jonathan ferro on the story out of brazil. recovered russia and ukraine and brazil. tie the stories together. we have the chief investment of -- advance emerging capital. with two decades of investment experience. good morning. >> good morning. >> russia, brazil. earlier onuest on who says he thinks the investment case surrounding emerging markets will turn later this year. inertheless, where are we the investment cycle vis-À-vis emerging markets? are we getting close to a tipping point? what is the story? >> hopefully. this is what we do. we are in the emerging and frontier markets. it is not just running a hedge fund or you can benefit by being short. a challenginge environment for emerging markets for last couple years. politics have been part of the action out there. from a cyclical point of view, the biggest issue from our view is the fed and the monetary policy in the developed world. that remains the biggest overhanging cloud. we're seeing signs of what could happen when interest rates start rising in the developed world. in 2013. we talk about tapering and th

. >>> ahead of the world cup, brazil is making a huge invest. in security. >> we instruct them to be extremely careful to avoid incidents or scandals. >>> next - ensuring the tournament goes smoothly for all concerned >>> also, a land without a leader - political chaos in lebanon. >>> good afternoon to you. welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm morgan radford with the top stories. president obama made a surprise visit to afghanistan to spend memorial day with the troops. the president is expected to be briefed by military commanders and visit wounded service me on the bagram air base. there's 32,000 americans still serving in afghanistan. >>> meanwhile - pope francis is in israel visiting several religious sites in jerusalem. israel is the last stop on his holy land tour. earlier he was in bth elliot rodgers where he pray -- bethlehem, where he prayed at the wall separating israel and west bank. >> ukranian business petero poroshenko declared victory and exit polls gave him more than 55% of the vote. petero poroshenko vowed to align his countr

ambassador to brazil. >> is brazil ready for the world cup? any major event like world cup has it's challenges. i think similar issues have been raised in other major events. we have been following it and i think we fell that they are fully committed to having a successful game. >> when the opening match takes place on june 12th, many here hope to keep the focus on the field, not on issues off of it. elaine quijano, cbs news, new york. >> axelrod: up next, lightning strikes a new york city landmark. >> esotection of tena. so absorbent even when you twist not a drop escapes. ♪ nothing's missed with tenatwist ♪ ♪ i'm the protector of my patio ♪ ♪ killing weeds where they grow ♪ ♪ a barrier forms so weeds can't appear ♪ ♪ serious weed prevention up to a year ♪ ♪ new roundup max control 365 ♪ so i'm fighting weeds on opening day ♪ ♪ and preventing weeds while i get away ♪ ♪ weeds stay dead as we carve this beast ♪ ♪ and they still aren't back when i cook this feast ♪ ♪ new roundup max control 365 ♪ one more time let me make it clear ♪ ♪ with no mo

brazil is ready to put that ghost to rest. >> translation: the marriage between football and brazil is perfect. i started the decorations earlier to motivate the people, hoping they'd dive into the world cup. >> whoever said that football was just a game? in brazil, as the world cup looms, it looks like more than that. both on and off the pitch. >>> and a reminder you can keep up to date with the latest news on the website at aljazeera.com. >> some are blind. others are ridden with cancer. many have serious mental illness. all of them are old.

in a recent online poll in brazil, only 22% of people in the country are even going to root for brazil the world cup. the amount of dissatisfaction with what fifa has done in conjunction with the workers party is reaching historic heights. amy, you and i have discussed these issues around mega-events for years -- the displacement, the debt, and yet this is the first time since 1968 olympics in mexico city that you have seen master administration's in advance of the event itself. and that is what makes this historic and why the whole world is watching brazil right now. >> but what about this, you have a situation where two --inistrations of supposed workers party, socialist, have been involved in the expenditures and the preparations for this cup? >> that is an interesting part. one of the thing the workers , is they have made efforts to fight inequality. the program guarantees and income to the poorest brazilians if they take their kids to school and regular medical checkups, has cut inequality , whereere except for ria inequality has gotten worse. the problem is, first lula and then d

brazil is opening up, and having to be looked at and look at itself. >> brazil is a proud soccer nation. the team will be one of the favourites to win the world cup. there has been questions on whether the team needs to one in order for the president to be reelected. will the outcome of the world cup have that much of an impact onelections coming up? >> i think it could. i have been here for years and i've seen the nation enter into depression when the team does not win. this time, if it happens with the world cup being here, i don't want to think about it. i think it could have an impact on politics, yes. >> a proud soccer nation gain, to say the least. thank you so much. live from rio de janeiro. >>> a new look at vladimir putin - check this out - he's on skates. he donned number 11 for an ice hockey festival in sochi. it was app amateur game in the night hockey league. it was formed to give businessmen who worked during the day a chance to may at fight. he scored a double hat trick, six goals - but who is going tocheck vladimir putin. >>> in switzerland, the competition was more even

the last time brazil had the world cup was in 1950. ask how many times brazil has won the world cup and the answer is on the tip of their tongue. just how engrained soccer is in the culture here. >> brazillians have been playing soccer since we were in cribs. we were born kicking the ball. >> reporter: brazil so ecstatic when it was announced it would hold the 2014 world cup. but evening amongst brazil's hard core soccer fans the enthusiasm has waned. it has cost brazil $11.5 billion in taxpayer money. the construction of some of the stadiums is still behind schedule and in recent weeks the country has been hit by a wave of descrieks leaving thousands of -- strikes leaving thousands of residents strand he who rely on public transportation. shocked by this year's lack of enthusiasm. >> i think the other world cups they weren't held here in brazil, you could feel the excitement building up to the games. long before the games you would see the street decorated, dogs would wear brazil soccer shirts and i'm not really seeing that this year

. >> in just over three weeks, football's world cup begins in brazil. with each passing day, worries over security are growing larger. >> many brazilians are angry at their government's spending spree to fund the tournament and are making their anger known. a group of protesters threw stones outside a building where fans can view the world cup trophy before storming it. >> the greatest worry at the moment, however, is the ongoing unrest in the country's largest city. >> burning buses in the streets of sÃo paulo. less than a month before the soccer world cup is set to kick off, brazil's biggest city is in turmoil. earlier, a strike by public transportation drivers caused chaos in the city. brazilians have been protesting for months. they say the costs or the world cup are way too high. estimates show brazil will spend more than 40 billion euros on the event. many of sÃo paulo's 11 million residents live in slums and believe the money could be better spent raising living standards. instead, housing prices have soared in areas around the newly built stadiu

so what is going on in brazil right now? ahead of the world cup, which is set to begin on june 12th, protesters have raised several significant concerns. delays in construction where three of the 12 stadiums have yet to be finished, the deaths of nine workers at stadium sites, substantial public funds spent on the world cup originally intended for transportation and infrastructure projects that were supposed to benefit all brazilians. these criticisms are not new. this comes after more than a million brazilians took to the streets last year to protest and bring attention to the country's rampant government corruption and high levels of inequality. more recently, the country has seen widespread civil unrest that has ticked up in the low-income communities that the brazilian government claims have been pacified ahead of the world cup. but that pacifying comes with numerous allegations of abuse at the hands of brazilian police. and the police are not the only ones trying to pacify. they're also clearing these communities, demol

brazil's getting a lot of attention?e it's going to host the 2016 olympics, also the world cup, the world cup of soccer kicks off next month. croatia versus brazil. it's the tifert match. the nation is also hoping to boost sales of its national spirit. t's called can -- can -- cachaca. thank you for being here. did i pronounce that at all correctly? >> cachaca. that's one of the biggest stumbling blocks is that people have trouble saying it, at least in this country. but that's it. once you know it -- >> what is -- what would be -- how do you describe cachaca to people who have never been to brazil and don't know anything about this spirit? >> for one, most cachaca is made in brazil, the brazilians drink. there's no shame in not knowing what it is. nobody should fear that they don't know anything. most people who know about -- don't know about it in america because it's very similar to rum. sister to rum. the difference is that rum is usually made from mo lassas. not -- mo lassess. not always but usually. >> sugar cane,

they arrived in brazil last night.oreign team to arrive for the matches which start in two weeks. there are a lot of questions about this tournament. there has been a rash of severe violence in brazil. reports say drug gang activity is on the rise. there was a major shootout just last night. a taxi driver was killed in the cross fire. brazilians have been protesting the matches, saying that the government is overspending while ignoring social issues like transportation, health and education. the roof at an international airport in northern brazil collapsed last week during a rainstorm. and then there's the stadiums. of the 12 venues, many are not fully ready. media areas are not complete. roofs to shield fans from the sun and the rain unfinished. transportation, a huge problem. joe leahy is "the financial times" man in brazil. he's been in sao paulo. from the looks of it, it doesn't seem as though brazil can handle what is one of the biggest sporting events in the world. what can you tell us? >> so yeah, it's certainly

brazil is living in uncertain times. the country is less than 30 days away from hosting the world cup, one of the biggest sporting event in the world. at the same time there's sectors of society that are dissatisfied and not ready to celebrate. >> on the other side of town smouldering remains of an anti-world cup protest, a few thousand people, and it was bron up when riot police fired a mirage of tear gas. protests took a place in cities across brazil. the largest here in sao paulo. 5,000 working class families calling for more affordable housing and marching to the world cup stadium. they say the stadium, coupled with the world cup hype increased prices in the neighbourhoods that it's forcing the poor out. >> reporter: represent that used to be $150 a month is 300 a month. double. >> it was a peaceful march. when they arrived at the stadium they set tires on fire as a symbolic gesture. they poised to welcome the sporting wells, but some are burning first, with renewed contempt. >>> china says it will not give up an inc

but the deputy sports minister in brazil is promising that all deadlines will be met.he end of july, everyone will look back on the world cup brazil as they do on all sports events this size. the $370 million arena in sal palo will -- workers are scrambling to finish three other stadiums, but just getting around brazil could become it's own world cup. there's been several bus strikes, upgrades to airports are still wait and see. and almost dailey brazilians have taken to the streets to protest. >> they built the stadium, but all the infrastructure that's reported, the airports, the roads, to absorb the hundreds of thousands of people who are going to come into intradill, th brazil, they have not done that. >> there are 12 host cities for the 32 competing countries in brazil. close to a million tourists are expected to fly in. plus 3 million brazilians going to the matches. team usa will play it's very first match in the world cup june 16 against ghana. the upside there is if you're going to travel to root them on, that's one of the most affordable places to be in brazi

. >>> thousand was haitians migrate to brazil every year in search of a better life. many immigrate illegally through peru, but once they make it to brazil they often find employment. >> as a father all he wants is better life for his son. that's why they left their native haiti to travel to brazil. >> i want financial stability for my son to become an artist, to have a profession. >> haitians have been coming to brazil by the thousands over the last three years entering illegally through the border of peru. but now they're being bussed on a three-day journey to this church shelter for migrants in sao paulo. >> in the last two weeks 500 haitians have arrived here. so far this year it's nearly 900. this is a lot of people for us in a short amount of time. >> the church manages to feed and clothe them but there is a sense of urgency to improve the immigration process. they're now issuing a thousand work visas a month for haitians who want to come to this country. that appears not to be enough as haitians arrive with a lot of hope, with no work documents, no visa, very l

the social unrest has been rising in brazil which many see as a surprise given how much brazil ons loveany recently traveleded to brazil and wanted to find out why there is so much discontent in the nation just as it takes center stage in the global sports highlight. some of the images you're about to see could disturb you. >> reporter: for 100 years soccer has been the defining symbol of brazil, the soul of the people, a religion and tool used by politicians to unify this chaotic nation. but as brazil prepares to host the world cup, it is the dark side of the beautiful game that is dividing the country. >> translator: in holy wars they kill in the name of god. here they kill in the name of soccer. >> translator: the world cup's budget so far is $3.5 billion. in 93% of this money is taxpayer money. power and money hunger are above the interest of the citizens. ♪ >> translator: the world cup really came to inflate the ticket prices. all of the stadiums are being renovated for fifa but the tickets are too expensive. you see stadiums that get emptier and emptier. >> reporter: millions are

-- the ills of brazil?they have to win. it is amazing, given how important football is to brazil, that it is not popular. government hase got the priorities wrong. but at the end of the day, the tournament will go well. brazil will play well. it will be better. it will turn out better than the pessimist think. >> goldman sachs said, by buyilian stocks -- resilient stocks. -- brazilian stocks. cup,they win the world stocks have a balance. what would you advise? how can one take advantage of the potential of brazil winning the world cup? would you by brazilian stocks? >> i wouldn't buy equities because they are going to win the world cup. look at u.k.. we have not won the world cup, but it has been a good market. resiliento buy equities because they are cheap and everybody is pessimistic. in that sense, it will make a big difference. >> what about the currency? is the best gainer among emerging markets's currencies. will it outperform competitors? >> it has more upside potential in the short term. it is still

half of brazil's 12 world cup stadiums missed the deadline to be ready. at one point fifa said that brazil needed a kick in the back side as relations between the governing body of world football and the game's spiritual home was tested. there have been a total of seven deaths at world cup stadiums including where england played their opening game. >> it is not a good plan to try to limit the right to host major sporting events in the world to a small group of rich countries. that does not reflect the reality of the world anymore in the 21st century. >> there is a different message coming from the streets. >> the world cup and the money being spent on it is creating deep divisions. most would consider themselves futbol fans but most are worried about the amount of money being spent on the tournament. there will not be a world cup. >> government determined the minority protests won't be allowed to disrupt the tournament. one reason for the public anger promised g line infrastructure projects. late or abandoned schemes across brazil part of what was a wider

that's why they left haiti more than a month ago to travel to brazil. "i want financial stability for my son to become an artist, to have a profession." hatians have been coming to brazil by their thousands, entering the country illegally through the remote amazon border with peru. with scarce resources they are bussed op a 3-day journey to this church shelter for migrants. >> in the last two weeks 500 haitians have arrived here. so far this year it's nearly 500. it's a lot of people in a short amount of time. >> the church manages to feed and clothe them. there's a search of urgency to improve the process for hatians. >> reporter: the brazilian embassy in parta prince say they are oush -- porta prips say they are usual suing 1,000 work visas. it's not enough, given how many hatians arrive with a lot of hope, no work documents, no visa and little money. >> there are some signs of improvement. work documents are processed in a day or two. it used to take more than a month in the border regions. >> but with all his work document in hand, it's still not ea

nhk world's takafumi terui reports. >> brazil, brazil! >> reporter: a throng of excited soccer fans gathered near the training site where brazil's national team practices. the devotees were there to show their support as their players arrived. excitement is building in the country, known as the soccer kingdom. but not everyone shares the happy sentiment. those opposed to having the games are making sure their voices are heard. protesters even yelled at the players, saying, the money should be spent on education or medicine, rather than soccer. >> translator: we are not against the national team. we just want to oppose to how the government operates the games. >> reporter: rallies have been held across the nation. about 1,000 protesters took part in one on tuesday in the capital brasilia. police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd and organizers had to cancel an event exhibiting the trophy. and there are other concerns. construction is taking longer than expected on infrastructure for the games. the stadium in sao paulo that's scheduled t

mike says brazil is so bad it's good, now talking about brazil as an investment opportunity.mism may lead to an investment opportunity. he's just wrapping up there. chris is taking the stage right now and we'll bring you details of new ideas there. novogratz of fortress likes brazil. over to you. >> we look forward to this comment. >> i will give you a way to play it. gol, brazilian airline cutting back on capacity. the ceo of delta sits on their board. novo thought so much of brazil, you looked a his shirt >> pretty casual. >> an ugh any shirt had the brazilian flag on it. i think they will do quite well. capacity coming out, prices growing up, world cup. >> world cup is in about a month, an interesting pick. it is the op-ed that has wall street buzzing. legendary activist investor carl icahn says warren buffet is wrong about coke. up next we will speak live to mr. icahn about his bold stand when the halftime returns live from the sohn investment conference live in new york city. ♪ ♪ over 1.2 billion eyeballs are on us during the two weeks at wimbledon. true tennis fans want

we will be here, loud, proud, brazil. >> it is between the team and u.s. and each other. >> before the game the parking lot looked like a 49er tailgate party. only with a lot more soccer balls. they have their world cup tickets. >> this is warm up. getting the lungs ready and ready to rock and roll. >> pretty much when i married him i bought tickets to the world cup. it is a fine line. >> in the end team usa won the match 2-0. no one can say this team doesn't have a loyal following. at candlestick park, abc7 news. >> espn and abc are your destinations forld cup action. it starts on saturday june 14th, with columbia taking 0*reece at 8:30 a.m. a and then following that match you are raw go we faces costa rica at 11:30 in the morning. >>> a random askt kindness honoring local heros. the generous gift given to a group of firefighters and how they chose to pay it forward. plus, is it amazing or cruel? the shocking stunt that the daredevil pulled while his dog was stropped to his back. -- strapped to his back. and up close and personal with a dangerous tornado.

brazil needs investment in those areas. that's for sure. protesters areat now breaking and burning things, and that's money that we are going to have to spend again. despite the conflict, pele has called on the people of brazil to support the team once the world cup kicks off. with roland garros just around the corner, the french public is once again dreaming of seeing one of their players, such as jo-wilfried tsonga, lift the title. the wait for a winner on the men's side dates back to 1993 in yannick w?q?q?q?q?q?gg99Ññwççac

he's not going to brazil.onovan fires back after being cut from the roster. >>> in portland oregon the water is safe to drink. this afternoon the city lifted a boiled water notice in effect since yesterday. the warning was implemented after tests showed elevated levels of ecoli. tests today came back clean. >>> a wildfire burning in arizona is expected to tripple in size much the fire is 5% contained and crews say they'll let it continue to burn until it reaches flat areas that they can't defend. that means they can grow up to 36 square miles. it is still unclear what started it. and speaking of wild weather, al jazeera's rebecca stevenson is here with a look at the forecast. >> the first hurricane of the season for the atlantic or pacific is here. it's amanda and is a category 3. it's in the eastern pacific. this storm a spinning off thunder storms, strong, wet storms dumping rain fall in some of the same places that had significant rain last year with hurricane emanuel. that slammed into parts of acapulco an

and now brazil has only completed about 10%.at gives you an idea of how much they have ahead of them. a lot of people are blaming corruption. it is well documented that construction firms and brazilian politician he have been working together for a very long time and that raises questions of who's playing the watchdog? who's overlooking these billions of dollars worth of contracts? >> christophe we know -- credit we know you're heading there tomorrow, what are you hearing? >> people are left out of the population. they are seeing billions of dollars of their hard earned money on these extravagant structures that have a one time use rather than going back into the communities. there are people claiming that their rents are being tripled overnight, pushed out to build structures over them. there is a general sentiment that they are not getting the benefit of all this money and as a result brazil could be sacrificing a little bit of its future in order to host just the world cub and the olympics. >> "america tonight"'s christof put

is less than two weeks until the football world cup kicks off in brazil, but protests continue in rio de janeiro, and authorities say they have called in the armed forces to help. the additional 20,000 police and soldiers have deployed throughout real. security has been tightened at the other 11 match venues. over the last year, brazil has been rocked by a wave of protests against the high cost of staging the world cup and critics say the money can be better spent on social services. turning to the on-field action, and among the top favorites to win the world cup, of course, argentina, with a great squad, no denying it, and most observers believed teams from latin america have an advantage in brazil because of their familiarity with the climate on the continent, but critics point out that despite all of the big thes, argentina last won world cup in 1986. >> argentinians take their soccer seriously. it is a passion that seems to know no bounds, but the passion translates into higher expectation for the national team. after decades without a world cup win, the country is hungry for a tr

brazil is the world cup looms it looks like a lot more than that.on and over the pitch al jazeera, rio de janeiro. >> stay with us. we'll have full coverage of the world cup when that happens at al jazeera. coming up late next the latest f elections around the world and more from india >> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. night. >> just how safe is our nuclear arsenal from the fo for terrorit attack. show that they are cooking the book. and how college may hurt a new generation of graduates. an iranian video celebrating happiness is anything but for those that created it. i'm antonio mora, welcome to "consider this". here is more of what is

with the whole world watching can brazil even deliver?now sports money writer and wall street journal is spencer and textured this is really bad. there are buildings that are not done, a stadium that doesn't have a roof completed. >> yes and to your point the governing body requires that each stadium is tested out full capacity for three games before the world cup begins, but they are not going to even require the standard because the stadiums are ready. so, yet 12 stadiums either new or where there has been a lot of renovation and you don't even know how prepared those stadiums are. melissa: i have to wonder, spencer, you are a huge soccer fan does this just make it more exciting to plane stadium that's falling down around him? >> it seems like every time we have an olympics are world cup there is always like this that the host company will not be ready. in greece it was like nothing was going to be finish it went off pretty well and no one got hurt, but maybe this is the time it actually does blow up in the country's face. melissa: i gu

spanning all of brazil, david.tire month. what sort of occupancy are you seeing? what sort of demand from travelers to not only come to brazil for the world cup which is a popular thing to do, but also travel within the country to travel to most of the matches. >> as you mentioned, brazil is the size of the continental united states and the matches are 12 different cities. we're he flying people from one end of the country to the other. like i said, we're going to be pulling back a lot of our service and there will be plenty of space. when brazil plays it will be a bit of a -- quite hectic, for example, there will be 100 extra flights flying in on that day, but i think the government and working together with of the government regulators, we have slots, we have a plan in place, the airline will work closely and it's going to be hectic but it's going to work. >> you made the decision, david, to cap prices during the world cup at roughly 420 u.s. dollars. i'm just wondering what went into that decision and what you e

we will be here, loud, proud, brazil. >> it is between the team and u.s. and each other. >> before the game the parking lot looked like a 49er tailgate party. only with a lot more soccer balls. they have their world cup tickets. >> this is warm up. getting the lungs ready and ready to rock and roll. >> pretty much when i married him i bought tickets to the world cup. it is a fine line. >> in the end team usa won the match 2-0. no one can say this team doesn't have a loyal following. at candlestick park, abc7 news. >> espn and abc are your destinations for the world cup action. it starts on saturday june 14th, with columbia taking 0* greece at 8:30 a.m. a and then following that match you are raw go we faces costa rica at 11:30 in the morning. >>> a random askt kindness honoring local heros. the generous gift given to a group of firefighters and how they chose to pay it forward. plus, is it amazing or cruel? the shocking stunt that the daredevil pulled while his dog was stropped to his back. -- strapped to his back. and up close and personal with a dangerou

well these people for one. >> translator: now i'm terrified brazil should not host the world cup. absurd. all of these expenses do not have the population in mind. and now most of it is coming from our own pockets. >> reporter: protesters say the estimated $14 billion being spent on hosting the tournament is at the expense of health, education, and housing. louise loves his football but agrees. >> translator: as a brazilian, i'm in favor of posting the world cup, but in terms of everything we're giving up, it's not worth the sacrifice. >> reporter: brazilians across the country have also been protesting. a major concern to the authorities as the world prepares to converge on brazil for a tournament that seems to get bigger and costlier every four years. there is obviously some passion for the world cup. this on the iconic copacabana beach. but until the world cup actually kicks off, we will have to see where these pockets of passion infect the rest of this country. they will tell you it was so different the last time brazil hosted the world cup in 1950. >> translator: this explosi

i'm with al jazeera in brazil. >>> here is raul. >> stay with brazil fame and defending champion, worldspain will announce the score for the brazil cup in a few hour's time and they have already won the title in two european championships and attempting to be the first time since brazil in 1962 to successfully defends the trophy and if they do succeed and they will also become the first european team to win a world cup in south america. and the spanish great will be part of that squad hopefully and on monday he was part of the celebration as his club and the city celebrated winning the english premier league title with the friends and they claimed the epl crown on sunday with a win against west ham and it's the second trophy this season and winning the cup and it's the fourth time they won english league tidal over all and manual palagrini from manchester united from his first season in charge. >> i think everyone is sitting there around the club, the atmosphere has been positive, the fans have been positive, the team has been positive and everyone has been happy this season and winning

we will be here, loud, proud, brazil. >> it is between the team and u.s. and each other. >> before the game the parking lot looked like a 49er tailgate party. only with a lot more soccer balls. they have their world cup tickets. >> this is warm up. getting the lungs ready and ready to rock and roll. >> pretty much when i married him i bought tickets to the world cup. it is a fine line. >> in the end team usa won the match 2-0. no one can say this team doesn't have a loyal following. at candlestick park, abc7 news. >> espn and abc are your destinations for the world cup action. it starts on saturday june 14th, with columbia taking 0* greece at 8:30 a.m. a and then following that match you are raw go we faces costa rica at 11:30 in the morning. >>> a random askt kindness honoring local heros. the generous gift given to a group of firefighters and how they chose to pay it forward. plus, is it amazing or cruel? the shocking stunt that the daredevil pulled while his dog was stropped to his back. -- strapped to his back. and up close and personal with a dangerou

than american that go to brazil, u.s. requires have you a visa to go to brazil, which is crazy. they come here spend $200 million a day, we require visas, then brazilians say we'll have visas too, now hard for americans to go down there. neil: with olim olympics and all that. >> i hope we get rid of visas. neil: are they ready for olympics. >> let's start with the world cup. they will get it done. neil: straoelt -- wha what is g? >> people are fed up, they want change, twitter and this stuff, and facebook, a lot of people congate, arab spring all that, they get together, nobody of the hurt, one person was killed got hit by a car wandering into a street but no one was hurt. neil: do you think they are ready? >> they are ready. neil: without a hitch. >> they will keep is sep separated. i hope brazil wins, since i am a brazilian citizen too. neil: you have both. >> america i is in a tough pool, and brazil is great for business. neil: thank you david neeleman, more on so-called g.o.p. war on women. wait until you find out what qualifies as a war after this. friday night, buddy. you

this kicks off two weeks in brazil. everyone wants their country's team to win, investors in brazil are quite conflicted. sasha is here with the details. they are hoping that the whole team will lose. why? >> they are conflict it. there is such an identification of national pride. anything that is bad for the president is good for the market. wins, that could be significant distraction, bumper in the polls. if they lose in the semi finals, brazilians are going to be left with nothing to watch on tv. he will not refer argentina. they will be sitting there and say we're 7 million people who are living on a dollar 25. dust window between device and a day in the country has been $11 billion on this. we are living on $1.25 a day in a country that has spent $11 billion on this year at a >> where's all this money coming event? put on the >> she is down. she is about 40%. there is that it will not be a slamdunk for her in the election. she will probably need to go to a second round. >> she ran as the people's president and said

heads to the world cup in brazil next month. soccer fans didn't sell out the stick but they came close. two time soccer fans here, rowdy and there are the outlaws. >> outlaws are super fans, this chapter from san jose follows the team to brazil. >> soccer is everything. we will be here. loud, proud, brazil. we are ready. we are a family. it is a big community. >> before the game the parking lot looked like a 49er tailgate party with more soccer balls. one company have their tickets. this is warm-up. getting the lungs ready, ready to rock-n-roll. single i married him i bought sick its for the world cup. >> in the end, team u.s.a. won the match 2-0. no one can say this team doesn't have a loyal following. >>> espn and abc are the destinations for the world cup with our coverage on saturday june 14 with columbia taking on greece at 6:30. following that month, uruguay faces coast rica at 11:30 a.m. >> a hot of kids were emulating heroes during the spring soccer and the weather was nice. >> very nice weather. it will be that way agai

one of the areas is the stadium in western brazil. on june 13th, chile plays, and the stadium still needs a lot of work. even if they finish the stadium, getting there is going to be a problem. >> the 43,000-foot stadium is almost finished with workers frantically applying the final touches. good news for the inspectors. but it's a very different story. the smallest world cup venue in the heart of the agricultural state. antonio says the city and the geographic center of south america have turned into a construction and traffic nightmare. >> interpreter: this is a small neighborhood street which all of the traffic has to go through. residents are really angry, it gets worse every day. >> reporter: the 22-kilometer rail was supposed to join the airport to the city center, but it could be possibly years before completion. >> interpreter: this is another blocked street. we'll have to go two streets up. imagine if during the world cup all of this is blocked. i hope they have a magic wand. >> reporter: brazil was granted the world cup more

it's possible they come second and play brazil as soon as the second round.t's not going to be easy for the them. >> do you think there is more tension in this squad than in previous years? rumors of a feud between the captain and the midfielder? alonso does get in some digs? >> well, there was a lot of tension after the world cup generated by hose awe more -- b jose morino. there has been a little bit of tension again from the this season when there was a stamp on the net of pepe. there was a war of words with some people in the team declared to have been out of order and captain, a friend, says next time i see him, i think give him a clip on the ear. so, it's not quite as happy as it could be. but there is a suggestion that costa, the new addition, the brazilian, born in brazil nationalized only last year. there is a suggestion he has been taken out for non-sportsmanship. >> okay. ? >> and it's. >> we will have to leave it there. thank you very much to hear your thoughts on that. moving to basketball, the defending nba champions, miami heat have served noti

brazil's new world cup kit.e outfit that is going to be gone up some of the special forces in brazil, in rio around the world cup. in is been dubbed the robocop protective outfit. it is flame resistant, up to 427 degrees. it comes with all kinds of the quitman, some of it is so technical i cannot pronounce. it follows widespread demonstrations during last year's confederations cup and there has been public demonstrations around the world cup. even before, fans have had a chance the fallout with each other at the games, we have had demonstrators on the streets of brazil. some pretty serious equipment being given to the police and other forces in brazil ahead of that. they are being given martial arts training. wow. another world cup story. >> this is in the times on the front page. the british are always a little bit cynical about the english football team and its performance. the home office, the government apparently as cynical as well because there was a report commissioned about public opening hours because t

we started talking about different things they miss tsdz about brazil and coconut -- brazil and -- missedbout brazil and coconut water came up. one of my buddies fell in love with the girls, moved to brazil. i went to visit, we started to talk about a business plan. no ideas to create a big business. it was a side project. something fun. and it just kind of took off. >> it took off and there are some properties about coconut water which of course you've learned along the way. share some of them with us. >> coconut water is amazing for hydration. it's loaded with potassium. it has more than a banana in a small serving. and potassium accelerating hydration. so when you're exercising, when you wake up in the wintertime, you're in new york, the heat is on, you get that dry taste in your mouth, there's nothing better for hydration than coconut water. >> where do you get the coconuts? >> today we're tracking 1.5 million coconuts a day. >> 1.5 million coconuts a day. there's an assembly line going on. >> we're producing today in, we have eight factories around the world. packaging coconut water.

shops are selling goods related to the event, such as flags, whistles and t-shirts. >> reporter: brazil has won the trophy more times than any other country, but it hasn't hosted the event for more than 60 years. so excitement is reaching fever pitch. government officials are expecting a tourism windfall. they say more than 500,000 people will visit brazil to see the soccer, and more than 3 million brazilians will be traveling around the country to catch a game. young people are buying world cup stickers. they need 640 stickers to complete the album. so events have sprung up where they can trade with other collectors. and with 8 million of them sold, it's big business. >> reporter: television sets have been selling, too, especially the ones with bigger monitors. behind the world cup phrases, though, people are facing tough times. property prices have doubled in the last three years. and food has become expensive. the average price for lunch is now about $15. people have been staging protests and drawing crowds of thousands. they are trying to air their grievances while the world is watc

brazil is ranked 116 out of 189. not that easy because you have a government regulation on a lot of companies. right now the government is requiring an increase on taxes on beverages. companies are annoyed with this because they had agreed not to do this until after the world cup and now they are increasing taxes on these beverages for the second time in a month. it will eat into revenues. you have a government that is being incentivized to get some coffers ahead of elections. >> i want to thank you very much, katia porzecanski. the yankees are considered the ultimate sports franchise. one of its legends is willie randolph. he is out with a new book. he told me earlier why he wrote the book. >> i have been in baseball all my life. my mom talks to me all the time about seeing me around the house. i have been loving the game for a long time. i signed in 1972 with the pittsburgh pirates. i have been in baseball almost constantly for almost 50 years of my life. and so since i'm out of the game and i'm not managing or coa

brazil is 30% off the polls. 30%. unlike in india where you have got unprecedented control on a mandate to make a pro business environment, i don't think you're going to get that in brazil. even though i think this is a exciting market to be. it's not the right time to be buying it. >> pete? >> i like india. i don't think the u.s. has tapped out. i believe strongly there's a lot more upside coming in our markets. i like india and the epi. you were talking about the etf. you have got technology and energy. that's over 50%. because of that, i like where they're going and with the new regime, there's a huge commitment to infrastructure but the economy itself and trying to get more diversified that they were presently. i think it's going higher. >> then are you a believer of the india trade? >> yes. what i'm trying to do with brazil is get a similar type india kick. both of these are up a lot. >> i think they have kicked. i think it's a very exciting time. it's cool people are talking about emerging markets for their grow

they feel the tournament is more of a pr stunt to get brazil notice on the international stage. brazilian president dilma rousseff has been busy touring stadiums, some of which are not yet complete. the countries sports minister seems oblivious to such concerns. >> football brings happiness to a country. and it also awakens a sense of magic. >> the world cup has also resulted in a new focus on poverty and violence in the country. protests have been taking place nationwide. there have been numerous police operations in slums that have turned violent. many brazilians are shocked by what they are seeing. >> every brazilian is ashamed of what happened. you cannot be in favor of something that goes against the people. the world cup is a great thing, but the impact is not. >> all the money is spent on brazil's international image, but the brazilian people suffer. >> street festivals -- he does not want the bad mood bringing him down. at the end of the day, he says it is about football and a brazilian victory. >> it will not solve the problems we have, but it will definitely soothe the