i am anna edwards. >> i am mark barton.s from lenovo beat estimates when it released its earnings earlier this despite a 10% drop in peace is -- in pc sales last year. >> good morning to you, mark. we have two beats, both on the top and bottom lines. lenovo's third alert -- third-quarter income surged. that is for that three-month period that ended in december. that is on the back of sales that rose from 15% to $10.8 billion. china accounts for 37% of total sales. these numbers don't include the recent acquisitions that were announced last month. the company agreeing to buy google's motorola phone unit for $2.9 billion and ibm's low-end server business. >> how do they continue to maintain their pc market share? is throughple marketing in china. as they look to reintroduce the motorola brand their, the company is saying they expect losses to end in that company within quarters. looking at global pc market share, lenovo is ranked number one with 16.7% of the market share. china's pc marketshare hit a record 38%. it is a posit

i was speaking to edward barton.r and he says that the young teens could be going away from facebook and using whatsapp. a tie them up nicely and it is how they integrate the whatsapp into the facebook world that is going to be interesting. how do you think that will work? >> it is another $1 billion for facebook. with the profit point. there will be crossover between whatsapp users and facebook users. taxle get on whatsapp and desk asked -- text. most people will be. -- i do not way think whatsapp users need to worry about that. >> $19 billion. is this money well spent or not? >> i have not looked at it. it seems that it is absolutely crazy on multiple basis. you would think he was off the charts. the point is that there is growth and they are buying a company that they think is going to be one billion users strong and a couple of years. that is the competition at the moment. everybody wants to get on the company and it is incredible to see giants like yahoo! and twitter being left behind. happy topanies are have th

welcome to "countdown," i am mark barton. >> i am anna edwards. getting figures from germany. >> gdp up 0.4%. they forecast 0.3%. ahead of expectations. we hadossing the -- p.ench dbp -- gd experts rose more strongly than imports. government consumption stagnated. private consumption declined slightly. there was an increase in investment, equipment, and construction. >> but get to david freed in berlin -- let's get to david in berlin. >> one of the interesting things about the numbers has been the dichotomy between the hard export like the gdp or performance and soft numbers like business confidence surveys. the confidence survey at a two-year high. economistsonomies -- wondering why you are not seeing that reflected in the hard numbers. maybe are you are -- you are beginning to see it performing in the numbers for the fourth quarter. government is slowly becoming a little bit more optimistic. we saw this week, that economic ministry increased its forecast for 2014, looking at 1.8% growth. that to looking for accelerate in 2015 two two percent --

i am mark barton. and 7ee billion dollars having been spent on next the ration, the company still finds dry holes. let's bring in international correspondent hans nichols. is 15 billiontion in net income. what you really want to look at newf they will announce any finds or wells. used to stand for "can't find preservers." from the good reserves ivory coast. they need to be more diverse. last month, they told french lawmakers at this stage, discoveries have not reflected the efforts we are taking. we have not come up with new reserves. anna, mark, it's not for lack of trying. the announced exploration and they spent $2 billion, 20 felt it was up to $2.5 billion -- in 2012. was 2.8 and $10 -- $2.8 billion. >> had today ranked against their peers? >> they are 21st out of 28. bp is third on the list. that wildcat had or big well you are finding. they have not got to azerbaijan but they need to find more. hans, inyou so much, berlin. >> janet yellen speaking to congress. david a lynn stays with us to talk j

i am mark barton. it is 6:00 here in london on a tuesday morning. moberg reports are standing by ready to deliver the stories that will drive your day. -- bloomberg reporters are standing by ready to deliver the stories that will drive your day. why it is chilcote will talk about the possible data ryan chilcote will talk about the deal.le activis jonathan ferro has more. we are looking ahead to car sales figures next hour. another month of growth would keep the industry on track. since 2000expansion seven. news overnight from the bank of japan that boosted lending programs a while sticking to the plants unprecedented asset purchases. zeb joins us. >> good morning to you. the bank of japan is signaling to the market that the stimulus perhaps is on the way after the disappointing gdp report we got yesterday showing a slowness and weakness in terms of the economic recovery. the third arrow of abenomics may not be working as planned. the bank of japan said it will double the size of funding facilities and a loan programs to ¥7 trillion. this was a bond

i'm mark barton. bloomberg reporters are standing by across the world ready to deliver the stories that will drive your day. onberlin with the latest ukraine. paul allen from sydney ahead of the g 20 meeting. in the studio, jonathan ferro has the details on it or leave thousand job cuts rbs is planning and managed tranny will usmanus cranny will bring the earnings from gucci. helped by higher earnings in its property, and or casualty divisions. those are the biggest. net income increasing to 4.48 billion euros. 4.74ngs have missed the billion euro analysts had expected in surveys. axa is also investing 6 billion euros in fast-growing nations like china, colombia as the sluggish economy ways on european insurer revenue. yes, profitability has risen at axa, the second-biggest insurer in europe. .evenue up by 2% it was exactly that, 81 euro cents. we will be speaking to the man himself, the head of axa. don't miss that exclusive interview. a deadly week of violence since protests began three months ago.

i am mark barton. edwards.nna we are standing by ready to deliver the stories that will drive your day. caroline hyde has the latest on samsung's newest products. whatsapps facebook and , another tech deal brewing in japan. back in the studio, ryan chilcote is looking ahead to a key vote in ukraine. hans nichols will break down the proposed deal from berlin. >> we are getting earnings from the world's largest chemical maker, the aff. -- baff. >> it looks like fourth-quarter earnings have beaten estimates. let's start with matt kemp -- net income. 4.4 billion euros. that is ahead of estimates. the core metric, earnings before interest and taxes, including items, 1.45 is up from 1.23 and ahead of the estimate of 1.34. the company expects sales in 2014 to decline slightly. -- noason as of yet reason as of yet, but the company says that sales will fall this year. this is a company that is working towards a revenue target of 110 billion euros to the end of the decade. they're cutting jobs in europe, adding

i'm an edwards. >> and i am mark barton.t guest sees the ecb cutting rates if not now in march. marcus is an economist at deutsche bank. marcus, good morning. talk, haven'tough we, from mario draghi. do we need confirmed action today? >> i think it would be more efficient today. when you have not much room, for example, to cut rates, the actual policy and the element of surprise, you want to maximize the impact of what you do. rather than do it in march, do it in february. >> market rates have come down from recent highs, data improving on the pmi front for the eurozone because of those two factors. he could wait a month, couldn't a? >> he could, but the job of the ecb is to meet the inflation target. the arty have inflation on the two-year side, one point. you mentioned the right, mario draghi mentioned the market rates, and the second was the projection. already 1.3, inflation came in lower than expected, lower than the market expected. they will probably have to cut their two year projection in march. this is the reason w

i am mark barton. >> and i'm anna edwards.loomberg report is a standing by around the world ready to deliver the stories to drive your day. manus cranny is ready to steer latest dealings with dongfang. >> covering clashes in the ukraine and jonathan ferro is focusing on the u.k. ahead of the latest unemployment data and minutes from the bank of england. givefore all that, let's you a few more reasons to stay with bloomberg this morning. we have some big interviews coming to you. we will be speaking to the ceo of the fourth-largest brewer, joergen rasmussen. >> the peugeot executive joins bloomberg, his first interview of the day. --let's look servo into let's look further into the numbers from peugeot. they're beating analyst estimates manus cranny joins us now with more. >> this is quite a bit better. the loss, 177 million euro and the market estimate was for 247 million euros. it looks like they have beaten on the self-made target. target was to reduce the cash burn by 50%. crash,uld generate hallelujah. in the latest they s

i'm anna edwards. >> i'm mark barton.of interestingly the shares may be valued lower than they are currently trading? today we are seeing there will be further write-downs to come and get over. we have some asset sales to occur. we'll be waiting for the sale of the u.s. midwest banking business. >> just don't know when that will happen. overhang,is a large and let's be clear, the government wants them to sell this. it is a very large overhang, keeping some shareholders away. much is this company depended on the recovery of the u.k. economy? they are talking quite positively about the u.k. today, saying they are seeing signs of recovery, increased confidence in the u.k., talking about improving credit quality, decreasing risk to lending. if you factor in these valuations, strong recovery and the u.k., how high can the share price go? >> the answer is not quite enough yet. the government wants them to be a purely focused u.k. lender. still have a very strong role in the retail part of the business, and we know the u.k. is g

push it off to mark barton.ere. >> i'm the only person in england who hasn't watched an episode. but now that tom has told me lady sybil has died, he's completely ruined it for me. who is she? >> exactly. that's why you have to watch. we have a brit not watching "downton abbey," i'm ashamed. >> i've been in therapy for two years over lady sybil dying. there are 50 to 80 bedrooms at high clare castle. folks, it's in hampshire, so it's like fiction nonfiction, and i know that, mark barton, you're going to need to pay attention. i'm going to need a lot of mark barton help to get through our interview with the countess and her castle. >> at least you said hampshire and yorkshire, because many people hampshire, but well done. gow that right. it is yorkshire, and it is hampshire. >> tom loves lady sybil so much, he's going to get the names right. >> i've got to practice the mark barton accent 101. that will help me out. but seriously, a lot going on. yes, we're going to look at "downton abbey," but look at these unfol

attorney for the district of columbia, philip barton key. d.c. politicians tried to keep this out of the papers. they didn't talk to anybody about it. it's not like reporters were reporting on what happened between these two lovers. people whispered in washington. fickles found out. he accosted philip barton-key in the matter of lafayette square, shot him, and turned himself in to the district attorney. he's very famous, now, forking with the first person to be acquitted because of temporary insanity. but this was a good example how we can learn about this today but it was something that was kept secret for a long time. as a story of fickles tells you, violence was also a pretty regular part of the washington experience and not just between northerners and southerners. some of you might be thinking that southerners the ones more violent. not true at all. northerners were just as vie violent. one of my favorite stories of violence took place between william english, a democrat from indiana, and william montgomery, a democrat from pennsylvania. mon

in london.k barton this is "on the move."streaming live on your tablet, your phone and now any windows phone as well. it has the best profit margins in the industry, at least in part due to tax loopholes. loop holet tax benefit from? claimis -- a sickly, they the rights to the brand names of the in the text brands -- of the brands. when they have stores in rome or london or paris, the subsidiaries have to pay substantial royalties into this unit in the netherlands. that has the effect of moving billions of dollars of income, taxable income out of those countries and into the netherlands and switzerland, where they have a tax advantage. >> i suppose that affects margins in a different way in different countries, to? countries,fferent too? >> in the netherlands are switzerland they have very low tax rates. in italy and the u.k. and france and germany, it european markets their profit margins have been between three percent and five percent. that is different from what the companies tell their shareholders. the profit margin is

i mark barton. 7:46.d scaffold -- staff may have condoned practices and current team manipulation. they said it was not improper to share customer orders. bloomberg reporter uncovered the story -- what does this mean for the bank of england? wille key question, is is, distract the banks into another scandal? they were criticized heavily for warnings.g will we see this happen all over again? >> how will this affect the probe which seems to be widening into alleged manipulation? >> we will see our limit asking outtions as to why these -- of concern that the -- why weren't they escalated? >> remind us about the conduct which they are said to have condoned. >> these traders are said to have been in chat rooms discussing trades ahead of the -- to make sure they were -- they profited from this as well. >> these instant messages are the center of inquiry. every day, we are hearing about more firings and suspensions. give us a sense of where this big probe is headed. >> we have 12 authorities, at least 12 authori

i am mark barton. >> and i am anna edwards.ome breaking numbers coming through from various businesses. nothing from taylor wimpey first. first off, net fees up by 1% to 363.4 million pounds. we have heard a lot about this business in recent weeks in the last time we talked to paul venable, the geographical differences between the australian business sought suffer a little more. he was positive about the u.k. business in the last time we spoke to him. it was the first time in six years they have been seeing a tick up in permanent employees in recent years. there was a big increase in candidate confidence and that was the backdrop to be strong performance they were reporting. let's get more details on the numbers. net fees up 2% and the operating profit is coming in at 67 -- 66.7 million pounds. the yearst half of they delivered 60.3 million pounds. they are proposing a dividend of 0.83 pence per share. last time we spoke to paul venable he gave a upbeat assessment of the u.k. economy saying that all sectors were doing pretty we

. >> i am mark barton.or of gravity director for the science fiction directed harrys potter. our next guest is the director for- he is finance films ise king's speech." the u.k. becoming the preferred hub for the filming industry. thank you for coming in. you missed a big party. we do appreciate it. >> he is missing a good party. we appreciate that. >> you were last -- you were there last night. pretty split worthy awards. gravity won 6. is that about fair? >> yes, i would say it was. it has been a terrific year. it shows the spread of influence of films in hollywood. "12 years a slave" is a british film and directed by a brick. -- brit. >> i know lots of the special effects are british. >> it was filmed. >> what is a british film? >> you answered your own found -- question. it was filmed here. being shot in hollywood at this moment in time. we are boasting fails. there are draws in california. things like "avengers 2." slave"said "12 years a was a reddish movie but was not shot here. is one that originated

congressman barton, you have sat across from him. what will you miss most? >> you are assuming a am going to mess. [laughter] >> there has to be one thing. >> actually, to be semi serious energy and commerce, the democrats put their a-team members on. you have john dingell, henry waxman to operate alone, the two people to my left. i mean, it really is. when we debate in issue in the commerce committee. the commerce committee is not like any other committee. the arrow goes to committee debates arab cultural issues. energy and commerce, we debated all. and so he is bright, smart, works hard, as good staff, and he does not play games in terms of saying one thing in meaning another. so from that standpoint you will be missed because he is one of the best the serve in the house a long time. but from a partisan standpoint it will be nice to go in committee and not have to debate him. .. >> if mr. dingell decides not to go forward, my friends are both dear friends. and wonderful members of congress. and i am here to say that i am not going to question the chairman.

congressman barton you sat across from him. what are you going to miss most about henry? >> you are sam i am going to miss henry. >> there has got to be one thing. >> actually to be semiserious energy and commerce the democrats put their 18 members on. you have john dingell the dean of the house and until recently we had ed markey henry waxman frank pallone anna eshoo. it really is, when we debated issue in the commerce committee and the commerce committee is not like any other committee. the debates at tag issues and the arms for mrs. committee that energy and commerce we debate it all. so when you're up against waxman. he is bright, he's smart and he works hard. he has good staff and he doesn't play games in terms of saying one thing and meaning another. from that standpoint he will be missed because he is one of the best. he served in the house for a long time but from a partisan standpoint it will be nice to go to committee and not have to debate him because you know i want every day to have my a game and i can depend on some of the junior members of which we have one

barton seen many deaths from mom. nine this time expired and a rice cake and filling the pool. but to disseminate it can be difficult for this project. i mean a loss in five or so this even i need to hire new addiction to shul. it would be different from age five and one. it's fine and fair system. i will continue discussions on various items and downstairs picture. i know. what is it like dr. as the architect kerry said at the national university the program that comes to putting on. the freshman is fine but in any form of freedom the jumperoo fiction became despised him. in fact this is the lovely hula hoops now include ukraine. in the it's been. crew. it is with that. i am the eye the wound. in. the i win. he is. he is. you know. it is we can. its. the when i do i i did though. they do. i know. in room. you do. though anne. mm mm. d i. we are the years. cz . the for all lulu them. each includes the word dude he is actually more showers. some of them or are very defensive. we were to walk so they were taking someone's force. this means. he said. firstly and some of them are o

but if i may, i would like to comment what barton was saying. i don't disagree "frozen" is a big franchise but the benefit you need to know before the movie comes out it's going to be a $900 million plus and that's extremely hard to judge. also about "star wars," i don't have anything "star wars," but we're talking about a film that hasn't been written yet. so that's where i find it challenging to get behind the disney story. >> barton, by the way, disney had the weather potentially working in their favor. it sounds like driving people south out of the cold in the northeast is one of the reasons they've done is well lately. >> you have got someone who is benefiting from the weather. >> exactly. last word, barton? >> there's a lot more to this than the weather. i mean, people are going to disney parks because they're putting in hundreds of millions of dollars into new attractions. they're going because people love the content. underneath it all is espn which is just an unshakeable franchise giving you good, steady profit growth year after year. i

there's kevin madison of the brewers robbing barton. less 11-3.h college hoop and salute mayhem on the court at the end of this game. court at the end of this game. that's coming up next. >> tournament time almost here. cal women try to lock down 2 seed. miss gray went off. she really went off. she had 32 at the half tonight. cal coach on the game plan that was feed he her. finished with 43 points. 14 of 15 shooting at the half. 43 points. 16 board but they went to over time with the 8 of the 13 here in the extra session. had a triple double. 11 assist. cal wins 75-68 also the stanford women defeat washington. how about the men? st. mary's in portland. sugar up. oh, yes. first half. steven holt to the rack. led all with 26. they break the press where is wald o. where is wald o. 70-61 st. mary's. 21st win of the season. and new mexico state and utah valley state this ends the ball thrown and fan storm the court excited about the victory. ugly with the fans pushing the players and coaches trying to wrap around the players. so they don't throw punche

he's the director of sports medicine at barton health care based in tahoe. he's off to sochi with the ski team. a team he's accompanied, but two smaller events. he describes it as training for team physicians. >> trained four years to try to get to go to the olympics. >> the task at hand is fairly simple. >> people train for decades in order to actually get a chance to go to the olympics. then when they go to the olympics, even the smallest thing can ruin their chances. whether that's injuring their knee or a cold. >> he adds it's important to have sports medicine doctors on hand, because they've dealt with one of the biggest and most pervasive injuries of all, concussions. >> you think about the downhill ski racers, and they're going 70, 80 miles an hour on an icy run. so when you fall like that, it's like jumping out of a car onto the asphalt. it is that hard and that significant of an injury. >> team doctors volunteer their time to go to the olympics. he said the payoff comes in the once in a lifetime opportunity. stephanie trong, nbc bay area news. >>> a

there's kevin madison of the brewers robbing barton. less 11-3. right back with college hoop and salute mayhem on the court at the end of this game. court at the end of this game. that's coming up next. is that millions of peoplef reda will qualify for financial assistance. it's important to remember that the lower your annual income, the greater financial assistance you will receive. enroll today at coveredca.com. >> tournament time almost here. cal women try to lock down 2 seed. miss gray went off. she really went off. she had 32 at the half tonight. cal coach on the game plan that was feed he her. finished with 43 points. 14 of 15 shooting at the half. 43 points. 16 board but they went to over time with the 8 of the 13 here in the extra session. had a triple double. 11 assist. cal wins 75-68 also the stanford women defeat washington. how about the men? st. mary's in portland. sugar up. oh, yes. first half. steven holt to the rack. led all with 26. they break the press where is wald o. where is wald o. 70-61 st. mary's. 21st win of the season. a

report as far as the road weather index that indicates low visibility for drivers, move to the dumb bartonbridges and livermore and altamont pass you're fine on 508. back to you. >> thanks so much. 4:3030. >>> the case against the man accused of kidnapping and killing 5-year-old sierra lamar moves forward today. garcia-torres was indicted tuesday by a santa clara county grand jury. lamar was last seen in march of 2012 after she left her home in morgan hill. she never made it to school and her poddy was never found. garcia-torres was also cited for violent attacks on women in 2009. >>> four people were shot in fruit veil last night at 37th avenue and international boulevard. the conditions of the three other people who were shot have not been released. oakland police have not told us the circumstances surrounding the shooting, including whether anyone was taken into custody or the identity of that dead person. >>> flowers outside a popular down town nightclub, in memorial of a well-known bouncer stabbed to death yesterday morning. more than 100 people attended the vigil for ryan vieri. he w

well do it overcame a shaky start to our customers in barton hours of margins to go to the nordic combined team notched eleven to lead two minus one lead late on wednesday for a second deficit filibuster. rachel the town's history. don't let what god has planted me if it was a good thing. for standard two images meringue into a charity shelter in every shot was real. oh goodness because competition in the thick of it so much that if i can do is greatly with them. we like to discuss his diligence and people dancing parents. i see a peculiarly out in his letter to the real problem for the gold medal in the morning sleeping. but it wasn't a defendant the sixteen it has to say. but at this point when we leave. georgia when you would like to be studied because it is from is one of america's great to go. they can state with a tt going to cost canada won their fourth consecutive or that it would all ice hockey gold medal with an airy three two overtime win at the united states the winning captain undefeated abundance of sheep or can they concede that it's one of four to five gold medals awarded s

i am mark barton.tartminutes on of today's european equities. >> i imagine you created a few things out of legos as a child here it >> i still do. >> i do not doubt that. i am not going to ask you about your skills and legos. >> does he have a young kid? or does he do it on his own? >> he just makes things out of legos. what do we have coming up? >> futures are actually rising. last week, we had a difficult start. today, they are up. the federal reserve will delay a third cut of on purchases. on friday ined terms of jobs data. gained .33%.res >> i do not know if that is good or not. we look at the companies that could be on the move. vodafone is in focus, nestlÉ is in focus. year we would see more consolidation. thefone may be more active. company has approached a spanish company about an acquisition. deutsche telekom has agreed to zech interest from investors. world's largest food company is exploring ways to reduce its 29% stake in l'oreal. there was a scandal involving a very famous french heiress.

a vre train hit and killed 15- year-old jack chen early this morning near clara barton parkway. woodson's principal said jack was bright, cheerful and liked by everyone. vre canceled part of its morning commuter service today. police are investigating how it happened. >>> we are a little more than a month away from d.c.'s democratic primary for mayor and tonight the candidates squared off in a debate at the american university radio studios. mola lenghi was there and joins us live for a taste of what went down. >> reporter: with the april 1st primary closing in the candidates look to separate themselves. the embattled mayor vincent gray says he's confident that he still has time to pull ahead, but with several serious challenges closing in on his lead tonight at times he was their target. sparks never really flew in tonight's mayoral debate, but it did have its moments, mostly between council members muriel bowser and tommy wells. >> our campaign has gained the most ground including the mayor. what we alsoen from that poll is that two -- alsoen from that poll is two out of -- al

this one was filled earlier this month on the clara barton parkway, but not before it had taken a toll on half a dozen predawn commuters. >> all of the sudden my car hitting the front end, back tire on the right-hand side of my vehicle. >> reporter: still, there those who want to embrace potholes. >> i'm a chef and i want to fill wit rainbow sprinkles. >> in d.c. they pride themselves on interventions with potholes. next month they'll begin the annual potholepalooza. they have already filled about 5,000 so this year. >> ouch. hurts to even watch that d.c. department of transportation says it filled 3200 potholes last month. now, we're only halfway through february, and they have already filled another 2500 this month. the agency tries to philpott holes within three days of being notified. for information on how to report potholes in your area and what to do if your car has b damaged, go to nbcwashington.com. >> you're driving along and you got people in the car and you go i promise, i'm not a bad driver there is really a pothole everywhere we turn. exactly. >> all sitting here watching

there's kevin madison of the brewers robbing barton. less 11-3. right back with college hoop and salute mayhem on the court at the end of this game. court at the end of this game. that's coming up next. >> tournament time almost here. cal women try to lock down 2 seed. miss gray went off. she really went off. she had 32 at the half tonight. cal coach on the game plan that was feed he her. finished with 43 points. 14 of 15 shooting at the half. 43 points. 16 board but they went to over time with the 8 of the 13 here in the extra session. had a triple double. 11 assist. cal wins 75-68 also the stanford women defeat washington. how about the men? st. mary's in portland. sugar up. oh, yes. first half. steven holt to the rack. led all with 26. they break the press where is wald o. where is wald o. 70-61 st. mary's. 21st win of the season. and new mexico state and utah valley state this ends the ball thrown and fan storm the court excited about the victory. ugly with the fans pushing the players and coaches trying to wrap around the players. so they don

ironically i was sitting in the room full of people who were there to beg this the town of barton ville to enact a mock moratorium on new drilling permits and so it was very surreal for us to hear rex tillerson talking about an unsightly water tower that might disrupt his view when these people sitting in the audience had water that would phone like fish wash dish water they had rashes there were so many toxic free leases of gas near their homes that they had to evacuate five hundred and one relief is in just one year they had to wait their small children up at night and evacuated in the middle of the night to to get away from these toxic gases. and coming up next this hour inside a day ukraine's unfolding crisis with the former american ambassador to the country's stand that. the interview. process up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want. hello and welcome to worlds apart ukraine literally means a country a line on the adj and while this may be refers to geography it is also a pretty accurate description of its current political situation whereas ukraine having t

ironically i was sitting in the room full of people who were there to beg this the town of barton vale to enact a mock moratorium on new drilling permits and so it was very surreal for us to hear rex tillerson talking about and unsightly water tower that my disrupt his e.u. when these people sitting in the audience had water that would phone like dishwasher dish water they had rashes there were so many toxic release of gas near their homes that they had to evacuate five hundred and one release in just one year they had to wait their small children up at night any vacuum wait in the middle of the night to get away from these toxic gases are some of the global headlines for you now police in peru firing tear gas to disperse protesters who are rallying against budget cuts five people were injured several arrests were made the clashes broke out on the first day of a strike that has already brought business and transport to a standstill rest again after the president reshuffle his cabinet and announced massive budget cuts but also announced salary hike for his new cabinet members. hundreds

ironically i was sitting in the room full of people who were there to beg this the town of barton vale to enact a mock moratorium on new drilling permits and so it was very surreal for us to hear rex tillerson talking about unsightly water tower that my disrupt his e.u. when these people sitting in the audience had a water that would phone like dish wash dish water they had rashes there were so many toxic release is that gas near their homes that they had to evacuate five hundred and one release it's in just one year they had to wait their small children up at night and evacuated in the middle of the night to to get away from these toxic gases. and coming up next a special report on that american kids in that box without books that lunch and thank god it's staying in this. minnesota vikings football player jared allen like many pro athlete stereotypes is actually doing something for society with us and f l fame and fortune he is providing homes for turning wounded u.s. veterans good job mr allen generally for some reason wealthy people don't do much to help other people besides giving

ironically i was sitting in the room full of people who were there to beg this the town of barton bill to enact a mock moratorium on new drilling permits and so it was very surreal for us to hear rex tillerson talking about unsightly water tower that my disrupt his view when these people sitting in the audience had water that would phone like dish wash dish water they had rashes there were so many toxic release is of gas near their homes that they had to evacuate five hundred and one release is in just one year they had to wait their small children up at night and evacuated in the middle of the night to to get away from these toxic gases. and recount all top story this hour ukraine's ousted president viktor going to college has reportedly turned up in russia after being missing for several days that's according to several russian news agencies signed a souls has released a statement saying he still considers himself ukraine's illegitimate leader and he also asked moscow full protection from extremists adding that the decisions of the new parliament and key of a not legitimate in a coll

up "ped" signs to reference braun using performance enhancing drugs >> gary:bot 4th >> gary:daric barton an extra base hit taken away by a diving kevin mattison who extends the body! brewers win 11-3 >> gary:eric sogard face of mlb? >> gary:yesterday a's infielder eric sogard beat out toronto all-star jose bautista to make the finals of mlb network's "face of mlb" contest sogard is now in the finals against another all-star, the mets david wright and as you can see the voting is neck and neckwith the winner announced tomorrow >> gary:this has turned into quite a social media movement by a's fansas well as sogard's teammatesand bay area teamslike stanfordwho are showing their love for sogard by tweeting in for him# nerdpower. probably not want the mlb network was hoping for when they introduced this contestfans making somewhat of a mockery of the whole thing. >> reporter:exhibition baseball ...greatest catch you have ever seen! >> gary:josh reddick a great, great play! >> gary:incognito pounding away on his $300,000 ferrari ...this guy is nuts! >> gary: will ferrell pete carroll was back

after police told an anti fracking rally to leave their protest site activists at the barton mosque camp have been campaigning for the last few months against drilling for shale gas in the area recently energy company i gas was granted permission to explore potential reserves beneath the ground there with protesters raising the alert over its effect on the environment. clashes erupted between kurdish demonstrators and police in several towns across turkey confrontations turned violent as officers used tear gas and water cannons to break up crowds who fought back with fire bombs in iraq's allies were staged tomorrow or rallies were staged to mark fifteen years since the kurdish leader was jailed for life for treason. bahrain's interior ministry says a policeman as died of injuries suffered in a bomb explosion during friday's anti-government protests authorities of also arrested more than two dozen opposition riders in clashes on the third anniversary of a pro-reform uprising the gulf nation has been cracking down on dissent since the original revolt with about ninety people killed demonst

ironically i was sitting in the room full of people who were there to beg this the town of barton vale to enact a mock moratorium on new drilling permits and so it was very surreal for us to hear rex tillerson talking about and unsightly water tower that my disrupt his being too when these people sitting in the audience had water that would phone like dishwasher dish water they had rashes there were so many toxic release of gas near their homes that they had to evacuate five hundred and one release in just one year they had to wait their small children up at night and evacuate in the middle of the night to to get away from these toxic gases lunch at downing street and tea with the queen it was the full british charm offensive for the german chancellor on one day visit but all the pomp and circumstance was enough to persuade angela merkel to get behind prime minister david cameron's push to reform the e.u. she said she doesn't support widespread change but urged britain to stay in the union to help strengthen it anyway so severe reforms. for german chancellor angela merkel's visit to lo

forty percent of the population of barton you know they are simply employed was out any work whatsoever so these conditions were like annoyed at all surprising that we have a mass popular uprising some of the police may come over and that's one of the back doors that has been actually studied by thoughts will fly into the truth when about five percent of the population say they've had it with the government and they get some significant fraction of the police forces to say i'm through with this too i'm joining the protesters pretty much the end of it for the government so we want to watch that very closely. i just ahead of you here on the program on l.t. international an issue of immigration people in switzerland to decide whether the influx of foreign of work has should because critics say it's going to be a company economy that ultimately suffers in the end. it is don. control time in washington after a leaked recording of a phone conversation apparently involving the u.s. assistant secretary of state revealed the depth of american involvement in ukraine's ongoing and government unres

assistant general manager alexandra barton. can you connect cancellations to the weather? >> absolutely. when o'hare has been shutting down and canceling hundreds of flights, we absolutely see folks unable to come in from los angeles and new york. >> reporter: and whether it's snow in atlanta or ice in dallas diane swonk says they add up to a minus. >> all of those places that don't usually get hit, they're getting hit as well and that's disrupting it, too. >> reporter: the good news, scott, is that many economists believe productivity will pick up in the spring and maybe enough to cover the losses of the winter. but right now spring seems a long way off. >> pelley: 43 days to be precise. dean, thanks very much. by contrast, california remains bone dry, and with water restrictions in place, today the farm bureau said it expects 500,000 acres of cropland to sit idle this year. that could lead to higher food prices all over the country. california produces half of the nation's fruits and vegetables. today on "cbs this morning" the nation's second largest drugstore change, cv

after police told mantei fracking rallied to leave their demo site activists had barton moss can't have been campaigning for the last few months against drilling for shell gas in the area recently company i guess was granted permission to explore energy reserves beneath the ground with protesters raising the alert over its environmental effect. worlds apart coming up next stay with us here on our. transit road to vnukovo report all best way to the heart of moscow. wealthy british style. night sky. high. markets why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max kaiser for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on r g. c. i married a joint. in park and. very conservative and much much. only on going bust and. oh and welcome to worlds apart it's been three here since the arab spring found that big conventional order in the middle east three years of high hopes and bitter disappointments of peaceful rallies and violent clashes of precarious peace and a full blown war three years on is the middle east closer to democr

francine lac >> i am mark barton, this is "the pulse," in london.number, cap -- economists were forecasting a of of .7% for the month december. the drop is bigger than that, 1.6%. the previous month's gain of 1.4% has been revised lower. it is still a gain 2.9% -- >> why we care, the ecb is meeting tomorrow. a number of banks now expect a rate cut before marcus -- before march. i was just speaking to the chief economist from hermes, he is worried about the strength of the euro and the euro zone for the next 12 months. deflation or the lack of inflation will be the bigger part. andhing for pmi services retail sales when the ecb meets tomorrow. >> 1.3510. >> fashion chain topshop is planning a u.s. expansion. i spoke with billionaire owner philip green about the store they are planning to build in manhattan on fifth avenue. >> when we put our flag down in the middle of 5th avenue, there is no leaving. it is a commitment. we have got to get it right. all our flagship stores, we try to do something unique. this will probably be slightly more difficult b

congressman joe barton former commerce f energy and committee and representative did he get. congressman gene green from texas and congressman shimkus from illinois. henry waxman announces his retirement after 20 years. congressman barton you sat across from him that entire time, what are you going to miss most about henry. >> you are assuming i'm going to miss him. [laughter] >> there has to be one thing. >> energy and commerce, the democrats put their a-team members on. and john dingell the dean of the house and ed markey, frank pallone, mike doyle, when we debate an issue in the commerce committee and commerce committee is not like any other committee. the ag committee debates ag issues. but energy and commerce, we date it all. when you are up against waxman, he's bright, he's smart, he works hard. he has good staff and he doesn't play games in terms of saying one thing and meaning another. from that standpoint, he will be missed because he is one of the best that served in the house for a long, long time. but from a partisan standpoint, it will be nice to go into committe

david barton and there. i would abolish the department of education. agencies -- honest people can dispute whether we need some of these functions, but here is what you need to understand. faceless bureaucrats behind closed doors are writing regulations that are laws that have no accountability to me and you. of the one section one united states constitution says all legislative power will be vested in the congress. when congress sets up agencies under the executive -- and they like to do this. they are glad it is done because then you can't blame them when the president takes his pen and passes an executive order. that, to me, is the fourth branch of the federal government. it is enormous. it is out of control. what does this mean? the cold hard truth is that washington, d.c. will never voluntarily relinquish meaningful power. we have to work to elect good people to federal office. we have great candidates running against lindsey graham. we have a provision that has been given to us but we have to open up another front. the time has come for the state

we'll tell you more about the commute here on the san ma at that at this owe and did you know barton bridges. will it be as warm as yesterday and the timing of the weekend rain. . >>> he shot one of the burglars in the leg after he came after him with a screw diver. >> i'm glad we have him. >> he want to act like a police and they're not a police. >> one of the burglars was arrested and the other got away. one of the barring larceny was carrying a tv and a telescope. >> they had a deadly hit and run and he's due in court today. >> 27-year-old faces charges of vehicular manslaughter and felony hit and run. we are learning that he was out on bail for stealing cell phones from two people. the driver hit and killed 35- year-old paul lambert of san francisco. he was crossing the avenue and he tried to walk away from the scene and within be pointed him out to police and he was arrested. >>> let's go to sal, we have fog and mist this morning. driving is getting tricky this morning. >> the fog and the mist this morning when i drove to work it was wet on the loads and that could lead to stopp

. >>> and public transit is running on a different schedule, barton muni will be on -- golden transit is running weekends for the ferries and sunday schedules for the buses, caltrain is running a mod i fewed -- transit is doing a sunday thing today. parking meters are still enforce. >>> coming up in the kron 4, acquitted in the shooting death of trayvon martin, answering questions for the first time, coming up on the kron 4 news you will hear from george zimmerman zimmerman. >>> cause trouble for travelers, including people still stuck at boston hogan airport. >>> new this morning, george zimmerman opens up for the first time talking about the night he killed trayvon martin. zimmerman was acquitted of second degree murder and manslaughter, he maintains he shot martin in self defense. some of the questions he is answering this morning are ones we want to know, what does he want to say to martin's family. >> the misconception is i never apologized, i never reached out to the family. would i like to, certainly. reporter: what would you say. >> you know, -- i would say exactly what i said

glenn greenwald, laura poitras, ewan macaskill, and barton gellman were among the winners announced onsunday. other winners include matthieu aikins for uncovering convincing evidence that a u.s. army unital formats -- forces killed individuals. is whoquestion really else knew about these incidents before and? oneis it possible that level above the chain of command could not have known about war crimes. there were serious evidence about war crimes. if they were not involved in the cover-up, they must have been willfully blind. >> to see the rest of our interview, as well as past interviews with glenn greenwald and laura poitras, you can go to our website, democracynow.org. a lawyer who represents snowden was detained while going through the airport at heathrow airport. jesselyn radack was told she was on a and inhibited persons list, a list used by the u.s. department of homeland security, to require further vetting of certain passengers. last august, glenn greenwald's partner was detained for nine hours. after the awards were announced, glenn greenwald tweeted, in the u.k. government,

he died at the scene on the vre manassas line on clara barton road. passengers were stuck there three hours. because the investigation is still going on, vre ran fewer trains this afternoon. >>> parents packed a courtroom today watching for justice watching the women accused of abusing their children face a judge. they ruled there is problem knowled -- probable cause. they face felony child cruelty charges. david culver explains where this case goes from here. >> reporter: this is kierra spriggs walking out of court today. her co-defendant went out a back way. co-workers recount iing alleged abuse against children. and fighting tears and heavy breathing on the stand, edwards told the judge i saw miss kierra spriggs bite the child's finger and i saw miss jordan trip the child. the judge thinks all the evidence presented there is probable cause for the case to move forward and will go to a grand jury in april. the attorney for the alleged victims' families says there could be many more charges to come down. that attorney is james mccourt and said on the