of barbados, he must devalue currency. in other words, it's been fixed at 1.7. you cannot change the value. that's got to be 1.9 barbados dollars. i remember the number, but you get the idea. it will make the currency worth less so will be more expensive to import goods in your exports will be cheaper. it will be cheaper to take a bite keeshan so more people will comment and that will help you raise your intake of dollars nl p. solve this problem. the minister barbados said no, we don't want to do that because if we do that, if we devalue the currency, it will make people's wages worth less. you ask for wage increases and therefore employers will raise their prices seminal set off a wage price parlors to drive up inflation. very import and we have alternative plan. they said we are going to go to the workers in assam to take a wage cut directly. without getting into all the details of the story, the government barely passed and implemented we tried workers took to the streets of bridgetown. in the fall, 30,000 people, one

>> guest: jamaica and barbados are interesting cases geographic as close as you can find to twins in the world they're both former british colonies. jamaica barbados gained independence with this same government they both have the same rule of law in the same protections for public private property. so for much of the research that we know even with the big push to say the institutions drive economic growth so they're the same bequeathed to them but over the 30 years' post independents barbados was steady as you go. in jamaica had a terrible collapse. to the point the difference between with income per capita the average family just that difference is greater than the average overall level. it happened because barbados the leadership understood discipline and clarity and a trust but in jamaica the leadership had a vision for a more prosperous future but did not follow policies so ignore the discipline. a favorite example of aicher share it of leadership in barbados 1991 the country is on the verge of a financial meltdown a small country that relies heavily on the ports. weber about t

we do have an accident norristown at main street, barbados, so try to be mindful that far intersection. but no delays for mass transit. things at the airport look awesome. as we're waiting for the warm up, the rush, we're warming up outside already. >> no kidding, actually didn't have a chance to drop off all that much on the thermometer, you're right, nice mild start to the day. but it does eventually come with very significant trade off. we actually start things off very wide zoom on storm scan, look at all of the different storm reports that have come in over the last 12 hours, i mean, they span anywhere from the great lakes down into the gulf. so, this storm system has meant serious business. we can take a look at some of the radar, these really strong storms currently still rumbling into the panhandle of florida, we can take a look at just a couple of the choice locations and yes there has been tornados reported, with trees down, and roof blown off specifically here in sumatra florida at 8:59. in for another round, further removed to the east where you will find the severe werth.

right now traffic time and we will start off in norristown, west main street at barbados street there are reports of an accident there and 95 northbound between route 58 and 141 in delaware construction has left lane block until 5:00 a.m. on the pennsylvania turnpike eastbound between fort washington and bensalem construction there two lanes are block, chris. >>> we have breaking news, police investigating a double shooting in north philadelphia, authorities say two people were shot late last night, this is on the 2100 block of north uber street, a 24 year-old man was pronounced dead at temple hospital. forty-six year-old woman was shot in the leg but is expected to survive. they are looking for two shooters who took off in a dark colored car, they believe the man was targeted. >>> and we have more breaking news and this is on the ebola front, we have just learn that the u.n. medical worker infect with the deadly virus in liberia has now died. we are bringing you live updates on the ebola crisis all morning long and what the u.s. is now doing to curb an out break here, on fox 29 morni

began to withdraw some of the subsidies on consumer goods, is the next step having to go to the barbados, haitians, others, saying we can't do it any more. we can't afford it. >> that's absolutely the case. but keep in mind that we can take a long-term view, and it's hard for venezuela to take a long-term view, this is a country that has resources greater that saudi arabia, and in the right leadership in a 10-year, 20-year horizon, it could be a powerhouse in the market. >> we jump in the way of big international intrigue, but the world has just gotten a raise, hasn't it? >> in some ways. >> if you head to the grocery store somewhere in the world. if you're gassing up a motorbike, a truck, you just have gotten a little raise. >> basically they have, but on the domestic truck and the international front, at the people level, this is all good, except for the major oil exporting countries. they're going to take a hit. but having said that, you've got to understand the medium- to long-term view here. there is a lot of stuff coming down the pipeline that will keep oil low, and that's the new

let's take you over to the maps in norristown west main street at barbados street an early morning accidente so watch for that as you're headed out. live outside we go in malvern, chester county 202 at 29, no problems here. we see the flashing lights. construction that has been blocking the two left lanes, we see it moving out of this shot at this point but still stay to the right coming north of 401. we see it in the process of clearing as we speak so things are looking pretty good for your morning commute so far matt. >> sounds good. thank you karen. >>> we begin with two developing stories. man is dead this morning after being shot nearly a dozen times and a new business owner is fighting for his life after being gunned down in his barber shop. katherine scott is live at police headquarters with more on both of these stories. katherine reporter: matt, these shootings happened in a matter of hours, two separate incidents both under investigation. in each shooting police are looking for two men they say are involved. the second one happened around 11:30 last night and police were called ou

an accident west main street at barbados street and also in hatboro. south penn street and the disabled vehicle is on a railroad track. so, it might be out there for a little bit. >>> at two minutes after 5:00, nbc 10 is on the scene of breaking news in the tacony neighborhood of philadelphia. a house fire there. jesse gary just arrived on scene. jesse, what do you have? >> chris, three houses actually involved in this. the center one, the one that's on fire is where the fire started, but it spread to adjoining units here in the tacony section of philadelphia. we're told that everybody has made it out. we're not clear on injury, if there are any severe injuries, but i'm told by some of the residents, they all made it out. obviously, they're in tears and upset that their belongings are destroyed, but so far no reports of loss of life. we'll try to get more information for you and come back in a little bit. live in the tacony section of philadelphia, nbc news. >>> following breaking news ebola outbreak. a u.n. worker who contracted the virus has now died

kitts or barbados. >> i am getting excited. >> and well timed flight out of this cold winter. >> if youdo with the second week in january it's perfect. >> you come back with a tan and all your coworkers are jealous. >> @ link i'm going to be at the wisconsin dells again. every christmas. >> you get the free water and the ice ... let's talk about the temperatures that are warmer than normal. we should not be complaining. but greene will continue. we saw 2/3 an inch of rain yesterday. we should see just as much today. showers to the afternoon. 70 percent chance of rain by dinner. today's high 67 degrees. >> that was fast became back to me too fast. let's look at the blueline. a few projects north avenue blocked to damon where they're working on the blue line stop. that goes through december 22nd. watch for those delays. also impacting the number 72 bus. with another stretch of the blue line work at the california stop completely blocked off. from polymer to milwaukee everything is shutdo.p on that. wrote look good. the construction happening and the imbalance at the stevenson. we will bre

. >> calling barbados singer raunchy? >> okay, who is this?> from sport i spice from spice girls, yes, said rihanna too much for her five year old, she said the female stars need to show dignity, stop being overtly sexual, she said the spice girls sending messages. >> oh, they wore short skirts. >> rihanna has said i'm not trying to be a role model, guys. >> that is just -- that's like pasta back wash at this >>> live from new york city, it's "the wendy williams show"! today, iggy azalea's paparazzi blowup. find out what set the fancy singer off. and she's out of prison and speaking out. real-life "hot topic," rapper remy ma is here. plus, celebrity chef mario batali is here heating up the "wendy" kitchen. now, here's wendy! >> wendy: thank you! yeah! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> wendy: yeah! ta da!

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heartbroken, devastated, when her body was airport from miami she after an extended vacation in barbados. >> on a personal note, to say that i'm appalled is an understatement. these comments are gut-wrenching and tear at the thread of our law enforcement profession. >> reporter: u.s. park police acting chief robert mclean apologized to the family of 83-year-old victoria kong after the office of the inspector general found five officers made inappropriate comments during a search for her last year. >> well, the ig found that the behavior of the officers had no bearing on the outcome of the search. i wanted to take this opportunity to discuss the report and the insensitive remarks made by a handful of park police personnel. >> reporter: kong went missing after landing at reagan national airport last may. her body was found off the gw parkway, along an embankment three days later. of her family was concerned about her short-term memory loss. according to the new ig report, in a recorded phone call line at the dispatch center, the shift commander with the u.s. park police described victoria

although most american privateers cruised for slaves near barbados, which meant complete cargoes of slaves, and because of its proximity to the american coast, which lessen the danger of recapture, a few, like marlboro, operated directly on the african coast, which should come as no surprise that a rhode island privateers should operate an african waters, since rhode islanders had actively engaged in the african slave trade before the war and were familiar with those waters. there is no record that the marlboros captain -- certainly implore you had been involved in the slave trade all his life. he sell from new bedford. the crew sailed east to the french trading post and then southward along the guinea coast for the english trading settlement. vessels captured five am a persuaded a british master to ask as pilot for them, negotiated a mutually beneficial deal with the local tribal leader and then burned the settlement when the british factors there refused to surrender the the property they help. the law, there came a canoe from sure with a black king called robin gray. steering -- when we

most american privateers cruised for slave ships near barbados, which meant complete cargoes of slaves and because of its proximity to the coast, which lessened the danger of capture, if you operated directly on the african coast, which should come as knows prize that a rhode island privateer would operate in those waters, since rhode islanders actively engaged in the african slave trade before and were familiar with those waters. captain babcock sailed on slaving voyages. certainly, john brown of providence had been involved in all his life.e marlborough was a 250-ton ship navigated by a crew of 125. it sailed from new bedford before the new year. volume 12 picks up its story off the cape verdean islands. the crew sailed east and then southward along the guinea coast towards the english trading settlement. te, route -- en rou marlborough captured five vessels, persuaded a british master to act as a pilot for them, negotiated a mutually-beneficial deal with a local tribal leader, and then burned his settlement when the british factors refused to surrender the property they held. the cl

there's credit and a public-private partnership and i think they same system with infrastructure in barbados >> i'm going to challenge you on it. the reason there's public-private partnership is they are tied to $6 billion. the community and others decided to come together to make some and have been. the reality is we never should have reached that point, but to everyone's points on the pml, you get stuck on the enforcement side. so while the money goes to border patrol. >> last week or week and a half ago, we did here in obituary committee and not was one of the issues that we talked about. clearly we've been tacking about this for years. if you want to address the border coming into postmark customs in fact errors in our first century and mortar but border patrol boots on the ground. there is no question that there is this misunderstanding about how silly can make the border save. you know, being prosecutors, you and i know both of the drugs takes place on the international bridges. >> said just real quickly schuett to the senators combat, if we stay on the path that we are fine, we are ap

playas interminables, la guÍa de virtuosa, una colecciÓn de agencia de viajes en el mundo recomienda barbados invitaciones que me hiciste a tu programa, y ojalÁ que pronto detengamos en pantalla, porque te extraÑo mi cristi, te extraÑa todo tu pÚblico, quÉ dios te bendiga compaÑÍa de tu bella familia. (aplausos) >> mi amiga, cÓmo se te extraÑa, cualquier dÍa de estos te caigo por mÉxico, guillermo >> cristina querida quÉ emociÓn poder estar contigo en este lanzamiento de "pa' arriba y pa' lante", creo que la gente debe saber algo que atinÓ te gusta comentar, eres la mano que a los amigos nos gusta apoyar en los momentos de miedo, eres el consejo a flor de boca cuando uno recurre a ti, yo soy testigo de esto, yo soy parte de esas enseÑanzas suyas que me ayudaron a salir adelante durante tres largos aÑos de mi vida pasada, gracias cristina! una bendiciÓn, muchas cosas buenas, porque sÉ si estos consejos los demÁs de uno en uno, ahora los podrÁn leer en este nuevo libro, el primero de muchos que vas a escribir, te quiero mucho, gracias por lo que hiciste por mÍ, gracias por lo que vas a hacer po

playas interminables, la guÍa de virtuosa, una colecciÓn de agencia de viajes en el mundo recomienda barbadosamiga, cÓmo se te extraÑa, cualquier dÍa de estos te caigo por mÉxico, guillermo del toro me trajo churros, imagÍnate. >> pero aprovÉchelo! tu lado más tranquilo te llama. tu lado espontáneo ha llegado. y unas inolvidables vacaciones disney están a tu alcance. ahora mismo puedes crear un paquete de 7 días incluyendo una habitación en un hotel selecto de walt disney world resort y entradas a los parques temáticos desde tan sólo $78 por persona al día para una familia de cuatro. así que ven este año a mostrar tu lado disney, en el lugar donde los sueños se hacen realidad. >> cristina querida quÉ emociÓn poder estar contigo en este lanzamiento de "pa' arriba y pa' lante", creo que la gente debe saber algo que atinÓ te gusta comentar, eres la mano que a los amigos nos gusta apoyar en los momentos de miedo, eres el consejo a flor de boca cuando uno recurre a ti, yo soy testigo de esto, yo soy parte de esas enseÑanzas suyas que me ayudaron a salir adelante durante tres largos aÑos de mi vida

this is dare i don't know king of barbados. >> oh, no. >> i think we're done. >> he threw his racket,lines woman. it hit her -- >> it looks like the tarp kind of snapped back into her. >> it looks like it was the racket. >> so he's frustrated -- >> no, that hits her. >> and the racket hit her after it bounced off the tarp. >> wouldn't you think he'd run over to the woman and say "i'm so sorry, what an idiot i am." he's ranked number three in the tennis world. there are thousands and thousands of professional tennis players. i think the guy should be thrown out of the game for at least a year. >> at least default friday the -- from the match? >> defaulted from the match? no. thrown out of the game for a year. >> think about when you lose your temper like crazy and you do something terrible. he threw the racket. that would have been a victimless crime until it hit the woman. you can't believe he doesn't rush over to help her. >> no, no, no. there's no excuse for that. i'm sorry. do you know how many hours they have to practice on the tennis court to get ranked internationally. spend a c