dollar to rise w

. >>> ali velshi is going to be looking at the middle class in our special report on "real money." america's middle class, rebuilding the dream, begins monday on aljazeera america. we are just days away from super bowl xlviii. we have a preview, and i'll tell you what the commissioner had to say about the issue of concussions. >> welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm del walters. president obama helping job seekers find work, many say they can't because of how long they have been without a job. and he told all federal agencies to not discriminate against the long-term unemployed. >>> the first round of peace talks in syria are over but without compromises. the government say they have to ask damascus before they can return. >>> john kerry criticizing the ukraine's president, yanokovych, saying that he hasn't done enough to end the turmoil there. he signed the law that said they will release protesters if they agree to leave government buildings. >>> two days before the super bowl. >> the nfl commissioner, talked about how his league is handling concussions. >> we made changes to t

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without further or do, commander ali. >> good evening members of the police commissioner and board of supervisors and of course our public we come. give me 30-seconds and i'll start this power point here. >> i'm nick ala, the commander assigned to mta and responsible for in part -- in large part of the traffic safety strategy that is implemented in our city. what i want to do today is give you an over view of is it statistics as traffic fatalities in 2013 and policies and procedures in our efforts to make improvements in this year 2014. i'll advance to slide one. in december of 2012 we implemented the focus on the five strategy. that strategy in large part was based upon an analysis of all traffic collisions done or traffic collisions that occurred between 2006 and 2011. that analysis provided us an identification of the top five collision factors in all of those collisions. they were drivers operating their vehicles at unsafe speeds given the conditions of the roadway. red light signal violations. a drivers failure it yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk. those being both unmarked an

i'm ali velshi. this is "real money." ♪ check check >> hi, welcome to al jazeera america.'m thomas drayton, let's get you caught up on the top stories. >> thursday there'll be a hearing into chris christie and his staffers, they closed leaps on a bridge to punish a town ta didn't support him. >> the white house came out in support of joe biden. in response to a memoire by robert gates. he criticises the vice president's foreign policy instincts. jay carney said joe biden is a key advisor to barack obama. >> the found of

he's filling in for ali velshi in "real money" at the top of the hour while ali velshi is in davos, switzerland. what has target done. >> reporter: they've made headlines again. their part time workers, and we're talking 35,000 part time workers for target have now been told that their company-sponso company-sponsored health coverage is going away. this is actually good news for part time workers because by the company's own admission there are better options available to them through the obamacare exchanges. it's an interesting move by target. the thing we're going to jump in to this is a growing trend involving part-time workers and it could involve some full-time workers at some other companies. we'll talk about that tonight. >> let's say there. what else are you working on at the top of the hour. >> reporter: with the opportunity to get into obamacare, we'll get into the numbers, where it's working and some of the key challenges and some of the differences that may be over the next year. we're also going to get into something that i know you love. i know you're a big fan of the midwest. thi

the doctor telling ali velshi that if costs were to be reduced, which was the goal of obamacare, thek force has to be smaller. >> we're going to see less money coming into health care. health care is the biggest industry in the united states, 17.3% of the u.s. economy. and if you look at that, and we are going to are reduction in employment -- or reduction in costs, it's got to be people that will be taken out. every ceo of a hospital i have talked to is talking about reducing the number of employees. and health care is the only industry that has grown jobs since 2000. so that could have major implications in a lot of areas. >> you can see more of ali's throughout the day and in his show this evening, "real money" with ali velshi. >>> many families are upset with the schools in the u.s. and are now turning to home schooling. and sheila macvicar reports some get lost in the system. >> reporter: ward is home schooling, something she is passionate about. parents set their own lesson plans and decide what and how to teach. there are no regulations governing home schooling. oklahoma is th

"real money" is next with david shuster, who is in for ali velshi.his is al jazeera america. >> a new report shows sales reach a six-year high. we'll take a look at the road for consumers. and raising the price of natural gas. what will that mean for millions of americans who use gas to heat their homes. and an historic gamble on football. the impact could be huge. i'm david shuster in for ali velshi, and this is "real money." >> this is "real money," and you are the most important part of the show. join us atwittering, and also facebook. facebook. >>> we've seen sales near in the slow lane. cold weather may have kept crowds from the auto lots, nevertheless they have the strongest sales in years. gm sales jumped as well as ford and chrysler. over all it rose more than 8% to 18.6 million vehicles sold. and exports grew 9% compared to the same period in 2012. the auto industry put the last traces of the recession in the rear view mirror. it's worth remembering that five years ago america's recession hit car sales and detroit very hard. the federal gove

i'm ali velshi. thanks for joining us. both my parents are journalists.grandfathers are journalists. it's just something that's in the blood. there are so many stories out there that need to be told. we want to go in to the trenches, we want to go in the corners that are less looked at. everyone at al jazeera america is dedicated to tell the story the best way that it can be told. >>> hi, i'm lisa fletcher and you are in the stream. the military is ramping up to open combat jobs to women in 2016, but after 55% of female recruits failed the pull-up test, are they ready for the physical demands of combat? ♪ >>> our ding -- digital producer is here tonight. it's so good to have you. >>

i'm david shuster in for ali velshi.s for joining us. ♪ >>> hi, i'm lisa fletcher, and you are in "the stream." we'll look at why non-violent protests could lead to historically harsh punishment. ♪ >>> our digital producer, wajahat ali is here, bringing in all of your live feedback through the show. today we're taking an interesting look at what non-vit