the popular uprising ousted the former autocratic leader, zine el-abidine ben ali, in 2011 after more than two decades in power. on thursday, ali larayedh said he would step aside at head of fresh democratic elections. of freshside ahead democratic elections. >> i have served my country. i have kept my promises, and i'm allowing the country to enter into a new era. >> larayedh's resignation comes after lengthy crisis talks with the opposition following the and that -- the assassination of two left wing politicians last year. the government has struggled since coming to power in 2011. the parties -- party has faced widespread protests. taking its place, the habit of technocrats -- a cabinet of technocrats who will guide the country into new elections. they are currently voting on a new constitution that they hope will be adopted by january 14. a sign of anger towards the outgoing prime minister, countrywide protests which began on wednesday and continued into thursday. the violent demonstrations were spawned by a tax hike in the latest budget. protesters say the cost of living has spir

this three years after the fall of autocratic leader ben ali lawmakers completed their line by line scrutiny of the text on thursday after three weeks of heated debate on a range of issues including the role of islam women's rights and independence of judiciary the charter needs two thirds of the two hundred and seventeen assembly members to vote in favor of it. african republic as the new interim president but that's had no impact on the violence at least ten people were killed on friday. one victim a muslim a former minister was stepping out of the taxi he was hacked by machete wielding militia men but comes a day after interim president catherine some of khan's i was sworn into office. fighting between christians and muslims continues despite efforts from french and african troops to restore order crossing paths in and buy new reports now from the pk five neighborhood in the capital monday. this is the key find a muslim neighborhood involved in the capital city of the central african republic the country's new president catherine someone comes up has pledged to do everything she can to pa

the most secular arab countries but comes three years of ttc as uprising against former president ben ali inspired a wave of air and bolts. talks between ukrainian president and opposition leaders have ended in failure. opposition head to tully klitschko said that as a chemical which yielded nothing in the second round of talks. klitschko voiced concerns that the deadlock with the two more bloodshed. at least three protesters were killed on wednesday in the capital kiev. the opposition is trying to wring concessions from yanukovich that would end to months of street protests against his will the frosting had to go to crack it met with some of the demonstrators overnight if the results if i cut the rope between the ages of the opposition political parties to present a candidate with a brand new but it is going up and institutes distance but up and defend its quest for perfect this time it took me to carry on the struggle that if it up with many new barricades if they had to go to make it all in the president's promise this protocol provides a toast to him in court on tuesday to comment. i

. >> tunisia has approved its first constitution says that 2011 uprising that ousted president ben alihe charter passed the national assembly by an overwhelming majority following a months long deadlock. seen as one of the most progressive obstetricians in the region, it designates islam as the national religion but guarantees freedom of worship and recognizes gender equality. the world 85ays richest people have as much wealth as the 3.5 billion poorest people -- half of the global population. according to oxfam, the wealth of the world's richest one thing percent amounts to $110 trillion. seven out of 10 people worldwide live in countries where inequality has grown over the last three decades. republican congress member trey radel of florida has resigned two months after pleading guilty to misdemeanor possession of cocaine. he was arrested in october followed by a stint in rehab. he voiced his intention to remain in office, but came under pressure from fellow republicans to step down. his arrest came just weeks after he voted for provision that would force food stamp recipients to und

located on the third anniversary of the overthrow of tunisia long time strongman xena and eighteen ben ali the anniversary dampened by political gridlock as delay the passage of a new constitution sixteen year old mean it can't afford proper shoes to work some of their food isn't a need for support seven members of his family it's hard work and not as constant as he'd like. month than money. i don't own a scale of the island and the saffron revolution and the situation would improve the thought of it but life is getting more and more expensive. nobody can call it an a for people like us just can't do it anymore and i were dying my sleeve in the price of bread on the moon. responsibility weighs heavy on the shoulders of his team. his father is ill and his elder brother is in a wheelchair. some even took the burden on himself leaving school at fourteen and assuming the role of the house. the rumor he speaks his brother is almost empty furnished just tickled tv and a broken bed. he admits he's still struggling with his new responsibility he himself is still just a child. and that normally peo

think of a tunisian journalist who i interviewed, and she was somebody who was a staunch opponent of ben ali. and at first was sort of hopeful that when they took power in tunisia would represent in some way a step forward. but she said that within about six months she understood that they didn't mean for there to be a transition at all. they simply meant for them to be in power now running the same system. as she said, these were not revolutionaries in her, this her view. in her view. the attraction of these movements, i think, in any context using the rhetoric of religion and claiming to speak in the name of god can be very persuasive and appealing to people. and, again, what a wonderful tunisian activist said to me, and i want to put this on t-shirts, no one has the right to appoint himself the spokesperson of good. and i think, you know, that's absolutely right. but sometimes these movements do that, and that can make them very attractive. government protection. this is a very big question in the context where the fundamentalists are in nongovernmental roles and are attacking the populat

ken norton broke mo hamed ali's jaw and was heavy weight champion of the world. ben's victory at an international piano competition was seen as an american victory over the soviet union at the height of the cold war. he became the first musician to get a ticker tape parade in new york. maria was our first great ball rena, the native american brought worldwide acclaim to american dance at a time when ballet was dominated by russians. tom clancy thrilled us with his techno tails of the cold war, and the hunt for red october. el moore leonard rose wrote dozens of best selling crime novels. while scottie was the fist la dino to win the put zero prize. doris rut sing won the nobel prize for literature. >> lou reed walked on the wild side and influenced generations of rock stars. joshing jones sang about being country when country wasn't cool. critics have called him the definitive country singer of the last half century. ♪ freedom freedom >> fame came to folk singer after an improvised performance atwood stock. for decades deer abby's pauline phillips gave millions advice.

ali velshi. >> the u.s. economy had the best both in a decade. that gave investors something to celebrate. and plus, a look at ben bernanke's last day of punching the clock at the federal reserve. and in google glass we trust. why one man is an evangelist for technology. >> this is ali velshi, and today's top stories. georgia's governor deal, spoke about the chaos about the winter storm that hit his state this week and the gridlock and the chaos created by the storm. the national guard has been helping drivers return to the thousands of cars abandoned on the highways during the storm. >>> dzhokhar tsarnaev could face the death penalty if convicted. today the attorney general, eric holder, announced that prosecutors will seek to have tsarnaev executed. the blast last april killed three and wounded more than 200 people. syria has turned only 5% of its chemical weapons. the u.s. has accused them of not destroying them on purpose. >>> a mother and her eight children were killed today in a small rural town in kentucky. the father and one daughter were able to get out and they are in the hospital in stable condition. t

ben, yeah, just at midnight. hundreds of thousands of people gathered for spectacular fireworks display. real money with david shuster in for ali velshi is next. >> new confidence for the new year consumer sentiment is beginning to surge and the housing market is starting to cool off. that's a good thing. we will explain. plus have you heard about the online currency called bit coin. why it's not the only game in town. and the corporate cash that is now pooing into college football bowl games. who is making millions off the ncaa. 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

ben lemoin reporting from new orleans. >> no mercy for the markets. the dow slipping 41 points. the man is back, "real money" alilshi, back from davos switzerland, with a lot of swag i hope. why are the investors spooked? >> one is a 30% gain in the stock market, anything will spook investors. as interest rates were low in the united states, people could borrow money in america and invest it somewhere else for a big return. now as the fed starts to pull out of the stock market and rates start to go up this whole transaction becomes a little less interesting so some emerging markets will suffer. when you combine that with a report we got out of china on friday, that shows china's mixed markets, they have been on a tear and then you look at china which last been keeping those emerging markets going by buying natural resources for them which then they produce and make into goods they sell to the west. so it's all this connected thing. if emerging markets has been the fastest part of the market and it's slowing up that's what's making investors nervous. >> how series are these declines? >> we're going to talk about

ben bernanke started the tapering. it means our interest rates are probably going to start to get a little bit higher over the course of the next year. >> can't wait to see your program. ally ali is back. top of the hour. >>> the national weather service is warning about potentially deadly cold temperatures. coming up, we look at what the cold can do to a person. it's not pretty. >>> also, hundreds of thousands of americans who lost their unemployment benefits could get a bit of help if congress can find some common ground. >>> welcome back to "al jazeera america." i'm tony harris. here's a look at your top stories. ira iraq's prime minister called residents of fallujah to drive out what he calls terrorists. rebels from a group called islamic state of iraq are battling government forces to control the cities of ramadi and fallujah. >>> the supreme court put same-sex marriages on hold in utah. the court agreed to a request from state officials there to stop weddings while they appeal a different court decision from last month. hundreds of couples got married in that time. the legal status of those marriages are now in doubt. >>> deep freeze, posing serious threats to much of th

ben? >> yeah. generally i think that is fair. but, you know, the reality is don't forget the stock and that's what we care about is really driven by aliiness makes up 15% of the actual stock value the media and we all spend a lot of time talking about marissa and the core but that's really not what's driving the stock. >> i've read through the note that you've got here and, of course, you have the advantage of having a chinese internet analyst. he's suggesting it could ipo at $200 billion. if it did that, their stake,ia yahoo's take would be worth $48 billion and yet its current market cap is only 38. it doesn't stack up. >> the issue is what is the overall value and what will it look like once it goes public, there's a lot of uncertainty and concerns. and one of the things our man in china is worried about increasing competitive pressures there. it's the first time i've heard him express any concerns about the growth and that comes on the heels on the fact the growth rate decelerated last night. >> where does the stock stack? >> we've had a hold opinion on the shares. we increased our target price. it's now $45 a share up from 36 a s