caroline market has your market open. caroline: it was rattled yesterday.sa data not looking too positive. everyone is aware that it rate hike could be back on the agenda. we are starting to see things pull back today. in the -- mp moving forward, reclaiming some of yesterday's losses. we are looking pretty much flat at the moment. belgium is also up. the dax is up .2%. we have the g-7 kicking

. ♪ caroline: good morning and welcome to "countdown." i'm caroline hyde.e bring you on the story of how he is bringing you the story. first, finance ministers and central bankers from the g7 nations met in dressed in today for the annual finance summit. discussions on the economic growth and sustainability are on the agenda, but greece is turning out to be the talking point. hans nichols is addressed and with more great this g7 meeting seems to be shaping up as a blame game. hans: there is going to be blame is there is no deal -- if there is no deal. they are quite far apart from a deal. yesterday there was a flood in the market when news of a draft proposal was close. the eu shot that down and the french finance minister said it was incumbent upon the greeks to put things in writing. late last night we heard from him saying he was surprised to hear about a potential deal. he said negotiations have not gone very far. yesterday i spoke with the kind -- canadian finance minister and he said -- talked about the different perspectives on austerity. >> there is

caroline. caroline: manus, food for thought. artistic as well.say a deal to unlock rescue aid isn't imminent. the country needs to make stronger commitments to overhaul its economy. speaking at the g7 meeting in dresden, commissioner pierre moscovici says work is needed day and night to resolve the situation. fifa's members are set to vote for their new president in zurich today. the election comes in the wake of the corruption scandal which has seen several officials arrested. sepp blatter, who is sending -- who is running for a fifth term, is being challenged. to avoid a second round of voting, the leading candidate must get two thirds of the vote cast. japan's economy has limped into the second quarter with a host of poor data as well as a drop in household spending. inflation fell to zero. consumer prices excluding fresh food and the effect of last year's sales tax increase were unchanged. manus: let's get more on the japanese story now. let's cross to our bloomberg managing editor for the asian economy and government. he joins us from tokyo.

caroline: the u.s.tice has joined an investigation into a leak of confidential federal reserve information in 2012. the program relates to an alleged meeting between officials and global advisors. pimco's return fund has lost its crown as the largest mutual fund. pimco has suffered more than $110 billion in outflows. since bill gross left on september 25. the european central bank is considering delegating more power to avoid monetary policy makers becoming entangled in low-level details. according to people familiar with the matter. mark: we will round them all up with our next guest after the break. stay with us. ♪ caroline: can -- equity markets had a good day, once again hovering near their all-time highs. wonderful to have you in this morning. give us a sense of how you feel earnings season has kicked off this far. the u.s. seems to be outperforming. it always tends to. guest;: the benefits of the weaker euro is stirring to feed through. it is slow but it is coming. the size of the move over the la

mark: caroline is over there. >> good morning, caroline. carolline: good morning, guys.o be racing off to see the chief executive. numbers haven't broken, but we are getting numbers from the u.k. company. manus: earnings are out. in addition to the numbers stick around. we have the ceo, john rogers. mark: awaiting details from sainsbury's. we are expecting a net loss because of property write-downs. we could see the first drop in underlying profitability in 10 years. let's get to imperial, and we will come back to sainsbury's. caroline: we are getting a first-half earnings per share of 89.5 pence. overall, we are seeing a tax rate of 21% and an interim dividend which they have promised to keep increasing at 10% per year, 42 ap per share. net sales coming in at 2.9 5 billion pounds and an adjusted operating profit of 1.3 billion pounds. keep an i on all these numbers. they say they are on track to achieve their 2015 target. the 2015 target has been to raise the dividend by 10% overall. they have been trying to aim for savings as well, of 300 million pounds per year by 201

caroline: caroline hyde. mark: manus cranny. look at how billions of dollars collected in fines are being spent. probably something you would not expect. saving lives. that is the story on "countdown." mark: profit rose 66%. let's speak the company's c.f.o. hello. thanks for joining us. you have given guidance -- why should we believe your guidance deal? five times last year you raised your guidance. why should we believe the guidance when we know you're going to raise -- boy couldn't you be less cautious? >> we believe we're -- oil prices where they are at the moment we have been somewhat cautious when we look at our guidance. our profit is 10% up where it was on the current year. $867 million. could be $970 million next year. 10% increase in passengers. we have become the first airline in passenger ever to carry 1 million passengers. the cost remains very much in check. our unit costs excluding fuel -- there are a lot of positives in there. caroline: you said fuel prices could spark irrational behavior by competitors. >> it co

what could change. ♪ caroline: welcome to "countdown ." i am caroline hyde. manus cranny. caroline: ryan chilcote sat down with the man considered europe's last remaining dictator. he is up for reelection. how the conflict in eastern ukraine has impacted his country. we bring you that exclusive conversation. manus: let's begin the day with our attention on asia and china manufacturing. it was a miss. pma data -- pmi data trailed estimates. zeb eckert is in hong kong. this is one of these classic moments where the official data and the survey data tell different stories. zeb: they certainly do. the private survey data is what we are looking at this month because the april numbers are still -- are showing the steepest contraction in a year. that is what we saw today. interestingly, stocks advanced because the number was so bad the market believes we will see more stimulus out of china. that is what you would expect given this sharp fall in new orders. also, this event are in of domestic demand and the fact that production levels at factories stagnated in the mo

caroline: election day in the u.k. seats in parliament up for grabs, and the makeup of the next government hangs in the balance. mark: welcome to countdown. also coming up today, we take a look at what it takes to be a successful boxing promoter. we bring you my part to of the interview with frank warren. we are also getting breaking news from the largest engineering company, they are cutting further jobs. 400 jobs, burdened by the declining oil price. profits from the so-called industrial operations fell to 4.6 billion euros. that is down from the 1.7 billion euros from the analyst numbers. kaiser, the chief executive, has announced 9000 job cuts in the last six months. he is trying to achieve one billion euros in savings by next year. he is focusing on energy generation and distribution facing investor pressure after his decision to spend $7 billion acquiring another company. since that deal was agreed in september, the euro toppled against the dollar, and oil has fallen by 29%. placing the rationale of the takeover

caroline: it is the final say.xecutives from the world of finance who are going to discuss how private finance can help and how climate change is a risk to the stability of the global economy. investing less in industries which are big consumers of fossil fuels. we have had interesting surprises so far, including from the saudi arabia oil minister who was speaking with my colleague francine lacqua yesterday. saudi arabia is the biggest exporter of oil. even them, they want to do their part to fight against climate change. >> saudi arabia we recognize eventually, one of these days, we are not going to need fossil fuels. i don't know when. 2040, 2050 or thereafter. we have embarked on a program to develop solar energy. why? when we look up, we have the sun every day. acreage to lay them out. a very attractive project. we are embarked on developing a major integrated industry from the silica and in the ground to the panels and electric company. hopefully one of these days instead of exporting fossil fuels, we will be

[laughter] caroline: by senator pat moynihan's letter to me. a week before i left the white house come out to see president johnson to ask him if he was the president kennedy's committee for pennsylvania avenue. before we left washington, jacobin working on the president pennsylvania avenue project. what would drive from the white house to the capital and sometimes we would walk halfway there at night, the encroachments of the presidents house to preston. he wished to do something that would ensure immobility of architecture along the avenue, which is the main artery of the government of the united states. this is not something that came with my trying to restore the white house. it was his own vision. that's why felt such an urgency about asking president johnson. i knew he would've so many things piling on him he would not give priority to the committee for pennsylvania that's why i begged him to receive them. he did. you can ask how surprised they were to be among the first means of lyndon johnson. here comes the hard part. i gather from the

francine: caroline, you also spoke about the u.k. elections. caroline: i did.f executive of one of the key ftse 100 players, i had to ask her what she envisions for the next government. she wouldn't tell me who she wants to win, but she did say what she wants any government to try to prioritize. >> what's important to me, as i look at any government is for a government to really think about properly about policies in relation to business. i mean all business. i think also it's important that whatever party thinks carefully about regulation, in relation to tobacco, clearly i'm very focused on evidence-based regulation that's effective. but also i think in a number of other industries, that's going to become increasingly important. caroline forefront in her mind it's just been put into law they want by may 2016 standardization of cigarette packets, but she says she they're contemplating litigation on that front. clearly regulation, a key point for them. but also i wanted to get a view on what would happen in terms of the relationship with europe. is she worried a

>> ridge: i'm so glad you're home. >> carolin

the daughter caroline was married. i don't know she -- james taylor: caroline de windt. edith gelles: de windt. yes. james taylor: yes. yes. edith gelles: she was married at that time. and the son was also an adult. so there were no small children. , susan swain: our last video of abigail's death at peacefield. and if we -- all right, we don't have that. so we have very little bit of time left. so, in bringing this full circle, for people who have been introduced to abigail adams tonight, what's the important thing to know about her? what was her impact or influence on american history? edith gelles: she was influential and particularly as

caroline: the speculation has been right about that.e have managed to get a conversation with liberty global's owner on the phone. he is telling us yes a deal would be a great fit. he says check out whether it be germany, the u.k., the netherlands -- there are significant synergies. very substantial synergies. think of it -- you have cable to which land and you -- cable to whichyou have been virgin media owned by liberty global. analysts have been agreeing. a stock-based transaction would give synergies about 1.4 billion pounds. i love this. john malone calls it in a jar. how do you get your ahnd out of the jar with it? manus: i thought bananas slip. jan is the really cherishes it. which part of it does he not want? that is the question we will ask. mark: thank you. top stories this hour -- six chinese citizens have been indicted in charges of stealing mobile phone technology is from two companies in the u.s. and sharing it with our own government. the charges represent the u.s. government's latest efforts to pressure beijing to stop th

let's go to caroline hyde. caroline: i will start on a green note.s french company is all about cable and sfr as well. the mobile phone company that it acquired up 7% to this as our earnings really do be analyst estimate. it is not ending in the first quarter they say it will keep growing profitability and they see earnings growth in excess of 20%. they say look, you know that french price work, it is over. they say they expect it to continue growing. the owner of numeric, -- numeric able also driving higher. many felt that the analyst estimates, looking for numbers more detailed in manner later, but sales up 4% and profit up 46%. if you look at a reported basis, no profit. we see a reported loss of 90 million danish krone. russia is still a weak point. jon: thank you very much, let's keep it on the earnings. shares trading sharply lower this morning. the ceo told anna edwards that the company is spending its cash on reducing passenger fares. >> we will still see a benefit in full year. as we see the fuel benefit we are passing through the fuel benef

caroline hyde, i am never going to. caroline: you and mark never have.l find love in the reruns. jonathan: if we had to break, let's head to market share. the dollar at a four-month low. the euro pushing high. you see stocks turning over in the early part of the session. the dax down. the euro at 1.14 flat. that's strong dollar was the story, the analyst capitulating on that story. the dollar, 05. we are that strong dollar to come through. ♪ jonathan: >> it is a miss management crisis. >> you are talking to each other. >> starting from four years ago the european leaders transforming a financial problem of 2% in total debt, the massive unemployment problem in europe. while you have such a politician that is not able to manage. you can add also the situation of the new government in three months they transform all of the benefit of the aid in the last two years or something. one year ago they could top the market and earn excess of the market. they are completing the ecb. the point is they have no convenience in going out from the eurozone because they ha

caroline hyde has more. caroline: it is pretty minimal. 10 straight quarters.ve had declining revenue. you look at the share prices not much of an exuberant reaction, that is coming down to the forecast for next year. the organic earnings growth will be 11.5 to 12 billion pounds. many felt it would be 11.9 billion or not really excelling the forecast, but they are trying to woo investors saying we will grow our dividends annually. that a lot they are promising at the moment. if you dig into the region this is where it gets interesting because deutsche bank is flagging the fact that there has been regulatory pressure. netherlands returns growth and czech republic they return to growth in the second half. they have germany italy, spain greece and romania still seeing declines. the declining rate is slowing and improving in the second half. germany is where the concern is. eating into the vodafone market share in germany. in hungary, across the year they are doing well and outside of europe, asia and the middle east and the asia-pacific doing well. italy up 12%. i

and caroline says, that is born. she tosses out the singer. says, besides, daddy will be dead by then. [laughter] this is a real conversation. i wonder if caroline had been speaking with republican leadership. the reason so many of us are here in this great gathering. we love our grandkids and this nation is in crisis. this is not a typical time in politics. we are at the edge of a precipice. i don't think we have hit the point of no return yet but it is close. it is now or never. we either pull this country back or we risk losing the greatest country in the history of the world. today, for the first time in history, a majority of americans believe that our kids will have a worse life than we do. 65%, that has never been true in history of america until this instant right now. maybe the most un-american idea you can imagine. i think the central issue in 2016 is going to be how do we reignite the promise of america. how do we get back to that fundamental american ideal that our kids will have a better life than we did and their kids will have a

caroline: they can survive yet still. you strike to say that these are resilient companies, but the fact that they didn't inc. shock and horror -- they didn't think shock and horror that surprised me. manus: yesterday, it was jcb saying it doesn't matter. i feel like i am living in a time warp bubble from yesteryear. you talk about business -- where is the business coming from? he identified some interesting regions. caroline: we think that this is a major u.k. player, but this is a company that operates in 23 countries, 13,000 employees. i wanted to know where the interesting parts of growth from, not just in fast-growing regions. >> where we are seeing hotspots are down in africa. the economy is going well there and we highlighted someone offs with asia. business in africa and asia is getting -- has a good reach. there is for strong growth in europe as well. mark: and what about m&a? caroline: he is seeing growth in france, of all countries, but they were also talking about -- there are so much m&a and speculation in th

. >> the baby growing inside caroline doesn't belong to her.ally belongs to this woman, who has the same last name. shannon savage. >> i'm thinking, this woman has got to be a basket case and then find out she's pregnant -- oh, by the way, with somebody else's kid. >> here's how the embryos wind up in the wrong womb. to locate where the frozen embryos are stored, a lab worker by mistake uses shannon savage's paperwork instead of caroline savage's. the worker pulls shannon's embryos from a cryopreservation tank and places them on a petri dish with the name "savage" on it. nine months later, knowing she was having someone else's baby, caroline gives birth to little logan and then gives him up to his real parents. >> can you say hello to everybody? say hi? hi? >> to think that a woman carried someone else's baby, albeit by accident, to term and then had to hand that child over to that couple, not achieving her own pregnancy, first of all, she's an amazing woman. and secondly, it's a tragedy. >> happily, sean and caroline recently had twins, isabel

caroline: i don't think they have figured that out. the regulations are stringent on chinese authorities when it comes to content. since april, if you want to show "madman" and "simpson's." a cannot show entire episodes until all of them have shown. until the season has ended, you are not allowed to broadcast. they are coming down more quickly. episodes need to be handed in. they need to check for violence sexual offensive issues in it. the ruling communist party could say no. that is going to be some thing to navigate. "house of cards" is brilliant. a few episodes may be deemed offensive to the ruling communist party. anna: a lot of navigating to do. manus: in the words of frank underwood, democracy is so overrated. let's turn our attention to greece, the officials continue to negotiate today with the imf and the euro creditors. the latest round of talks started yesterday. this week greece made a payment of 750 million euros. it had to dip into the imf reserves to do so. the nation also slips back into recession. varoufakis says yeste

caroline connan joins us from that event. caroline: yes, good morning.one of the biggest asset managers in europe. we are here at the final day at unesco headquarters in paris. can we ensure ourselves against women change? >> the answer is not an easy one. as long as global warming and climate change is not too strong, yes, we largely can ensure ourselves area -- ourselves. if the warming goes beyond two degrees, it is going to become probably impossible. the way to insure yourself is not only to buy protection. it is to change your behavior. caroline: axa has commitments to fight climate change. could you tell us what axa is doing? >> insurers have very large balance sheet. insurers often mirror what happens in the economy and society. climate change is really embedded in what we see. it is embedded in the risks we see among our clients. what we do is, we try to increase what we do on the prevention side. we try to improve what we do on the resilience and recovery side. today, we are announcing very significant commitment on both sides of our balance sh

caroline hyde and matt campbell. bloomberg's reporter at large.e program we're going to hear exclusively from the former c.e.o. at sony about the hacking fuss and what is next for the industry. stay tuned for that conversation. ♪ guy: good morning. welcome back. you're watching "the pulse" live from london on bloomberg television. the former c.e.o. of sony has expressed his surprise that the company hasn't figured out "the dangers of putting sensitive information into emails." it comes after sony pictures suffered huge embarrassment of the confidential emails that hackers exposed. >> if somebody wants to get t at you, they will get at you. cybertheft is everywhere in every company. cyberpenetration is in every company. the differences that i think people would no longer write e mails with content they shouldn't do. i would have thought that sony would have figured that out. people never expected that email in a picture company would be exposed in that way. we had a previous experience when i was c.e.o. of an electronics company having been penetra

caroline, our seven-year-old, is a rascal.t is how god made her from the day she came into this world. it is how she will be every day on this planet. we are driving down the george washington parkway. caroline is in her car seat kicking the back of my seat, like she usually does. and our girls are to have a conversation. heidi and i just listened quietly. i don't know if any of you have ever done that -- listened quietly to your kids. caroline says catherine -- what do you want to do when you grow up? and catherine says, i want to work in the united states senate. [laughter] i want to work with daddy. and caroline says, that is boring. she says, we're going to be rock stars. [laughter] and then she tosses out the zyngainger. besides, daddy will be dead by then. [laughter] but this is a real conversation. i kind of wondered if caroline had been speaking with republican leadership. [laughter] maybe she knew something that i did not know. the reason so many of us are here in this great gathering, is because we love our kids. [ap

. >> caroline: oh, come on. i'm an l.a. >> ridge: uh-huh. >> caroline: clearly, since i forgot how to walk in new york without getting hit by a car. >> ridge: you went through all this, and you didn't tell me about it. why? [ knock on door ] >> ivy: ridge? hey. >> ridge: hey. >> ivy: ca-caroline?

michael tried pulling caroline offer. >> and before i could we were wide open. we probably was going about 50, 55 miles an hour. >> were you terrified? >> oh, yes. she was screaming. >> oh, yes. because i didn't know what, what else to do. >> oh, poor caroline, i'm sure terrified, too poor pup. now, ruth crashed through a fence and right into john's pool. luckily, no one was hurt, and no charges will be filed. but, oh, when animals get spooked, you never know what will happen. >> still sweet caroline. indeed. hey before you leave home, katie has another look at beautiful weekend forecast for you. >> also, talking to the president can be intimidating, but not for one boy. see the funny exchange he had after cutting the president off. you're not supposed to do. that will first what's coming up tonight on cbs-3. this is the "name your price" tool. it gives you options based on your budget -- it's a piece of cake. i was told there would be cake. get a free quote at progressive.com. >> i don't know if you guys heard, but big celebration on sunday. >> this man, ukee;

caroline: u.s. secretary of state john kerry heads to sochi to meet president putin for the first time in two years with ukraine, sanctions and syria high on the agenda. ♪ mark: welcome to countdown. anna: i'm anna edwards. mark: coming up today optimism about greece but britain is better off in the eu. mario draghi is his era. -- hero. >> i just assumed people would figure out how to keep greece part of the euro. that is not the problem to me. the problem is fundamental structural flaws in europe. i'm more concerned about what is going on admittedly, france, spain -- in italy, france, spain. mario draghi is a hero as far as i'm concerned. mark: stay with us for more on that interview. manus: first, let's get into the breaking numbers. caroline has the numbers. caroline: 13.5 billion danish krone. creeping higher than before. organic and operating profit up 46% because the russian ruble is doing much better. compared to this time last year, the russian ruble was down 15% but on quarter terms, it has

we will have caroline go through that story. we have the story that draw he -- mario draghi may do a deal. a guilty charge for fraud on libor. it exonerates him from a guilty plea in foreign exchange. we are waiting to see it is a huge issue marks and spencer is down. the question seems to be around margins. the dollar is stronger going into margins. we are waiting on those minutes. day four and the decline of dollar sterling. you're looking at a 3% rise. how confident is the fed? we have to focus on price for you. he is not making a deal yet. manus: we have vodafone stock. wednesday morning. i will bring you an update on the story. another big story in the corporate world this morning. ubs saying it will plead guilty on libor conduct and will pay fresh fines to settle. they are poised to pay fines. what do we know? >> they announced what the others are going to get to around 1:00. ubs has been implicated in the same behavior. the department of justice has been granted leniency. it still has legacy issues related to libor back i

caroline hyde. what is the takeaway. caroline: profit was up 3% for the full year.e monopoly, the telephone monopoly, now it is all about rod band. this is the biggest provider of the internet in the united kingdom. this is where they added customers. 121,000 is what they managed to up in the last quarter. 49% of the market, in terms of growth. clearly, they are managing to lap up the market share. where is the modest growth coming from for the next year? it is coming from investment in fiber, in broadband. 40% of users have upgraded themselves to superfast broadband. meanwhile, you are investing in sports. bt sports -- 5 million of us are using bt sports in the home. and expansion of global services overseas. they got hit by the strength of the pound and that particular unit, but it is still an area of growth in terms of expansion. they are trying to show up in terms of the opportunities they have. the real opportunities are the mega acquisitions they are making. let's look at the 12.5 billion pounds they are flashing on ee. they looked at europe. they transported

caroline: we're looking at what was the former phone monopoly.iggest provider of the internet. numbers looking pretty good. the strength of the british pound, particularly in their british services. they flop that often managed to drive up services. clearly this is an area of growth. this is where they had previously said growth will come from. they have 40% of all of their customers upgraded. they are going to 5 million homes. and expansion in the global services business overseas. there also focusing on cost cutting. let's dig into these opportunities. it has all been about quad play. you don't want tv from one provider and your mobile from another person and telephone from someone else. your landline all from one provider. they snapped up for a cool 12.5 billion pounds. that is to drive the mobile side of the business and they're also saying that will add to their profits. to the tune of some 25%. there also all about content. of course, they have been begging up the premier league. this is clearly where the focus is now. i spoke to judy, the

what go to caroline hyde in london. caroline.handwringing going on at the ecb because it looks as though comments coming an executive board member seems to have driven the appetite for the bond market. exclusive dinner at the hedge fund managers attending. many people are worried about how messages are put across but certainly, the comments coming bird money going into the debt market. for spainming down and greece. member deford ever after the $400 billion selloff in the bond markets in the past few weeks, appetite is suddenly coming back because the ecb is saying we will up our urges his of bonds up until the wall in the summer may be may and june, you will see more than 60 billion euros being smashed up every single month. suddenly, we see appetite back in the bond market. also appetite seemingly being dwindled. let's check in on the euro first spear we saw big news currently up by half a percent. appetite because construction. the housing starts data. your -- the euro tracked lower and the british pound inflation going negati

caroline studied two months for it. more than 100 hours attest prep with the owner. you've been doing this type of business for ten years have. you ever seen anything like this? >> never before. >> reporter: she took the sat on may 2 at broad run high school along with about 100 other students from various loudoun county public schools. now she has to take it over next month. >> all the information that you were given, you're not going to retain all of it. >> reporter: we contacted the college board, and a spokesperson sent me an e-mail saying quote, we share the frustration of affected students and their families. every effort is being made to locate the shipment. in the meantime we are working to provide options to accommodate these students including a makeup test day or transfer to a future test. caroline's mother katie has already spent more than a thousand dollars at loudoun test prep. >> well i'm very disappointed because we don't have a choice. if she wants to go to college, she has to take the sat. >> because it's over a month since i've done all my studying

in caroline county, where they wind up at the garrett farm. when they crossed into king george county is where they meet up with three confederates, one of which was willie jett, who directs them to the garrett farm where they can stay. the confederates were part of the ninth virginia cavalry. when booth tells them he has shot president lincoln, they don't want to have anything to do with booth so they continue on. willie jett would proceed on to bowling green in caroline county a little ways west of the garrett farm here. it is ultimately willie jett the union cavalry are tipped off that a man on crutches was seen with confederates on a horse one of which who knew willie jett told them he was staying at a place called the star hotel in bowling green in caroline county. the union cavalry will go there on the early morning hours of april 26. with a gun to jett's head they tell him, tell us where booth is hiding. they get tipped off. john wilkes booth and david harold were hiding in a tobacco barn on the garrett farm. the sergeant, something of

. >> i had been flying for 25 hours, and caroline says take a shower. so we did. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> i printed out the draft to take with me on the plane tomorrow. spirit let me know. that's why i sent it over. >> how are your girls? >> all doing good. >> we have three daughters. >> i have 16 female cousins. [inaudible conversations] >> how did they get it out so fast? >> they were not happy. and it was not an index in the first book. [inaudible conversations] >> the next printing will have an index. >> very wonderful book. >> very interesting women. >> interested in the general war with 600,000 people dying. >> you shouldn't be blaming lincoln. he wasn't trying to save the union. at least on the union side i sent someone who -- there was a cause on the southern side. they kept it going. rather than throw in the towel jefferson davis capped it going. >> but on the other hand, he was willing to let the south -- >> initially. >> was it worth 600000 lives? i don't know. >> america would not be america. >> i guess it's all in the get

caroline hyde is here. downton abbey up to the hilt. caroline: not that you ever watched it.are pacing better than expected net advertising growth. we had on young early easter and all of that meant companies were to have the grand seen on itv. also, the diversification is playing into this. they need to start making their own great content. they have been buying into and making their own content and itv revenue now accounting for .2 5 billion pounds worth. if they broadcast the revenue is up 10%, just over half a billion pounds. that is taking into account the net advertising revenue. overall this is a company making acquisitions. itv studios businesses are remaining on track. the company that makes the voice -- nearly this is a company on the acquisition hunt. the itv chief executive with a strong start to the year. the studios returned to organic growth and this is selling on content and they remain focused on building a global scripted business. the rising aquarius and clearly -- their content is looking very strong indeed. looking forward, their net advertising revenue w

police say caroline conway the grandz mother of the children killed robert mange and seriously wounded his wife krystal. detectives say the prince george's officer richard conway helped his mother before and after the shooting at mblg mcdonald's. >> richard conway was off duty when this crime occurred and detectives are looking into the possibility that his firearm was used in this case. and it has not been located. >> reporter: coming up on news4 at 5:00 we'll talk about the evidence which lead charles county sheriff's detectives to charge the prince george's county police officer with first degree murder. that's the latest live in waldorf, maryland. chris gordon, news4. >>> seven people are facing charges after a senior prank in sst mary's county. it happened last wednesday in morganza, maryland. students and teachers found 72000 ladybugs covering the halls. police say those responsible ordered the bugs online and then broke into the school to let them loose. >>> so what do you think about that? do you find it funny? is it awful? does it rise to the level of being criminal? vote your

caroline malone, al jazeera. >> calling for calm in burundi. president nkurunziza's decision to run for a third term runs contrary to the constitution. >>> our two al jazeera journalists are due to appear before an egyptian court. natasha guinane reports. >> boaxbaher mohamed and mohamed fahmy have become symbols of journalists held wrongly around the world, peter greste was deported to his native australia. a judge dismissed charges against mohamed and fahmy but ordered them to be tried again. global campaign such as free aj staff is important but it's only a start. >> the real issue involves national governments not meeting their commitments to uphold justice and ensure that journalists can work safely. >> reporter: prosecution has videos it says, but testimony from the prosecution's own witnesses has aided the defense. write the report or remember what they wrote and egyptian billionaire has testified on their behalf. fahmy may have gotten one step further to being deported to canada where he is a citizen. the government has issued him a tem

caroline malone reports. >> reporter: an hisk moment historic moment for peace activists. had to take a bus but crossing the demilitarized zone is unusual. the. >> we didn't think it was going to be possible to cross the dmz. >> the group of 30 women come from 15 different countries including two nobel peace price winners, and gloria steinem. north korea is one of the most isolated countries in the world. the north and south split 70 years ago there was an all out war in the '50s and the demill demilitarized zone was established between the two. the u.n. imposed sanction he against north korea when it began testing nuclear weapons. some observers don't think this event will help. >> these kind of things generate attention but don't change north korea's policies. north korea has a long standing record of pretty severe abuses of human rights. i don't see the cause or relationship between this and north korean change. are they going to release people from jail because of this protest? i don't think people seriously believes this, that's why many are skeptical of the march. >>

. >> s caroline malone reports. >> negotiations over ukraine the german foreign minister said they should be informed those involved. >> at least those lists should be made public. at a time when we are trying to defuse a persistent and dangerous conflict in europe this is not conducive of that. >> reporter: among the 89 people banned from traveling is uay kosipius, due to take over from german prime minister angela merkel. there is also the former guy bostad and swedish tax authority minister eva lindstrom adler. >> what we understand is it's some kind of response to the eu's list. it gives the reason why certain names are on the list. >> reporter: it's believed the list was drawn up introduced after russia took control of crimea last march. since then, 6200 people have died in eastern ukraine. caroline malone, al jazeera. >> still ahead the need for life's most are precious resoces plus. >> behind me is a person carrying on a transition of mississippi blues music where does this music go from here? here? . >> did welcome back. let's recap our headlines here on al jazeera now . schools h

caroline hyde have the latest. little bit of investigation into accounting. caroline: that is the case when it comes to toshiba. the electronic laptops printers, tvs. this is an industrial conglomerate. this is a nuclear company. a company that is now having to withdraw its earnings forecast for last year 2014. not only is the rub pulled from beneath investors -- the rug pulled from beneath investors feet hurt a goes all the way back to 2013. that is the concern. about a billion dollars of profit in 2014, and now we do not know what they will have to post. they canceled dividends also. we understand that it will not be until at least june that we get any tangible numbers coming from toshiba. why? why the sudden selloff of chairs. why all of these troubles? it is all down to investigating improper accounting. we can dig into the reasons now because it seems that analysts are worrying about the infrastructure projects. accounting and infrastructure projects. big data, big projects. nuclear, hydroelectric, wind power. these are hard to tangibly measure. improper

>> at caroline's. >> jimmy: how long have you been working caroline's?is that right? >> yeah, people don't know. >> jimmy: i know that. i see all the time. the improv in l.a. you were always very nice to me when i use to watch you. >> i was very nice to you. >> jimmy: you were always very nice to me. >> you know why? because you were adorable and you're crazy talented and you're a good kid. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: jeff garlin everybody. we'll be right back with more "the tonight show." jeff garlin! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: jeff garlin everybody, once again. catch him at caroline's on broadway this thursday through sunday. go see him he's great. my thanks to jack black of course. [ cheers and applause ] melissa rivers, jeff garlin, once again! and the roots over there from philadelphia, pennsylvania. stay tuned for "late night with seth meyers." thanks for watching, have a a great night.

caroline malone reports. >> great strides have been made in bionic technology. now has the ability to move a limb again. >> we felt that having smart activity helps the limb move smoother. i get quiet and if i get frustrated, the activity won't work at all. >> it is not his arm but he is able to do one crucial thing he couldn't do before. pick up a bottle and drink on his own. implantation into a part of the brain. when he thinks about moving it activists a prosthetic. he -- it activates a prosthetic. doctors implanted sensors into his remaining leg which pick up brain signals and link them to the prosthetic. >> as soon as i put my prosthetic on, it took me about ten minutes to gain control of it. >> reporter: first person to be able to control two prosthetic limbs with the technology. scientists think it's only the beginning. >> it's not just the accomplishment but the opening of frontiers and realizing there is so much more to learn. >> jan is a quadriplegic, usually only able to move her neck and head but with probes in her brain she is able to move the prost

the is accused of plotting with his mother caroline, in the shooting of his ex-wife, crystal, and her new husband robert mange. >> this was planned. she went there with the handgun. richard: conway often met the mother at the mcdonald's to exchange custody. >> it was a routine thing. richard: caroline conway appeared with a 40 caliber handgun, her son service weapon, and jumped in the back seat of this jeep. an argument ensued, then gunshots. robert mange was shot dead, crystal was shot in the back when she tried to flee. >> the children were small. my prayers go out to her. richard: now the children's father and grandmother face criminal charges. >> those kids are losing family members left and right. it's sad. richard: the police say that conway tried to build a false alibi by calling and texting his ex-wife's phone, even though he knew the shooting had already happened. the ex-wife, crystal, is out of the hospital. the investigation continues, both the mother and the police officer are both tonight behind bars. richard reeve, abc 7 news. leon: a maryland father charged with neglect

caroline hyde joins us from london. caroline: while you guys in the u.s.used on potential rate hikes, in europe it is all about the stimulus. we are seeing borrowing costs fall in. you have germany coming down. still long way off of those lows they hit back in april. money pouring back into spain. -- he was here in london giving a speech. the ecb may start sucking a bonds faster than expected. low.head of that summer that has people reengaged in the bond market. it has moved to the euro. currently have the euro moving the first and two months. down 1% against the dollar. the dollar is rallying on potential thoughts of when that rate hike will be. grace, also -- greece also adding to concerns. still no deal when it comes to the greek debt debacle that continues. we are seeing money flowing into greek stocks. currently up 2.5%. you're seeing big moves up 30% in terms of attica bank. there does seem to behold that the assets in greece will be interesting but do keep an eye on some of the car companies. interesting moves we're seeing in the consumer index. str

caroline hyde has the latest.oline: $2.8 billion profit a market capitalization was a big move from toshiba. drilling to exactly why to a certain extent the earnings forecast. they had to arena back. you know to sheba for many brands. it makes television set laptops and printers and it is also a conglomerate and makes nuclear. it has been projects. this previous fiscal year of 2014 was down. it might have to reestimate what a made in 2013 and 2012. all of these may have to be revised. there are canceling their dividends. they are concerned about not only earnings but dividend and actually get a full picture of at least until june, next month when we got full disclosure of what to their earnings were. this is why. it is down to accounting pretty it could've gone slightly wrong. they're investigating improper calculating. it is an industrial company. they make nuclear power plans and wind turbines and hydroelectric and air traffic controls. these practice are difficult to made -- measure. big data. there could been

because the world is your oyster as they like to say, caroline. remember some of the other one-liners that you pitched, that you made in your pitch for the top ten? i would love to know what those were? >> for the celebrity top ten? a lot of them were lines like, which ones, dave? is it pronounced dave? >> i say that every morning when i come in on the show, which one is john berman. >> i was going to say, have you ever tried writing news? because i'm just saying, we have a show here and you seem to know what you're doing right there. look, you say you burst into tears. reflect for a moment on the experience of being -- this being your dream to write comedy for so long. you were there at that show in that historic moment. what was it like for you in general and on top of it all to have two of the great jokes on the show. >> i mean, every day, awesome, it was the best day of my life. i was so happy every day to go in and slide my idea into the ed sullivan theater. but that day i was already vibrating at my highest capacity. like it honestly could n

i have been flying for 25 hours and then caroline says you can take a shower. and so we did. >> i'm just dying. [laughter] >> neither of those same diplomatic. >> we really were trying to impress him. i told them about the afghans and he was very distressed. >> it's very distressing. >> these people were just doing their best. >> they were inducted. sometimes it's a money thing you know. >> right. do you think if you keep a quiet -- >> which is what we always do. no one ever has kept quiet. no one ever hears about that. most of the time they come back. >> were they nationals? >> yeah. >> working -- goes. >> some awful province. i am taking a draft with me on the plane tomorrow. >> how are your girls? >> i became a grandfather. >> is it a girl? >> yes. it's got to be a girl. >> i have 16 female cousins. >> who is barbara? >> my sister-in-law my brother's widow. >> how many brothers and sisters do you have? >> just the two. nathalie is gone but we came in together. she's around somewhere. >> you just had triplets. i just turned us in february. >> how could that b

caroline malone. al jazeera. >> you can find out much more on our website. the address for that you can see it there on the screen. www.aljazeera.com. we'll be back in just a second with the remainder of those headlines. singers of a generation - kate pierson of the b-52s. >> (singing the song "love shack"). >> the greatest thing i think a band can do is give people this joy and make them happy and make them dance or sing or just, you know, just kind of give them a joy. >> the group was once given the title "america's favorite party band" by rolling stone, but