while postwar life in croatia was serene, the u.s. was in a violent financial storm. >> it is a lot easier to run a vineyard than it is to run aig. it is about zeros. >> walk me through what happened to croatia when you decided to go back. >> i thought that if aig failed, first and foremost, the insurance industry would never be the same. i'm a big shareholder at metlife. the first thought i had was of metlife. they would be in big trouble if aig failed because things are just going to unravel. that was my first thought. the second was that i thought it was bad for the country. if america cannot show that it can fix its business problems and do it the right way, i thought it would be bad for a meritocracy and capitalism. >> at the time, aig had just received one of the biggest government bailouts in history. $182 billion in exchange for a 92% stake in the company. aig had three ceo's in 13 months. few thought it would survive. almost from the day he stepped in, benmosche began making headlines, flouting all conventions, including goin

i traveled through croatia to spend time with this retired it tighten. when you come here to you instantly relax? >> at his vineyard. he recounts how he turns around the company left four dead. >> you thought i had a company worth zero dollars. >> all dealing with a very personal struggle. >> they told me i had nine months or a year to live. i said i have an obligation to resign if i cannot handle the chemotherapy. >> robert was born in brooklyn in 1934. early in his childhood his father moved the family to the catskill mountains, but shortly afterwards, his father died of a heart attack, leaving his mother and three other siblings a quarter of a million dollars in debt and with a half completed hotel. from there, money, having enough of it, became a driving force in benmosche's life. soon after graduating from alfred university, he rose up the ranks of wall street's biggest firms, chase manhattan and metlife, where he became ceo. it was in 2009, three years after he retired from metlife, that he took on his biggest job yet -- turning around the ship at

snowfall and that is likely to add up to about 40 centimeter accumulation, especially in and around croatia, that combined with strong gusts will bring blizzard conditions and poor visibility. gusty around norway we're expecting about 80 kilometers per hour gufts there. and cold weather warnings in place across the british isles. do watch out for icy road conditions. across here in the americas again, another disturbance in and around texas and the deep south. a low pressure system which is pretty potent, it's been bringing hefty rainfall about 50 millimeters in a 24 hour span. and maybe even 55 millimeters, enough to cause rivers to burst banks. also the snowfall will not be stopping. it will be dispersing as we progress through the day, but about 20 centimeters of additional snowfall will be likely in the heaviest spots. also winter weather in d.c. and the gusts will reach about 110 kilometers per hour enough to down power lines and trees. across california summer-like temperatures persisting. 26 degrees for you on friday and that's likely to be on a warming trend. even at 28 degrees on y

a 6-foot-9 forward from kroash croatia. he is one of the best young players, on the end of that bench for maryland and start playing games. >> what are they feeding them in croatia? >> new traction for d.c.'s movement. tonight, t >> yet another round of school delays in our area. that's our top trending story tonight on wjla.com. president obama proposes a plan to offer free community college. and d.c. loses its bid to host the 2024 summer olympics. you can read all those stories right now on wjla.com. >> well, tonight people got an early look inside of d.c.'s newest distillery. it held a preview at its new tasting room, just a few blocks away from the new columbia distillers, which started the local distillery trend back in 2012. the offerings there will be gin vodka and a light whiskey. they can also sell directly to liquor stores, bars and restaurants. plans are in the works for another distillery. >> rock creek whiskey. >> doesn't it sound like moonshine? >> tell us >> all right. well here's a last look at the weather.

. >> >>> a moment of silence today at the world cup skiing event in croatia croatia, for the two americanan avalanche yesterday. the american team wore black arm bands and the u.s. flag flew at after staff. the cdc is blaming so-called bing drinking is at least ---38 mignon adults report binge drinking four times per month con excuse ming an average of eight drinks per session. why the new man on college campuses may be a guy or a gal playing a video game. that's next on the grapevine. hello... i'm an idaho potato farmer and our big idaho potato truck is still missing. so my buddy here is going to help me find it. here we go. woo who, woah, woah, woah. it's out there somewhere spreading the word about america's favorite potatoes: heart healthy idaho potatoes and the american heart association's go red for women campaign. if you see it i hope you'll let us know. always look for the grown in idaho seal. (melodic, calm music) don't miss the princess cruises 50th anniversary sale. our biggest sale ever, across all destinations. save up to $500 per person. everywhere we sail. all around the wo

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is we live the a multicultural society, it should be strong enough to deal with a name like sidney croatia so as the football continues the drive to win over new fans the fear is that some of the most famous clubs could find themselveses left behind. al jazeera sidney. >> andy murray overcame a suburb start to reach the final of the australian open. the second set in just 30 minutes and 6th seed, going on to close up the match in four sets. the first grand slam final since beating november advantage of wimbeldon, four defending championships in the final. top ranks serena williams has advanced to her 6th final where she will face number two seed williams overcame come payment in the semifinals. she was pushed in the first hit by the big teenager, was i am was going for the 19th and came back to dominate the second the merge has won all five of the previous open finals. >> that's your sport, it is back to london. >> thank you very much, just a quick reminder you can always catch up on sport and all the news on our website at al jazeera.com that's it for me, this news hour, a full round of n

it is believed to have started part of the journey in turkey and then to croatia, but it never got there. the crew alerted greek officials. they made a short -- a sharp turn left taking it into eu territory. >> the italian coast guard was stock on autopilot. heading straight for the coast. the crew was gone. leading hundreds of exhausted migrants to their faith. the coast guard managed to take over the ship before it crashed. in the middle of the night, it talked in the port. this is how the migrants arrived in europe. they are now being looked after at a local school. >> it is a real emergency. >> is this the worst you have seen? >> yes. >> what must it be like to spend your entire life savings on a journey in the dark with no guarantee of arriving safely? the migrants are held at this school, they risk their lives to get here. it is hard to see how some of them survived the trip. the police asked us not to speak to the migrants but one man was desperate to describe the conditions on board. >> we don't have clean water, we don't have food. >> of their journey is now at an end. the inves

that football which is the number one sport in croatia and yugoslavia. they formed the club and since then it became a community hot spot. >> by the 1980's, crowd violence was increasing. with image of this violence in 1985 the sport was tarnished amongst the wider public. >> there was a perception that there were greeks and macedonians fighting, or crow is is croatians and certains. >> as the old national soccer league was done away with, it relaunched with teams like sydney united forced to play in the lower tier. >> setting these clubs up, the children and grandchildren are now running these clubs so there is as natural pros of assimilation, if you like. the shame is that, you know, we live in a multi-cultural society and i think it's multi-cultures who should able to deal with a name like sydney croatia rather than sydney united. >> the fear that is oldest and most famous clubs could find themselves left behind. al jazeera sydney. >> britons andy overcame a superb start to reach the finals of the australian open. racing through the second set in just

that was attached to you know where they came from football had been the number one form in croatia, and yugoslavia as well. so they formed a club in 1958. and since then it became a community hot spot. >> how far, by the 1980s crowd violence was starting to increase as images like the riot between sydney olympic and sydney city fans tarnished the sport. there was a perception that there was creeks and macedonians fighting or croatians and serbs. that was the perception. at the end of the day there'll be an element or danger of violence i think. >> scenes like this prompted the football federation of australia to get rid of the clubs from the top level as the old national soccer league was done away with and relaunched as the a-league in 2005. with teams like sydney united forced to play in the lower tier. >> they set the clubs up. children and grandchildren are running the clubs. there's a process of assimilation if you like. the him is that we live in a multicultural society and it should be strong enough to deal with sydney croatia rather than sydney united. >> reporter: as austra

homeowners in hungary and croatia were also going in. on thursday in romania many showed up to protest. mortgages denominated in francs are worth over 30 billion euros in poland, and 1.7 billion hungary. analysts were in the situation -- worn the situation is a potential policy headache, but authorities are holding off for now. >> is this a short-term increase? no changes will have to be implemented. if it is a long-term situation the government will have to find a solution. >> between 30,000-40,000 poles face challenges paying back foreign currency loans, with worry this could rise if the franc continues to surge. >> other casualties are piling up in markets. two currency brokerage firms have gone bust, one in new zealand and another in britain caught up by the rapid rise of the frank on thursday. -- the franc on thursday. fmc in new york has warned it is struggling to cope. we have seen the stock market value plunge almost 90% this session on street. you up-to-date with the stock market. europe's main stock indexes are higher with expo

i was in croatia last summer.iday night in the town square, they were dancing salsa, which was amazing. we have dj's remixing and producing the music today for a younger audience in the clubs. >> you don't have to worry about being lost in translation? >> we don't have to worry about being lost in translation. what we want to make sure is are we making them dance? >> for that, i would say yes. you can't hear that without feeling a little movement. >> absolutely. >> thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> up next, a look at the news for the week ahead. making plans to get financially fit in the new year can pay off. turn those resolutions into reality for the next 12 months and beyond. >>> for more on our show and guests go to our website and you can follow us on twitter. here are the stories coming up that may impact your money this week. on monday, december auto sales. tuesday, factory order figures come out for the month of november. on wednesday, the international trade report for novem

international monetary fund said oil exports to the middle east and croatia will reach up to $300 million this year. zynga about iraq, libya, qatar as being the hardest hit by the economy. the imf added oil importers in the region will must-see major games because their economies have been hurt by slower growth in europe and russia. bnp paribas is can -- has announced cuts. the french bake will hold -- bank will hold talks. this is months after they paid a new in $9 million fine for breaching u.s. sanctions. workers are already bracing for smaller bonuses, but some employees speculate that payouts will be have -- halved. toyota kept the top spot in global automotive sales. they sold more than 10 million cars, narrowly beating rival volkswagen. the company says it could see a sales slump this year, the first since 2011, as volkswagen is adding actor reese. good news for britain. in the three months since november, the number of unemployed fell by 58,000 to 1.9 million people, the lowest figure in six years. the jobless rate stands at 5.8%, but the fall was the slowest in 15 months, raising

visit ncicap.org] steves: while the coast is croatia's main draw, some of its best attractions are inland. we're delving into the croatian heartland. one of europe's top natural wonders is plitvice lakes national park. imagine niagara falls sliced and diced and sprinkled over a vast and heavily forested canyon. it's a lush and unforgettable valley of 16 terraced lakes laced together by waterfalls and miles of pleasant plank walks. boats glide visitors into the heart of the park. countless cascades and water that's strangely clear yet full of vibrant colors make plitvice a misty natural wonderland. fish seem to know there's not a hook for miles. carefully maintained trails and boardwalks let you get intimate with the wonder of the place. observant nature lovers can choose from hundreds of flower types to assemble a photographic bouquet. the stony formations drip down like the foliage because the grass and moss both direct the flow of the water and provide a kind of scaffolding for the slow and steady calcification process. naturalists call plitvice a perfect storm of geological, climatic,

ski team are preparing to compete in croatia today as they mourn the deaths of two young teammates. 20-year-old ron knee and 19- year-old bryce were killed yesterday in an avalanche near the team's training base in austria. girls say they were descending from the top of a mountain when they left the prepared slope and apparently set off the avalanche. four other people escaped unhurt. avalanche alert had been declared for the area after heavy days of heavy snowfall and mild temperatures. >>> safeway will pay the state of california almost $10 million for illegally disposing of hazardous waste. the the grocery store chain was sued for throwing electronic items in the trash. safeway says it has changed its procedures. prosecutors across the state have been cracking down on environmental violations by big box retailers including target and walmart. >>> anyone who is a fan of the back to the future movies. >> myself. >> me too. >> might want to head to california central coast. a time machine made from a real sports car is used to travel ahead in the time of the year 2015. which is now. no

i was in croatia last summer.iday night in the town square, they were dancing salsa, which was amazing. we have dj's remixing and producing the music today for a younger audience in the clubs. >> you don't have to worry about being lost in translation? >> we don't have to worry about being lost in translation. what we want to make sure is are we making them dance? >> for that, i would say yes. you can't hear that without feeling a little movement. >> absolutely. >> thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> up next, a look at the news for the week ahead. making plans to get financially fit in the new year can pay off. turn those resolutions into reality for the next 12 months and beyond. webuyanycar.com has helped thousands of people let go of all the hassle that comes with selling or trading in. we make selling your car, truck or suv, fast, safe and fair with three simple steps: one -- get your free online valuation. two -- drive to your local car-buying center. three -- walk out with a chec

steves: while neighboring croatia is famous for its coastline, slovenia enjoys its own 29-mile stretch of adriatic seafront. that's about one inch per resident. its best stop -- the town of piran. many adriatic towns are overwhelmed by tourists and concrete but piran has kept itself charming and in remarkably good repair while holding the tourist sprawl at bay. crowded onto the tip of its peninsula, piran can't grow. the main square was once a protected harbor until it began to stink so badly they had to fill it in. a colorful mix of work and pleasure boats fill today's harbor. these days, piran's walls are inviting, rather than defensive, and the town is simply an enjoyable place in which to relax. explore the evocative back lanes. hike up to the cathedral. scale the venetian-style bell tower. on top, catch your breath by enjoying views of piran and nearly the entire slovenian coastline. the traffic-free harbor front, lined with slovenes enjoying fresh seafood is made to order for a stroll. swimmers frolic while sunbathers claim more than their share of the national coastline. piran c

. >> croatia has elected its first female president. she secured a narrow victory. her election marks a political shift to the right after the centerleft government failed to pull the country out of recession. while croatia's president is largely ceremonial, the vote is an important indicator of voter sentiment. >> with expectations high that the european central bank will implement full-blown qe, the ecb board members " have told " der spiegel" that there is no need for such a move now. ubs chairman axel wbeber said he expects the ecb to take action at its next meeting. >> the ecb has already indicated that they would do something. they will not postpone that and announce an action. i don't think it will just be a government bond program. it will be sovereign debt corporate bonds, and there might be some condition on buying the higher graded government bonds in a larger proportion to lower graded. >> we will have more from that exclusive interview later on. >> also coming up, shyer starts the new year with a new deal. after its proposed sale collapsed shire is on t

storm's search leads him to irenea from croatia, who now calls herself aileena. on facebook. >> the european plan is exactly what i wanted. she asked me about awlaki, if he could help her to get married. >> awlaki's mujahadin secrets encrypted to storm shows he's hooked. so far i'm interested. please update me on the sister situation. if you could try to speed up her travel into yemen. to storm, awlaki and alena exchange encrypted details. they agree to marry. the cia sends him to austria with a rendezvous with alena. they will meet at the bus station. it's storm's most important spy mission so far. he can't afford any mistakes. but almost immediately he's disobeying the cia. according to storm, the american agents had a very specific plan, walk past this bakery. take alena to a specific cafe that they have under surveillance. they want the first meeting with alena here in this cafe, realizing it is selling beer, no place for devout muslim, storm without checking with his handlers changes the plan. he brings alena to a nearby mcdonald's, shows her awlaki's notes

united states moved ahead and eventually brokered a deal and proper presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia to dayton ohio to the wright-patterson air force base just outside of dayton and equipped than their pre- essentially three weeks until they hammered out a deal until they hammered out an agreement that only ended the war but preserved the bosnian state as an entity within which there were two fairly rigid entities when a federation of the muslim federation and the other day based republic and those lines remain today a very rigid somewhat ineffective solution but it was effective at ending that war. it also led to a sense of if you will hubris in american foreign policy in the years after he had and it was clearly the first major foreign-policy success of the clinton administration and in the aftermath of foreign policy became more muscular if you will and even more aggressive willing to take on hot spots and hotspots and in 1988 clinton ordered the bombing of iraq in the chemical weapons was pb to have had. in 1999 they ordered the bombing of syria in the kosovo war to force them to

back in croatia, it was number one. since then it became a community hot spot. >> by the 1980s, crowd violence started. in "85 they tarnished the sport. there was a perception that there were greeks and macedonians fighting. croatians and serbs. at the end of the day football was in danger of violence. games like this got football australia to get rid of ethnic clubs as the old clubs done away with and relaunched with sydney forced to play in the lower teams. the migrants children and grandchildren ran clubs. there is is natural process of assimilation assimilation. the shame is we live in a multicultural society, and it would be good to deal with sydney contrary asia rather than sydney united. the fear is that the older clubs are left behind. >> that's all the support for now. >> thank you and that's it from me and the newshour team. thank you for watching. david foster is with you next. i hope you stay with us. the science behind keeping us safe on the road >> oh... >> oh my god... >> the driving force behind these ne

it brought the presidents of bosnia and serbia and ceo asia to dayton -- croatia to dayton ohio, and kept them there for three weeks until they hammered out a deal, an agreement that not only ended the war but preserved the bosnian state as an entity, within which there were two sort of fairly ridge ridge -- a serb-based republic and those lines remain to this day. a very rigid and someone ineffective solution but it was effect enough ending the war. also led to a sense of, if you will hubris in american foreign policy in the years after. it was clearly the first major foreign policy success of the clinton administration, and in the aftermath the united states foreign policy became more muscular, if you will even more aggressive willing to take on hot spots and in 1998, clinton orders the bombing of iraq to degrade and to downplay somewhat the chemical weapons that saddam hussein was believed to have had in 1999, clinton ordered the bombing of serbia in the kosovo war to force the serbs to give up this rebellious province of kosovo and that kind of approach, to that muscular aggressi

possibility of stronger storms today and into early sunday morning for sovereigntily and the coast of croatiatretching into montenegro. temperatures over west right where they should be. temperatures above average for the eastern half. >> would you go ice climbing with me? >> come on. >> i don't think so. >> next time. >> next time. >> i'll think about it. all right. i would play a little football with you, derek. he's known as one of the best quarterbacks to play at game. next we take a look at how deflitted footballs could deflate the legacy you have tom taup brady. >>> again we're one day away from the super bowl and one of the quarterbacks performing in the game tom brady, went from the bottom of the nfl draft to become a league mvp and super bowl champ. but his squeaky clean image is now in jeopardy after accusations of cheating and a possible role in the deflated football scandal. cnn's kyung lah looks at the private tom brady. >> deflate gate still grabbing headlines. >> and sucking up all the oxygen on sports radio. >> i believe none of what he said. >> i'd rather leave those question

flag flew at half staff at the world cup slalom event in croatia today. ronnie berlack and bryce astle were rising stars in u.s. skiing. they were remembered with a moment of silence after they were overtaken by a sudden avalanche in the austrian alps. >> the rescue crews were on the scene immediately with multiple helicopters and other rescue crew. they were able to extricate the two skiers but unfortunately, it was too late. >> avalanches can whip down mountain mountainsides of speeds of 80 miles an hour. >> my name is bryce astle. i'm an alpine ski racer out of sandy, utah and i'm 19 years old. >> for bryce astle, seen here in a you tube clip, skiing in the hope of olympic glory propelled him. >> whether it was ski racing or free skiing. >> skiing was in ronnie berlack's blood. his parents are both ski instructors in new hampshire. >> always had a big smile on his face. always real happy to see him and the type of kid that would come in and say hi and look at you and smile. >> their coach says that u.s. skiing is pulling together in competition today,

ski team in shock and the athletes will wear mourning bans in croatia on tuesday. >> this is sad fora whole and they were great young ski racers and not only ski racers but outstanding men on a passion of becoming world athletes. >>> advantage australia after first day's play in the test against india and won the toss in sidney and chipped in with a well-crafted 95 and unbeaten half centuries and captain steve smith as well and they closed the day at 348 for 2. the last few minutes south africa cricket in the west indys and traced a target of 115 for victory and led with an 8 wick et etwin and that is a victory in that game. the dallas maverick has six wins in nba, the latest victims this time the brooklyn nets and scoring a three pointer in over time. leading his team to a 96-88 win. and that will move him in 7th place in mba all time scoring list is the points and all of the days big sports stories on our website al jazeera/sports and talks about fifa president and leading this on al jazeera.com/sport and details there as well with the team using twitter and facebook and we will le

ski team is involved in a world cup event in nearby croatia today. how are they managing just 24 hours after this disaster happened? >> reporter: yeah, it's really devastating. the skiers were all given the option not to participate. most of them did wanting to do it in honor of these two young skiers. you see the american flag at half mast. they had a moment of silence for the skiers before the event. a lot of the american skiers were wearing black armbands. obviously very difficult. their head coach isn't even there at the event. he flew back to austria to be with this younger developmental team. the u.s. team has this minor league squad, it's a developmental team. and the head coach flew back to austria to be with them. it's been incredibly difficult for these young guys many of them who were there when the incident happened. they say they've gotten great support from neighboring countries, others in the ski community. but there's no way to deal wit. >> rachel thank you so much. >>> it is a half mile tall as steep as the side of a skyscraper and i

they were honored today in croatia.ort. >> reporter: the road to the ski area in the austrian alps where 120-year-old ronny berlack and 19-year-old bryce astle died remains closed today. avalanche warnings remain in effect. the u.s. ski team is trying to cope with the deaths of berlack and astle. >> first, you don't believe something like this happened. and there was a little bit of -- took a little while to really understand what happened and how the guys are doing. >> reporter: six u.s. skiers were descending down the mountain when they left the prepared slope and apparently set off the avalanche. four were able to escape. two were not. >> bryce had just started training with us skiing with us. ronny was with us for a couple years. two very excited young men, excited about the sport, the future. >> reporter: alpine police said the skiers weren't wearing avalanche security equipment. and they were found about 9 to 12 feet under the snow. the head of u.s. alpine skiing said there is a strong support system for the skier

by this time in 1899 a row -- croatia -- a gusher produced over 100,000-barrels of oil a day and that set off a boom. by 19 10 u.s. became the world's largest oil producer. oil war and peace very directly linked. after world war i it was clear to winston churchill, general admiral of the navy and then the prime minister -- and he realized that great britain needed to modernize its navy to compete with the modernization of the german military. but to do so you needed to secure a long-term supply of oil that britain would control. great britain security the supply from iran. and this is critical advantage that the allies had in world war ii. oil was one of the main reasons hitler attacked russia in the winter and we know how that ended. russia worked with the u.s. and u.k. to defeat nazis. something today our media forgetes. i'm not here to glorify put it put. i'm their lay the facts out so you can make the decision. but history took a dramatic change in july of 1944. two critical outcomes occurred out of the conference. first, the 44 allied governments agreed maintain a fixed currency

to fight the jihad against the catholic forces of croatia and orthodox christian forces of serbia, ands on the same side as the u.s. the u.s. was raising funds to arm muslims to fight in that war. the u.s. was on the same side as anwar al awlaki in a some of bin laden and the were and yugoslavia were in yugoslavia. once anwar al awlaki changes his speech coming becomes public enemy. when his are guiding our kind of oppression we wanted. if he crosses that line, he is now can amount to hitler. anwar al awlaki is put in prison for 18 months result in solitary confinement for 17 of those months. he was interrogated by the fbi in prison and then released he is a changed man. >> where was he held? >> of a political prisoner inside yemen. a report in my book the yemeni government wanted to release awlaki and john negroponte, the time a senior counterterrorism official under the bush administration, and one of the butchers of central america during the 1980's, john negroponte had a secret meeting with bush, the saudi diplomat close to the bush family, where -- any yemeni masseter where john a

but to make it work we had to get the president of croatia and fall, judgment involved. he's not a guy you want to have on your christmas list either. and so he and milosevic and then these, the people from bosnia themselves and we tried to cook a deal and we succeeded. >> i think the take away from that is you can't say there is good and bad and we won't negotiate with bad. it's just not speak it is good or bad but often there is bad and worse. and you have to negotiate because, you know, what are you going to do? what's the alternative? you can't kill them all. and that's not a particularly appealing approach. and then the notion of unconditional surrender. you know, these wars are not about unconditional surrender. they all end up in a negotiating, at a negotiating table so you have to kind of do that. i think as a diplomat in order to do that you've got to sort of be willing to not look behind as much as personal you may want to do that but rather look forward to see how you can devise structures that allow people to live together. if you spend all your time looking

ski team is in zagreb croatia today.hey head a meeting and all of the team will be wearing black arm bands to commemorate them. >>> a julyry trial begins for dzhokhar tsarnaev. 1200 potential jurors will fill out a questionnaire and it could take weeks to seat a jury. federal prosecutors are looking for jurors willing to impose the death penalty if tsarnaev is convicted. >>> indonesia officials say they are fighting time and the weather searching for victims of the airasia flight 8501. investigators now have a new theory this morning that may explain exactly what happened when the plane crashed. jeff pegues is in washington watching the recovery effort. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, the weather is dragging the airbus eastward. and the shift has shifted in that direction. a number of ships including two from the u.s. navy continue to comb the java sea using sonar to locate the plane's wreckage. so far crews have identified several large objects on the seafloor. government officials say weather was a triggering

the blood would not o'bannon and if she hadn't it had reviewed the existing condition croatia the seizure yes it is caused by a fluke. >> : latest deaths now part of groove statistics by release by the center of disease control prevention and to inflict a brief sabbatical united states the strains making people sick this season has mutated causing this year's vaccination less than optimal for protection. was common virus for seeing causing disease is page 3 and 2 virus age 3 and 2 done in previous season's soft as a this is the calves of your citizens again this year. airline being widespread in 36 of current influenza levels approaching peak levels we saw two years ago. doctors say more seeing more patients >> : suffering that patience time positive flu couple at an swapped the treated them because so prevalent a family seeing a lot >> : cdc said the release will disfigures high widespread flu bug has become this coming monday in the meantime officials still recommend getting flu shot. m&m completely prevent against it lessened severity if gets sick >> : obstacles here and weather not he

ski team are preparing to compete in croatia as they mourn the death of two teammates. they were killed yesterday in an avalanche near the team's training base in as you tree you why. they why were descending from the top of the mountain when they left the prepared smoke and slope. >>> a bay area man and his hiking partner are now about halfway up one of the most difficult rock climbs in the world. santa rosa's kevin and tommy of colorado are scaling the don wall in yosemite without any climbing equipment. they are using a safety rope and they are sleeping inslings but are climbing with their hand and feet. they are 11 days into the climb and 1500 feet above the valley floor. they have another 1500 feet to go. people have climbed the wall before. but this is the first free climb of that section. >> that's incredible. >>> 7:25. san rafael, cracking down on massage parlors imposing an emergency moratorium on new parlors. last night the city council approved a 45-day freeze. it's the latest step in a two- year crackdown on massage parlors that are really fronts for prostit

their teammates creating in croatia wearing black arm bands in their memory. >> horrible way to go and horrible to have any loss of life at that age so it's really sad for us. >> reporter: in the slalom david gave his business run ever before pointing to the initials of the killed skiers on his helmet. >> we're all skiing with heavy hearts but this is for them remembering them. >> reporter: back in soelden we took a snowmobile ride out to see the site. it was on the side of this mountain that the avalanche broke. four skiing to safety but astle and berlack were caught. they were buried under all of this snow. look it's around 12 or 13 feet high extremely heavy and dense. absolutely no way for them to dig themselves out. avalanches kill almost 30 people in the u.s. every year and over three times that many here in the alps. there had been an elevated avalanche warning on monday and the young skiers weren't wearing emergency beacons. but even the best training in the world and all the right gear are often no match for mother nature. >> you can try to swim try to fight to stay on the surf

. >> croatia has its first female president, she won a tougher run your election, scored a narrow victory with 50% of the vote. she pledges to kickstart the economy. >> it appears isil is gaining support from the afghan and afghani taliban. a new video posted to isil's twister accounts, hiking through the mountains, they are waving isil flags and vow to support al baghdadi. the fighters then execute a pakistani soldier. >> public criticism this morning in the fight against isil. iraq's prime minister said u.s. backed coalition fores are working too slowly. al abadi said the occurred issue forces are not equipped to take on isil. >> he has openly criticized the reaction of the international community and also the support they're getting. so far the international coalition that is led by the united states has been mainly doing aerial bombardment against isil positions and fighters. so far, they have carried out 1,400 airstrikes, most of them here in iraq. what is -- what he is saying is not different from what the kurdish forces are saying, authorities saying that they are not getting enoug

says it will be up to each member to decide if they want to participate in tonight's match against croatia currents dragged parts of the plane that may contain the 125 missing passengers and crew. so far 37 bodies have been recovered. yesterday indonesian authorities suspended officials who allowed the flight to take off without proper permits. >>> take a look at this. some pretty remarkable today. an unmanned rocket is going to attempt to make a remarkable landing. spacex embarking on its fifth mission today. all eyes will be on its falcon 9 rocket. minutes after takeoff, the rocket will attempt to land on a barge in the atlantic. >> this allows boeing and spacex to move out aggressively to doing everything we can as americans to try to shaft vladimir putin as soon as possible. that's a good thing. >> this maneuver has a 50/50 chance of succeeding. it, one day lead to spacex sending people to mars. >>> gay couples are expected to line up at county courthouses in florida to get marriage licenses.p same-sex marriage officially became legal at midnight but a judge in miami got a head start m

vowed to fight the violent extremism that wounded his nation and presidents of austria, germany and croatiaoman said she was forced to take unpaid leave because she was pregnant. this is in north carolina. jamie cole said her docktor told her she could perform her job as a nursing assistant as long as it didn't involve heavy lifting but was taken off the job any way. >> i got very depressed. it was rough. i had two kids at home and getting ready to bring my third child in the world. it was hard. >> she is suing for back pay for the work she missed but said it is standing up for women's rights. >>> taco bell is chiming in about using less salt. they are calling it the right and moral thing to do according to the ceo. said taco bell's menu is packing up 15% less salt on average than it did six years ago. it is part of the company's aim to land 15% of the menu items at or below suggested salt and sugar and fat by the end of the year. sounds like a good goal but critics say it isn't ambitious enough. >> critics say taking the salt off slightly and claiming it doesn't really qualify as reducing

and you know so the guys there in croatia said we're going to charge we're going to race in their honorere closer to the scene, were making plans individually for what's best for those guys to move forward and gain strength from this tragedy for the rest of their lives. >> it will likely impact them for the rest of their lives, we know there's a lot of people impacted by this two lives lost. the families the people of the ski team all the support people as well. our thoughts and prayers are with you all. sasha rearick, we thank you so much for joining us and we send the best to you and the team. >> thank you very much. >>> alisyn? >>> well new yorkers say a final farewell to former new york governor mario cuomo at his funeral this morning. we look back at the man and his legacy with someone who often disagreed and sparred with cuomo. hey! guess what day it is?? >>hump day! hummmp daaay! it's hump day! >>yeah! >>hey mike! mike mike mike mike mike! >>mike mike mike mike mike. hey! he knows! hey! guess what day it is! hey! camel! guess what day it is! >>it's not even wednesday. let it go,