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bilal says his father was threatened by the taliban, demanding he join them or his family would be killed>> fleeing, they are two of tens of thousands of unaccompanied children that washed up in western europe this year. >> when you have an unaccompanied minor, we are supposed to deal with this e. >> this is a unicef representative in macedonia. >> the guys they want to go to europe. if you stop them, it would be against their best interests. >> normally that would be part of your job as u.n.i.c.e.f., to gather the kids up, and keep them safe? >> yes. what we want, what we are looking for is to make sure the children are not called. we are making sure they are not smuggled. i can tell you all of the world between here and germany, no one is going to do anything legal. no one had the means. the main objective is to make sure no one stays behind. >> the truth is on the long road many countries like macedonia don't want the burden of caring for the children. so it's not until they get to destinations in austria, germany and beyond, that they come forward and ask for help. last year alone ger

rain, you taking a globalized point of view because you're looking at the value and currency on a bilalal basis or a broad trade-weighted basis. tom: first of all, i thought they already g merged. that is the mergers you have seen within digital technology. western digital be buy sandisk. let's go to the sandisk chart. what is so odd here is it is the anti-yahoo!. here is the boom in 2000. everybody looks like this including marissa myer. we do not have a price yet. correct me. there it is 67.50 in cash plus a hounching shares and that is about right here. the share overlay. this is the anti-yahoo! is what i would see in this smaller transaction. western digital to buy sandisk as well. coming up on bloomberg, a conversation with mr. and mrs. gates. of course they take part in the bill and melinda gates foundation. they have got some very interesting comments out in a series of interviews the last few days. bill and melinda gates later. ♪ tom: good morning, everyone. bloomberg "surveillance" futures negative 7. dow futures negative 59. don't forget our interview with the chief financial