showers still lingering there in south eastern china. taipei with a high of 18. your extended outlook. >>> one more story to share before we go. young men and women across japan have celebrated coming of age day. the national holiday honors people who have turned 20, the legal age of adulthood in japan. the city welcomed over 35,000 new adults this year. that's more than any other municipality in the country. in north eastern japan, many of the new adults lost relatives in the march 2011 earthquake and tsunami. among them is misaki. her grandmother and younger sister died in the disaster. she read out a letter she wrote them to express her gratitude for the past 20 years. >> translator: i want you to keep watching over me and other survivors. >> she wrote about her dream of becoming a childcare worker. yuki lost his father in the disaster. on the big day, he wore his father's wrist watch. he said he would not feel nervous at the ceremony because he'll feel his father with him. >> translator: those who went through the disaster will be able to overcome the difficu

labor costs along with surging land prices as yiwu becomes the largest distribution center in eastern china. factories making products with little profit margin are now moving their operations to lower cost inland areas in search of cheap labor. over the past two years, unemployment in yiwu has risen steeply. the jobless now flood the streets from very early in the morning in the hopes of getting some day work. crowds of people flock around vehicles seek just two or three workers. such employers usually offer lower wages compared to the city's average pay. despite the poor wage conditions, people still flood the streets. >> most of the people here are migrants from inland china who came to yiwu in search of higher wages. they can't return to their hometowns empty handed. some of yiwu's migrants come with their families and relatives. this factory was founded two years ago. a couple and two family members from a province about 2,000 kilometers away work here producing and packing christmas goods. tao first same to yiwu six years ago. she stopped working for a while after giving birth, but st

their mine in eastern china collapsed so violently on christmas day it registered as an earthquake and left one dead. >> reporter: lifted above ground for the first time this year. this miner is lucky to be alive. brought to safety amid the crowds and cameras. the doctors rush him to hospital. something akin to a hero's welcome for the man who was simply doing his job. and nearly died. he was not alone. three others were brought to safety. the four miners, the focus of so of much media attention in china. after 36 days trapped beneath the earth. they had been working underground recollects along with 25 others when the mine collapsed. 11 were rescued within hours, another died. the final 13 unaccounted for. >> are you all right? >> reporter: this was the breakthrough rescuers had this month, making contact and clearing enough space to send food, clothes and lamps through a small tunnel. getting them out. a harder job with the fear that tunnel could collapse or rocks fall and close it off at any moment. as the relief showed on the faces of those rescued, for the authorities halfway betw

in eastern china a group of trapped miners continue to wait for help. rescuers have designed a special capsule to reach at least four miners after a gym sum - gipsum mine collapsed. still to come here at al jazeera. >> it's not a school that you would want your children to be educated in >>> finds out why teachers in the u.s. city of detroit are calling in sick to get better schools. plus why child labor is still rife in zambia despite efforts to stamp it out. >>> welcome back. a look at the top stories. tunisia is due to hold an emergency cabinet meeting on saturday after four days of violent protests over unemployment. the president says the demands for jobs were justified but he warns that i.s.i.l. in neighboring libya could take advantage of the unrest. in syria activists and medical sources say dozens of civilians have been killed by syrian air strikes. areas were targeted in raqqa and another area. women and children dialled in the bombardment. four people have been killed by a shooter at a high school and a second location in canada. the suspect

much of eastern china is starting the new year through a blanket of smog.ir quality readings were eight times internationally accepted safe levels. a change in the weather is expected to improve things today. shanghai is reported to be moderately polluted today. south korea thinks the north may be preparing a nuclear weapons test. pledgeder kim jong-un to increase ties with seoul. consolatory -- conciliatory tone, he said north korea remains prepared for war. remain: the focus will on the chinese slowdown. >> i think this is going to be one of the key themes for 2016 and 2017. the china manufacturing sector that has been so kind to the global economy, it is in a fairly significant slowdown. manufacturing production is weak and that part of the chinese economy accounts for about 50% of gdp. our next guest is watching commodities. >> everybody agrees at some stage the commodity price needs to stabilize. think about production cost, trading so deep into the cost curve and it is clearly not sustainable. in the short-term, we could still see prices drop another

the air is described as unhealthy today in several parts of eastern china.ayso-called islamic state they carried out the gun and bomb attacks in jakarta. seven people including five militants were killed in the assault. the islamic state said it had targeted foreign nationals and international hotels and tourist stepped uphave security. the president has returned to jakarta and says indonesia must rise above acts of terror. >> people should not be afraid. must not be defeated by terrorist acts. i hope the people remain calm because everything is under control. how vulnerable is jakarta? let's bring in a university of melbourne professor who is also the director for the indonesian center. he joins us from victoria. thank you for talking to us this morning. indonesia has been targeted by militants since at least 2000. how did this attack get through? how prepared were they? tim: it was not particularly major or successful attack. five attackers were killed and only two others killed. compared to paris, it is a minor event and not particularly effective. reflec

those fireworks bursting into the sky in eastern china.edia reports that 53 are injured and another person is still missing. thousands of people had to be evacuated from the surrounding area. the blast was so strong it shattered glass on doors and windows on nearby homes. >>> "happening now", the attorney general in pennsylvania fighting to keep her job amid charges of leaking secret grand jorinformation to a newspaper. david is following the story. >> reporter: heather this is a scandal involving sex, politics and criminal charges. the pennsylvania attorney general is fighting to keep her job and stay out of prison nothing like this well has happen before. >> it is it hard to find a precedent anywhere in the country to the drama that unfolds in this state every single week where the attorney general is concerned. >> a high profile feud with the democrat and her opponent reached a poiling point when she was charged with perjor. cane allegedly leaked details and lied about it under oath. >> i am innocent of any wrongdoing. i neither consphi

and an amazing rescue in eastern china... all four remaining miners who were trapped in a gymsum mine for 36 days were pulled from that mine this morning! they had been trapped since christmas... but now they're all out... and alive. check out this massive sinkhole in oregon that has closed part of a highway according to that state's department of transportation... the ground opened up south of harbor... at highway 101... the coastal sinkhole keeps growing! a detour will be in effect until 9 o'clock tonight. ad lib toss to greg high pressure has moved on and we are only 48 hrs away from today, partly cloudy skies will be common with high temperatures in the upper 60s and potentially lower 70s. winds will be light throughout the day and pick up only to a 5-10 mph speed out of the west tonight. saturday brings in the spring-like warmth! highs in the lower 70s will be common but clouds thicken through the 35 mph. the red rock and spring mountain range areas should reach gusts between 45 and 55 mph. by saturday night, our rain ch

yesterday rescuers fouled four survivers from a mine in eastern china they had been trapped there for 36 days. it collapsed on christmas day, killing one person and leaving and now four of them are safe. before the rescue, they lived on food sent down in small passageways. >>> hundreds of animals rescued from a hope county shelter are being cared for and prepared for adoption. they are calling one of the largest animal rescues in history. david hurst got a look of the shelter. >> reporter: hundreds of animals being saved in one of the largest rescue operations in history are now in a temporary home in a near warehouse. they started removing the animals wednesday morning from this so-called safe shelter after the authorities served a search warrant after numerous complaints. hundreds of animals showed neglect and in desperate in need of care. most of the animals will be taken to this shelter and get a thorough examination and receive treatment. multiple counts of animal cute.ty. a look inside the home shows the conditions that they and some of the animals were living in. >> the conditi

their mine in eastern china collapsed so violently in december 25th, it registered as an earthquake and killed one worker. al jazeera's phil lavelle reports. >> after months of waiting a moment to celebrate. as four mineers are winched to the surface one by one in a specially made capsule, masks quickly placed over their eyes before they are taken to hospital. >> translator: at the moment, the four miners are in stable condition, and conscious, one has suffered a broken leg, our house will work with experts to make a treatment plan, based on the comment of their condition. >> the miners were found 200 meters underground. [ shouting ] >> reporter: they'd been working along with 25 others when their mine collapsed. since then the search has been closely followed by chinese television networks. 11 of their colleagues had been rescued within hours of the collapse. another died. 13 miners are still unaccounted for. rescuers were spurred on after this break through. finally making contact with the trapped men. they've been sending down food, clothes and lamps through a narrow bore hole but ge

international news now: crews in eastern china pulling out four survivors who had spent 36 days trapped underground in a collapsed mine... the mine collapsed on christmas day -- killing one and leaving 17 missing. the four surviviors were detected more than 6 hundred 50 feet below the surface. before the rescue -- they lived on food sent down through small passageways.. the countdown to caucus- is now down to just two days... and the political buzz across the state is at an all- time high. nbc's tom brokaw is here to see what the political frenzy looks like every four years here in iowa... here's what he saw... this is iowa on tv, the opening ethanol, the corn based fuel... surprise - the state is also a leader in insurance and a home grown supermarket chain (hy vee) is one of the fastest growing in the nation (brokaw su by sat trucks at event center) the unemployment rate here is under 4 per cent and from around the world, more but i think it's more about the business mocking the caucuses - hillary is not going to come in here and buy "benghazi benghazi, political candidate come in whi

eastern. china moves against sparking fears because china now looks december -- desperate. what does that say about an economy there that we might not know enough about, that we don't know enough about. the ripple effect being felt in other asian markets, 3% loss in hong kong, europe also feeling the selling pressure. the dax down 3.25%. in the united states it's been the roughest start for stocks here since the financial crisis hereof 2008, the dow, nasdaq and s&p 500 all showing declines. when we talk about halting trading in china we also have circuit breakers here. 7% sell-off in shanghai all day. the s&p 500 falls 7% that would be more than 139 points and it would close trading for 15 minutes. level-two, 15% also triggers a 15-anyone trading up 15 trading halt. trading would be halted for the rest of the day. oil under pressure. crude dropping to a 12-year low overnight. that is the lowest level since december of 2003. steven just pointed out do not believe that the lower crude, lower commodities are for slow economic growth. you need to see the economic improvement an

conversations, particularly among moderate, perhaps moderate muslims in syria and iraq, places like eastern ukraine, china, the periphery, getting into this conversations and having a reputation as truth tellers in this conversations is really the most important thing. the last thing i will say to that is the investment that we have. the difference is really, let's take a snapshot of russia's investment in their state media versus the united states. it is really 102 one difference. we are the one. we are just under billion dollars. that billion dollars in different pockets is an interesting conversation, but calling it reform i think is an interesting approach, but i think the real reform would be to think about how serious do we want to invest in the messaging that is our messaging, which is the values of the united states as are presented by high-quality journalism. again, as talk about, little further into this idea of countering propaganda with straight journalism. you know that there are those in congress and other areas to say, well we have cnn, slightly a government-funded cnn to do that? the chart

eastern time. china opening at 8:30 eastern time. you are watching bloomberg television. ♪ matt: this is a bloomberg markets special report. scarlet: i want to recap a wild moves we have seen, specifically with the nasdaq because it did go positive. it had fallen as much as 3.7% and then erased that decline. then we close down 5.25 points. the nasdaq home to so many of those momentum names like facebook, amazon and google. were names where people betting on stocks rising and that would continue to be the case. that story really had to do with biotech, making a stunning comeback today, crossing into positive territory and off the highs of the session nonetheless. biotech was so beaten up that you expect it's due for some kind of snapback. take a look at philadelphia stocks -- definitely came back to gains today even with other parts of the tech sector related to hardware, you can see the gains 1%, sot two thirds of semi-conductors have recovered quite well. scarlet: let's stay with the tech sector because during this water selloff, we

. >>> and at least one person was killed in an explosion at a fireworks plant in eastern china.ers pulled out dozens of people trapped inside. three people are still missing. anderson? >> incredible. >>> up next another live hour after 360. we gathered a panel and the best political minds to answer then. for instance, will sarah palin's endorsement help or hurt donald trump? can hillary clinton overcome the sanders surge in new hampshire and e-mail scandal that won't seem to go away. we'll get into that and more on a special edition of "360" coming up next. this is joanne. her long day as a hair stylist starts with shoulder pain when... hey joanne, want to trade the all day relief of 2 aleve with 6 tylenol? give up my 2 aleve for 6 tylenol? no thanks. for me... it's aleve. weyoung company around but if we want to keep the soda pop flowing we need fresh ideas! >>got it. we slow, we die. >>what about cashing out? no! i'm trying to build something here. >>how about using fedex ground for shipping? >>i don't need some kid telling me how to run a business! i've been doing this for 4

much of eastern china remains blanketed by smog.ir quality readings in beijing and other cities were many times above the international safety standards. but the weather is expected to improve things today. let's get back to the latest data out of china. to a low for manufacturing. economist.chief this is the same old china story. a rebalancing of the economy. glenn: this is going to be one of the key themes for 2016. the china manufacturing sector that has been so kind to to the global economy and commodities exporters is in a fairly significant slowdown. manufacturing production is rather weak. economyt of the china accounts for about 50% of gdp. services are picking up. they might be underestimated. that accounts for 40% of gdp. as china rotates from a to more ofng economy a consumer oriented economy, there are very few economies that actually have a higher consumption exposure to china then they do an investment or commodity exposure. though china is enjoying some success in rebalancing its the global economy is not adjusting as

after a series of explosions rocked a fireworks plant in eastern china today. local authories say the first blast ripped through a workshop at the factory.. setting off additional explosions... there have been reports on social media of "earthquake-like shockwaves" triggered by the blasts. 3 swoosh sound 3 (sam)>> still ahead.. we'll talk politics at the state level...>> how much fundraising nevada democrats have done... in their attempt to gain control of the legislature. 3 3 3 "> plus... a 3 program offered at u-n-r has received national honors... find out what program it is and how it ranks nationwide... 3 (samantha)>> and... as we get ready for the nevada caucuses... how those of us in the silver state... can learn more about the somewhat confusing process. these stories and more.. coming up on this wednesday, january 20, 2016. . 3 ((male voice: you're watching high definition.)) for choosing us to start your day. i'm samantha boatman. frankmore.. 3 (bill and s

the international coordinating council came together and said can i run it into china and can i run it in eastern asia radio free europe? owcp around it, voice of america randazzo became something that disseminated and put in contacts in various ways around the world so that investment in iraq paid off around the world. the united states elections are coming up obviously hinting of the iowa primaries council and coordinating coverage so four years ago the coverage would have been uncoordinated and duplicative. this cycle it will be strategic and it will be more impactful for less money. there are many more examples but the point is that there is never an effort to coordinate the strategy and it wasn't that hard the idea of having a central leader. your question about what is a surrogate which i didn't know what it was either. a surrogate is an organization and the simply one that is doing journalism in the country where free press is either limited or nonexistent so there is a surrogate free press. radio free europe is doing that in the balkans and central asia as a middle east broadcasting netwo

. >>> on world news now, dramatic eastern china, they pulled out 4 survivors where they spent 46 days on a collapsed mind. there were 29 miners trapped on christmas day, one died, several escaped and 13 others were not heard from. it was a significant collapse it registered as a seismic event with a magnitude of 4. being pulled out. terror. the contributions of the fight against isis will be significant. canada has soldiers training in northern iraq. the president promises to ramp up their roles. the region. kerry says he looks forward to hearing it and working with canada in the fight against isis. >> the country has installed patriot missiles, they're built to intercept an incoming missile strike. it was installed in the defense ministry after north korea is prepared to launch a rocket and a missile. they drew international condemnation after it conducted its fourth nuclear test. >> we want to warn you this is scary to watch. a woman and her 7th month-old daughter were hit by a car in a police chase. the three men who stole that car near buenos aires has have been arrested. >>> and

china sphere? can i run that in central -- or in eastern asia radio-free europe? ocb ran it.ce of america ran it. and so it became something that was disseminated and put in context in various ways around the world. and so that investment in iraq paid off around the world. the united states elections are coming up, obviously, and we have the iowa primaries. the this council's not coordinating coverage. four years ago, it would have been uncoordinated and duplicative. this cycle it will be strategic and impactful for less money. and there are many more examples. the point is there was never an effort to coordinate and be strategic. and it wasn't that hard. back to the idea of having central leadership. >> right, right. >> guest: to your point or question about what is a surrogate, which i didn't know what it was either -- [laughter] >> right. >> guest: a surrogate is an organization, simply one that is doing journalism in a country where a free press is either limited or nonexistent. so they're the surrogate free press for a country. so that's what radio-free europe is doing i

82 people died. 4 miners were rescued after spending 36 days underground in a collapsed mine in eastern chinahristmas day, killing one mi -- it collapsed on christmas day, killing one miner and leaving 17 missing. an employee of the california jail where three prisoners escape is under arrest, accused of helping them break out. the suspect taught english at the orange county central jail. police say the woman gave the prisoners maps. the escapees have not been seen since they broke out a week ago. in a scathing report, massachusetts senator elizabeth warren says regulators are not tough enough on corporate criminals. she also writes in an op-ed for "the new york times," "justice cannot meet a prison sentence for a teenager who steals a car but nothing more than a sideways glance at a ceo who quietly engineers the theft of lines of dollars. -- theft of billions of dollars. thesenforcement failures to principles." global news 24 hours a day, powered by out 2400 journalists in more than 150 news bureaus around the world. i am mark crumpton. scarlet: the game "star wars: battlefront" helped to su

beijing becomes more assertive in the eastern south china sea as increasing tensions with its neighborsrong, the largest army in the world. tensions escalating rapidly between saudi arabia and iran over anger of the execution of a muslim cleric. saudi arabia cut diplomatic relations with iran in response. he invoked what he called the divine hand of revenge. let's get more on this. we will join simon henderson. he joins us from washington, d.c. simon, thank you for joining us. this is a, that came late sunday -- a comment that came last sunday -- late sunday. is that the pot calling the kettle black? your --ou have to alter if you are dealing with the gulf and other parts of the world as well. sectarianism is a particular issue in saudi arabia, but they do not want to admit it. saudi arabia is a majority sunni muslim state. minority,mall shiite but they are a local majority in the eastern province on the persian gulf coast, which happens to be where all the saudi oil is as well. the character, the main character who was executed at the weekend comes from this area and had been arrested

china eastern and sing air gains of about .75%. this is rat -- the rally the last couple days.saying this is really short covering and now is not a time to be piling on into risk. as we head into the japan lunch break right now here is how things stand. this is a stock that is a real estate company selling condos in tokyo among other prefectures down 7.7% after they said that they cut their profit forecast by 45%, offerings for the nine months fell some 70%. sales also down. a very hot profit market in parts of japan especially in tokyo where average sale prices have surged to 24-year highs. so it really is knock go-to wind out of the property market right now and making it very tough for ordinary buyers in japan. toshiba falling 4.3%. we see at a 35, 36-year low on the shares right now after the company said they're studying a write down or to take a write down for its westinghouse business. earnings also coming out next week. we have to take a look at that as well as they're saying impairment tests right now. no results just yet. one of the big gainers on the nikkei, sumitomo

. >> rescue workers in eastern china are preparing a special capsule to save four miners trapped underground for almost a month. one by one.will lift the miners- one miner died and 11 rescued since the mine collapsed back in december december 25th. >>> in just about four hours time, new yorkers will find out if a travel ban has been lifted for the snow covered city. >> roads, bridges and tunnels into manhattan were closed after near record snowfall there. even the so-called great white way shuttered all broadway performances saturday were cancelled. >> chad meyers has been covering this all from times square. where there were a few people who ventured out earlier. take a look. >> reporter: well, we are officially going to break a record here in central park or times square all across the city. manhattan officially going to go above the highest snowfall record on record for as long as they've been keeping records here in new york. and i guess that's kind of a milestone. but the wind here in central park and in times square wasn't as bad as we saw down in baltimore and philadelphia and d.c. so

weather pushing in at least until we get to the second half of the week and then coming from the eastern side of chinaee the wet weather pushing its way through shanghai and here we go with that wet weather and lots of cloud pushing in southern parts of china, wetter and warmer way making its way this as we go through the next few days and sunday hong kong struggled to get up to 14 degrees celsius and we will see temperatures picking up higher as we go on through this week. >> thank you very much indeed the sla lar sri-lanka, this is moving through the port of columbo. >> 75% of the country and we have no way of looking at the information to get down and unloaded. that is the main difficulty. >> reporter: now essentially on the international market ivory fetchs 5,000 a kilo and one can imagine 1 half tons of ivory what that would hold and as far as authorities and ceremony to destroy the ivory the clergy here as is tradition in the country invoking blessings on the dead elephant very much indifference with what happened a couple years ago when the former president wrote to the customs essentially aski

china into southern and eastern portions looking mainly dry conditions, but we'll see clouds with a high of 11. for you, as we look at the forecast for india, i wanted to point this out because we are looking at dry weather but hazy conditions. this is pretty typical for this time of year. but because high pressure is over india, especially for north and northeastern india where we're seeing very calm winds. we're dealing with haze problems. a yellow warning is in effect for north and northeast india as we go throughout friday. and i don't think we're going to see a big change coming because high pressure continues to dominate the weather pattern, meaning it's going to be calm going forward in time. as we look at the forecast for europe, i want to point out this low-pressure system over the balkans. this low-pressure system has been a bit active, picking up some moisture and clashing with that colder air. a waterspout was reported wednesday, and damage was reported in the area. it is continuing to move to the north and east. it's going to wrap around some of that colder air into southwes

from the middle east to russia and eastern europe to the south china sea to north korea, there are more geopolitical hot spots than any of us can remember at one time in our lifetime. which one will flare up tomorrow and disrupt economies, markets, , consumer confidence, travel, and very important, the global supply chains. add to that the threat of major terrorist attacks that could happen any time, any place. a nonstate terrorist group like isis has seized large swaths of territory. controls significant energy resources, and recruits and communicates through a sophisticated social media strategy. and then there are the many threats to our own cybersecurity. which have the potential to shut down companies, our critical infrastructure, and our very way of life. businesses and governments are already spending billions and billions of dollars to try to shore up the defenses of our cybersystem. but everyone knows we're still vulnerable. and finally, ladies and gentlemen, we come to election year politics. we're in the middle of the most surprising and perplexing presidential campaign in mo

by the time i set foot in china i have been shaped as a writer. all of this stuff is in the eastern. as a literature of china that simply did not exist. they had to create a literature. by the time i got there the idea of the deprivation our lifestyle basis, a little different in 2,005. it was brief. very unpleasant. and in fact, the idea that china was changing, everything flipped on its head. china was constantly changing and moving in this inexhaustible direction. we had this outline in our mind that it was probably going to be similar if to something that we would recognize in the west. >> it was a mistake. when i think back one of the things that i came to assume is that it would move down this path every year to get a little more open and ultimately keep moving in that direction. fundamentally this is a slightly different conversation, but that is probably still true. we need to talk more seriously these days and acknowledge what is going on at the moment. >> a historical moment in time. the collapse of communism, collapse of the soviet union, the moment in 1989 china gave the

eastern. former defense secretaries from the obama and clinton administrations on the state of u.s.-china relations, live at 5:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span 3. >>> students around the country are working on c-span's student cam documentary contest telling us the issue they want the presidential candidates to discuss. through social media we're following students as they produce their videos. here is a tweet from indiana. canterbury ft. wayne eighth grade students were excited to hear ben carson. also, illinois representative john shimkus tweeted, i was interviewed by students for their c-span project. $100,000 in prizes with a grand prize of $5,000. the deadline is january 20th, 2016, and the winners will be announced on march 9th. visit our website student cam.org. >>> now, gina mccarthy talks about the paris climate agreement while stressing the need for climate change adaption and environmental technology. this runs about an hour. >>> welcome, everybody. thanks for coming out. i am delighted -- my name is

top stories at 7:31 eastern time. china's5% even though china's central bank fixed the juan higher over the dollar. it didn't smell of desperation as last week. european markets moving between gains and losses. gains across the board in england, france and germany. >>> here in the united states after the worst start to the year ever for the dow and s&p we have gains across the board. you will have to do a lot more to make up losses from last week. the dow lost almost 1100 points last week. >>> news from overnight, music legend david bowie has died. he died after a 18 month battle for cancer. he released a brand new album on his birthday last friday, he was 69 years old. >>> el chapo meantime in a mexican jail. is it because of sean penn? penn interviewed him in a story published in "rolling stone" magazine over the weekend. according to mexican authorities that contact with penn and other movie producers and talent helped lead them to el chapo's capture. preet bharara, the u.s. attorney here in new york, said to be looking in

the containerrization of shipping and the spread of broadband, the emergence of economies like china and eastern europe from being closed economies to being part of the international economy, it's made it much easier for people to move production to other countries. now what we need to do with trade agreements is first of all level the playing field by reducing the barriers to those markets so we can continue to produce here and export there and secondly raise standards in those countries. right now we compete against low-wage labor all over the world. through this trade agreement and trade agreements like this we can help raise labor standards, raise environmental standards -- >> rose: this seems to be a big deal to the president. >> well, it is. >> rose: it seems to be one of the things he feels is part of his legacy. >> he thinks it's extremely important to the u.s. economy, with 95% of the world's consumers living outside of the u.s. >> rose: 95% of the dman comes from outside the country? >> of the world's consumers. there will be more than 3 approximately middle class consumers in the asia

eastern time. >> china breaking from circut breakers and selloff.e finishing slightly higher, did not give back much of the losses from the week, though. china's exchanges managed to open without the circuit breaker system, and the pvoc, this might be more important, set the mid point higher for the first time in nine days. there's what we were left with, up 2% after losing at least seven one day and eight the other day. percent. and the u.s., the dow coming off its worst ever start to the year. the dow and nasdaq now falling to correction territory, and global stocks now lost $2 trillion in the first few days of this year, but we're looking at a rebound this morning so far, when we got here, up 60 on the dow, and s&p's up 13, and nasdaq called up 36. in europe, muted gains including a loss in france of a quarter of a percentage appointment and up a little in germany and england and italy down a little in spain. >> outside of china and the dow's record fall, oil prices have been a major story this week. wti and brent dipping to lows not seen in more

from the mideast to russia and eastern europe, to the south china sea to north korea, you are more geopolitical hotspots than any of us can remember at one time in our lifetime. which one will flare up tomorrow and disrupt the economies, markets, consumer confidence, travel, and very important, the global supply chains? add to that the threat of major terrorist attacks that could happen any time at any place. a nonstate terrorist group like isis have seized large swaths of territory, control significant energy resources, inc. recruits and communicates to a sophisticated social media strategy. and then there are the many threats to our own cybersecurity, which have the potential to shut down companies, our critical infrastructure and our very way of life. businesses and governments all already spending billions and billions of dollars to try to shore up the defenses of our cyber system, but everyone knows we are still vulnerable. and, finally, ladies and gentlemen, we come to election year policy. we are in the middle of the most surprising and perplexing presidential campaign in modern history.

from the middle east to russia and eastern europe to the south china sea to north korea, there are more geopolitical hot spots than any of us can remember at one time in our lifetime. which one will flare up tomorrow and disrupt economies, markets, consumer confidence, travel, and very important, the global supply chains. add to that the threat of major terrorist attacks that could happen any time, any place. a nonstate terrorist group like isis has seized large swaths of territory, controls significant energy resources, and recruits and communicates through a sophisticated social media strategy. and then there are the many threats to our own cybersecurity. which have the potential to shut wn companies, our critical infrastructure, and our very way of life. businesses and governments are already spending billions and billions of dollars to try to shore up the defenses of our cybersystem. but everyone knows we're still vulnerable. and finally, ladies and gentlemen, we come to election year politics. we're in the middle of the most surprising and perplexing presidential campaign in modern

china has had. at 7:15 p.m. eastern, professor courtney young discusses her book in the impactiscusses of breast-feeding on american society. >> breast-feeding fits into an american health paradigm that blames individuals themselves for poor health outcomes and for the soaring cost of american health care. ook-tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span2. >> up next, a coordinator for the u.s. sanctions policy talking about the role of sanctions and the role on russia, iran, and north korea. >> welcome, everyone. thank you so much for joining us this afternoon. we are at american university. it is a great pleasure to continue our discussion series this year with ambassador daniel fried, who i was thinking as we walked up. , it was 20 years ago we worked together in my brief stint in the government. he has had a distinguished .areer in the foreign service he is the state department coordinator for sanctions, policy, prior to that ambassador fried was assigned to the guantanamo bay facility, which we will discuss briefly. the

the u.s., china and pakistan urged negotiations to resume last week. eastern u.s. cities, including new york and washington dc are at a standstill after a blizzard. travel has been disrupted, flights have been cancelled or delayed and people have been urged to stay home. a state of emergency has been declared in new york and other states. >> reporter: the fast-moving blanket of snow has kept outdoor activity to a minimum. winds as high as 90 companies an hour persuade-- km/h persuaded motorists to stay off the roads. those who did venture out found more than they had bargained for. in kentucky thousands were stranded on the road. the red cross set up a shelter for those without heat >> if you're running into the ditch we will probably be in the ditch trying to get you. >> reporter: washington dc's metro train service was shut down for only the third time in its history. further north the storm caused major flooding on the atlantic coast >> there was significant water on the streets and ice floating up the streets, it had got over the wall that was supposed to prote

it did not have that much to do with this economic growth that china has for the last 30 years. >> sunday at 7:15 p.m. eastern, press or courtney young discusses her book in which she examines the impact of breast-feeding policies on society. >> breast-feeding fits conveniently into an american health paradigm that increasingly blames individuals themselves for poor health outcomes and for the soaring cost of american health care. "book tv. " debated lifting sanctions against iran as part of a multinational agreement. this hour-long debate against with ed royce. transparency act, and i think we should all reflect on the reason for this resolution -- one of the reasons -- and that is since the obama administration sealed the nuclear deal with iran, iran has been on a bit of a tear. has accelerated its missile program at the request of president rouhani. it has taken an additional american hostage. it has stepped up the slaughter in syria. days after that agreement was finalized, you had iranian rockets firing 1,500 yards off the u.s. aircraft carrier truman. and just yesterday, iran detained 10 u.s. sailors, w

china's been declining for two or three years. the whole eastern europe and russia has been very difficult for the last couple of years. we've already taken a lot of pain here. >> you've got a target price of 60 on it, today was about 58, that suggests a pretty flat year if i'm quoting you correctly. are there other companies in this big equipment industrial area that you like better for stock plays for '16? >> similar to what ann said earlier, that the two that i think are my top picks are itw and carlisle. those are more diversified industrial companies. they're growing somewhat through restructuring, somewhat through acquisiti acquisition, a really had some of the best managem teams. the more cyclical companies, there's not a lot you can do, just waiting for markets to get better. >> kind to have dove tail on what tyler was saying, as a long-term investor would you be moving into this stock at this point? if you have a long-term time horizon? or no, not yet. >> it's a little early. one more shoe to drop, for investors to feel 2017 is going to be

eastern. later former defense secretaries from the obama and clinton administrations on the state of u.s./china relations. that's live at 5:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span 3. >> members of the congress, i have the great pleasure, the high privilege and the great honor of presenting to you the president of the united states. [ applause ] >> i'm don ritchie, i'm a senate historian. the state of the union messages mandated b

it really didn't have that much to do with this economic growth that china had for the last 30 years. at 7:15 p.m. eastern, professor courtney young discusses her book in which she can be effective breast-feeding policies on american society. >> breast-feeding fits conveniently into an american health heard on that increasingly blames individuals themselves for poor health outcomes and for the soaring costs of american health care. tv all weekend every weekend on c-span2. television for serious reading. congressional republicans just finished a policy retreat in baltimore. at the close of the event house speaker paul ryan held a press conference where he discussed republicans'political agenda for the year. this is 10 minutes. >> starting today, we are beginning the work of developing a full, progrowth agenda. this agenda will focus on five areas. first, national security. americans are very anxious right now, rightfully so. how do we go about making sure that we are secure here at home? how do we go about building a 21st-century military and make sure that we are equipped to defeat isis and the threat pos

china. one person has been killed. homes were destroyed in the eastern province. around a thousand obviously yejers were moved to safety. cash incentives for babies. that's what the thai government is offering families to try to tackle low birth rates and a rapidly-- in a rapidly ageing population. not all agree the plan will work. >> reporter: may you have a house full of children and a town full of grandchildren. that used to be a common agreeing for the new year and at weddings. now it is only said by older generations. in fewer than 50 years the fertility rate here fell from 6 to 1.6. forth mothers such as this lady, a single child family is all she can afford. >> translation: for us it is best to have only one child so we can provide as best as possible for our kid. >> reporter: just three months after he was born, she and her husband sent their baby off to live with her parents outside of bangkok. to encourage families to have babies, a child allowance of $14 was introduced. the govern is considering a cap on child deductions, which is about $450 a year for

eastern time. much to cover between now and then. checking markets around the world, asian markets mostly higher. look at china.inally scrapped those wretched circuit breakers that caused market to shut down on monday and yesterday. there are reports that state-run investment funds drove markets higher. they started investing in the market. so much for a communist government. shanghai, it was crazy day but ended up almost 2%. let's move on to europe. modest gains across the board.

president is out making friends with middle eastern countries that are potentially big suppliers of energy to china. they are looking for down the some of thenking current problems are temporary. they are still going to need resources, and that is what he is doing. david: thank you so much. the chinese slowdowns is one of the major challenges leaders will tackle this week. bloomberg television's lives - - there beginning tomorrow morning. coming up in the next 20 minutes of bloomberg markets, one of wall street's biggest balls makes his case for u.s. stocks. as the worst start of the s&p 500 ever. are there more job cuts on the horizon? lows of the session, failing to hold on to earlier gains. markets could drown in oversupply and send prices even lower. ♪ david: welcome back to bloomberg markets. let's head to our markets that where we have a check on some company movers. i'm looking at the major indexes in the red, but the nasdaq turned red first. ramy: it's just into the red at the 12:00 p.m. hour, and now we're solidly in the red. they are down by an exactly 1% -- by exactly 1%. let's take a lo

council and it's certain on an issue like this that russia and china would use their veto >>> an attack near a police station in south-eastern turkey has killed at least six people. it happened in the cinar district of the mainly kurdish province. the prime minister says the forces have killed close to 200 i.s.i.l. fighters in response to the attack. turkish tanks and art illee are said to have targeted in syria and iraq. turkey will not hesitate to carry out air strikes if necessary against i.s.i.l. it is said. iranians say television says nuclear experts have finished removing the core of iran's only heavy water nuclear reactor. the modification was agreed to as part of a nuclear deal with world powers. it means the reactor won't be able to produce enough plu tone yum for reactors. -- plutonium >>> coming up from come dehouse to the presidency. guatemala's leader gets serious about pulling his country out of a rut. plus. >> reporter: it's one of the biggest dinosaurs ever discovered, so big it barely even fits in this museum. that story coming up. come de y >>> welcome back. you're watching al jazeera. let's take a look at

eastern situation. we just talked about north korea. china is feeling itself in the south china sea. this president's -- his unwillingness to do anything that is meaningful and forceful has put our country in grave danger, our allies in grave danger. not only today, but this danger from islamic extremist and others is going to -- it's going to punish us for decades. cheryl: and merkel how she feels about extremist today. she may have a very, very different story. >> maybe. cheryl: thank you very much, sir, for being with us tonight. we appreciate it. >> thank you, cheryl. cheryl: well, fox business does it again, 8:00 p.m. eastern time neil cavuto is going to be hosting his show and obviously have reaction from ben carson, montel williams and scott brown and already on the ground we should say in south carolina. that is neil cavuto coast to coast tonight. well, a crisis is getting out of control. i just mentioned as germany's refugee protest breaking out overnight. [chanting] cheryl: over 200 arrests as angry germans take to the streets crying out over a growing number of refugee sex

eastern time. you don't want to miss that. ubs, associatet of the china center, joins us now. massive stock selling triggered another trading halt in china today, the second shutdown since financial markets opened. how significant is the spill over from china to the rest of the world? could china drag down the world economy and world financial markets? >> i think the chinese equity market -- actually, i don't think it matters that much for china. i don't think it matters that much in the end for global markets. as you alluded to in your package, we have been here before. last summer,from when the chinese market went down about 40%. the rest of us did suffer a little bit. financial markets were unhinged, but we kind of shrugged it off. marketsay this, what the -- the chinese equity market -- if you think about what is happening in the exchange market with the it ising of the yuan, highly symptomatically of the concerns that people have theessed regarding direction of china's economy. that really does matter. that it everyone knows is in the middle of this difficult transition f