scrawny across europe north america and asia. the plaintiff significant role in monasteries human rights now that she is in many places in the past. activities include arms control porch or monetary training and youth project. everything in conflict prevention and post conflict rehabilitation they're known for their involvement in making several balkan countries get back on their feet after the bloody nineteen nineties cornflakes for example in observing elections. field operations are organized at the request of host countries candidates agreed by consensus by the participating states critics say the white juries inclusiveness of the body can mean it's held back by a caring between its members the osce describe pain of their mission in ukraine to contribute to our country to reducing tensions and fostering peace stability and security. so far the u s and russia and the osce member is due to different interpretations of whether the monsters who people to go into crimea. after the peninsula was an expired russia. osce observers ar

in north america, initially, we're starting to see some better sell throughs on the men's side. >> okay. >> and our order book really grow in europend north america for the third and fourth quarter as we set up for the fall and holiday season next year. this coming year. >> southern europe has been a problem, particularly italy. i didn't see anything positive about that part, about italy. >> well, i think what we're seeing are european business overall, we're seeing has stabilized. >> okay. >> and as we're looking out, our tommy hilfiger business which is the much bigger part of our european business, our order book will be up about 5% for holiday, fall and holiday as we go into 2014. so that's a significant turn. our spring book was up about 1%. >> right. >> so we're feeling pretty positive about how that is shaping up. >> okay. i liked what you had to say about asia and brazil. how big are they really? >> well, our calvin asia business is up $500 million business. operating margins in that business are in the high teens. >> that's pretty good. >> it is a very strong business. it's been strong in 2013. and we don't see any reason

a recent study analyzed the data of 100 million cars in europe and north america, and at least, now weknow that belgium tops the list of countries with the worst traffic jams. trafford in brussels is worse than it is in l, manon, or london -- in l.a., milan, or london. >> taken together, traffic jams can add up to hundreds of kilometers. over 300,000 commuters drive into and out of the belgian capital every weekday, making it one of the most congested cities in the world. during the day, it's a short hop, but during morning rush hour, it can take as long as an hour and a half. he has moved a large part of his office out of brussels. >> we have an enormous mobility problem. it's getting harder and harder to get the employees, especially the ones from flanders, to come into the office here in brussels. >> the brussels area infrastructure is obsolete. plans to expand and have been in the works for years with little progress. heavy goods traffic has also been on the increase with trucks whingeing their ways to the port of antwerp and rotterdam. it's becoming clear that expansion alone is n

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temperatures have helped spike the population of deer not only in japan, but also in parts of europe and north america. >> so most effective factors might be having a change due to birth activity, but if combined with climate change, all of the northern area in the wild -- >> reporter: deer are said to be highly fertile and can eat a wide variety of food. global warming is not only affecting wildlife ecosystems, but also causing new problems. kurando tago, nhk world. >>> let's now bring in our meteorologist say ack yeah mori for a check of the weather. sayaka parts of the eastern united states seeing severe weather. how bad are conditions there? >> well, shery a total of seven tornadoes have been reported in missouri and in iowa. and hail has been observed in missouri. very severe conditions are happening over the area from the gulf coast up into the midwest. this is the severe weathermaker, which is unleashing -- which is a potential for producing more tornadoes, golf ball sized hail, as well as damaging wind gusts. this is fuelled by ample warm air from the south crashing with cooler air from the no

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what we're really talking about is isolating him from the european world or europe and north america. on him?t have an effect yes, i think it does. on the other hand, he has been very defiant. if you read his speech a week ago and the one he gave recently to the chamber of commerce, chamber of entrepreneurs and is atry, what you see statement that he intends to make russia less and less dependent on the west. sir, the tensions between russia and the west, they are increasing, especially given the russian troop buildups near ukraine. is this a show, or is military confrontation likely? >> i do not think anyone is going to win from a military confrontation, but it certainly is true the military activities on behalf of of the russian side and what is going on in ukraine as well, where they are working on mobilizing forces and so on, simply brings tensions to a higher and higher level. there is always the danger that something is going to happen and you will lose control of the situation. .> right >> right now, i do not think we are seeing that happen. it does seem a bit quieter in the ea

we're telling there was a common ancestor that crossed the atlantic in these protoplantic north america and europe were separating and evolved into two different species in north america and europe. this shows how rich this part of europe it is concerning dinosaurs, that dozens of species we've been finding lately and getting one of the best places in the world to study jurasic dinosaurs. >> how much can you estimated about behavior and the way this dinosaur would have looked? >> the skull is about one meter, more than one meter long. it is one of the fierce predators by the time actually it would be probably the largest land predator that ever existed during the late jurasic, so it's similar to tie ran sore russ rex and everybody knows he would be a fierce predator, the difference is their age. when the first t. rex roamed the earth, this was already a fossil 18 million years before, so it's much, much older in age, but it still, the equivalent of t rex for the jurasic. >> let's talk about the teeth. how big and how many are we talking? >> we are talking about teeth that can be more than 10 centi

europe must do more. i take every opportunity to point out that there should be a fairer sharing of the costs and the responsibilities. both between north americaand europe and within europe. and developments in ukraine are a stark reminder that security in europe cannot be taken for granted. and that neither europe nor america can come up with the solution alone. that's why i will continue to remind european nations that they need to step up politically and millitarily to hold the line on defense cuts, to increase their defense spending, and to work together to fill key capability gaps, including missile defense, cyber defense, and joint intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance. later this year, in wales in the united kingdom, we will hold our next nato summit. we need to take tough positions in view of the long-term strategic impact of russia's aggression on our own security. our commitment to the security of allies is unbreakable. we will bring our isef mission to a close and prepare our future partnership with afghanistan. we will ensure we have the right capabilities we need to address the modern threats we face, like cyber attacks and

states that an armed attack on one member of the alliance, which now includes 28 countries in europe and north america an attack on all. at the time the treaty passed the primary anning a nis to those countries, members of the alliance were worried about having to defend themselves against with the soviet union. before the soviet union dissolved in 1991 this was the map showing how many republics were part of the ussr. afterward the map looked like this. in the end all 15 states left the soviet union to become independent countries. including estonia, latvia, lithuania and ukraine. russian president gorbachev eventually resigned in despair. russia then watched as one by one its former satellites turned to the west and joining nato and seeking to join the eu. in 2008 even after george w. bush looked into vladimir putin's eyes and got a sense of his soul, russia reacted to its former satellite georgia's election of a pro-western government by invading. it was ukraine's attempt to broker a deal with the european union instead shaft that triggered the military invasion of ukraine. now some of those former

nato member states are serving as identify a deficit the military training areas throughout europe and north america are among the richest and most important sites will find that their city. often because they are that it's not open to the general . but also because environmental awareness and whites tactical use of natural resources is encouraged among soldiers military training areas are increasingly recognized as sites of height by a diversity and large numbers of threatened and endangered species. exports from india its beans and nine. listening to it in voyeur into tossing it into a pleasant day the usc is banned the import of indian spices contributed sixteen points and up until the next week i'd like to invite i know that nine placings and you're eighty and maybe share each week six but since it's sunday a baby on the menu she jumped on singapore and the uk. i don't need to destinations for beginning sports it is that the european union to open them on this commendable that the ongoing suffering debt crisis and hold great sports despite these problems from the outside. the european union rema

the group comprised of military officers from north america, europe and asia had tried to enter cry meria to try to assist with deescalating tensions there. meantime, dozens of military trucks and ships continue to carry armed soldiers into that portion of ukraine. president obama is monitoring the situation during his florida vacation and the president has spoken with leaders from britain, italy and france. tonight, the white house says the leaders agreed that russia must pull back military forces in crimea and allow human rights agents into the region to monitor. thus so far, president putin is ignoring those leaders. >>> ahead, how long can we keep the spring- ♪ for tapping into a wealth of experience. ♪ for access to one of the top wealth management firms in the country. ♪ for a team of financial professionals who provide customized solutions. for all of your wealth management and retirement goals, discover how pnc wealth management can help you achieve. visit pnc.com/wealthsolutions to find out more. . >>> olga, it doesn't get much better than this. 60, saturday? come on! >> this wea

others were from elsewhere in asia and north america and europe. a spokesman says the 777 was inspected 10 days ago and was found in proper condition. no indication the pilot sent a whatess signal, suggesting ever happened occurred quickly and catastrophically. >> it is just about 7:00 a.m. sunday morning and those parts. daylight will bring us new clues into what happened. were killedt home in an afternoon crash in frederick county, maryland. an eyewitness told police of ford expedition was traveling eastbound on route 340 when it lost control and crossed the center median and enter the westbound lanes. it struck a toyota as well as another vehicle. the driver of the expedition and that toyota died at the scene. two adults and two juveniles were injured in the crash. the exact cause of that crash remains under investigation at this hour. we are following a developing story out of spotsylvania county where sheriff's deputies hope a surveillance photo will help them find the man wanted for robbing a store and then shooting the clerk. the picture is

they can pay a fraction of the wages in other parts of the world ship the stuff back to europe and north america for as long as those markets are interesting and that's the underlying change that is causing the difficulties everywhere and for the ukrainians to imagine that they're going to have the leverage or the power to be anything other than an impoverished witness to all of this is really naïve only a fundamental change from below that takes that economy in hand for the people could begin to make a significant difference and we don't see any evidence of that coming about i mean isn't isn't the j. curve theory of history that revolutions happen or civil wars when the expectations of people diverge significantly from the reality rather than just when things get so bad. well i think that's what's going on the people of the ukraine thought some of them that if they broke away from the soviet union and went through the changes that the soviets went through their lives would get significantly better then they thought if they took an independent role it would get significantly better. i'm i'm stil

a do over 20 billion in revenue, a global footprint with strong asia-pacific, europe, middle east, north americathirds of this is components, third of it is consumer-products. we figure there are seven or 8% topline growth. the stock is selling at 9.7 times earnings. what is unusual is usually a distributor's business grows, it sucks of capital in terms of inventory. not this one. this past year they did 300 million net income generating 240 million in free cash, a terrific conversion ratio. $0.80 on the dollar. liz: great to have you. we have people listening on xm satellite radio. they should know you never once looked down, this is all in your head, in your heart. we will see you next time. >> thank you for having me. a real pleasure. liz: anytime. apple wants to harness the power of stars like beyoncÉ to sure up the itunes business. beyoncÉ released a new business back in november. only on itunes, and it rapidly became the fastest selling itunes album of all times. so it worked for her. now the "los angeles times" reporting apple is pressuring record companies to do the same, release more mu

europe. what about north america? >> hint of spring but winter is not quite done with us. are going to see present decent temperatures, but this big lump of cloud, still a little taste of winter to come. temperatures getting up to 28 celsius. and as we go on through tuesday and on into wednesday temperatures if anything getting up to around 21 degrees in dc, should be about 12 degrees celsius. notice a little cooler there for dallas as we go into the next part of the week, 21 in d.c., keep an eye on that. and down to 2 degrees would you believe as we go into thursday. here is our wintery weather continuing to make its way across the plains. easing over towards the eastern seaboard. 21 celsius, but it's a wet 21. there is our snow, and that snow up into the northeastern corner, into new england and eastern part of canada. some parts could easily see 50, maybe 60 centimeters of snow. clearer skies do come in behind. and we'll see that weather slowly but surely making its way in for the latter part of the weak. the weekend will be fine and sunny. >>> thanks very much indeed f

but you're building a global pressure cooker particularly in europe and north america that is simplynot a sustainable way of coping with this phase of capitalisms development so in the final minute we have dr richard wolfe how do we work through that here in the united states how does ukraine work through that there. well you know despite the enormous differences we're rich ukraine is poor and all the rest the situation is very similar we have our ukraine's among us we just give them different names like detroit or cleveland or camden new jersey we have the parts that are being thrown aside and thrown to the wolves and we're building the same pressure here for a fundamental break with a system that is making too few people too rich and too many people unable to meet life's basic demands we may end up having more in common and more solidarity with the same people discovering the same truth about the ukraine then we might imagine that's remarkable dr richard wall thanks so much for being with us tonight my pleasure it's always a pleasure to see he's. coming up one of the world's most r

everything you see here had to be manufactured in europe, asia and north america, and shipped to the it was assembled and tested here at alma's base camp at the foot of the mountain, an altitude of 10,000 feet. then, the trip to the top, at eight miles an hour. each one of these $7 million instruments has to make the 17- mile journey on a specially- built transporter-- more crab than carrier-- designed to protect this ultra sensitive cargo from even the slightest bump in the road. you put one of these on a truck? >> cox: yes. >> simon: haul it up to 5,000 meters, more than 16,000 feet, and you still expect the kind of accuracy... >> cox: yes. >> simon: ...that is a tiny fraction of a human hair? >> cox: yes. that gives you an idea about how complex this whole endeavor is. >> simon: it's a journey into thin air. the altitude is such a strain on the body that you have to pass a medical exam to go there. do you find that when you're on top, your thinking gets a little bit hazy? >> cox: yes, sometimes it does. i mean, people react very differently. there are people who are starting to ba

and north america. europe goes off this cliff. germany's got the worst chart for demographic spending have any country in the world and everybody thinks germany's going to hold up europe. we can see when this is going to happen. more and more countries are going to go off this demographic cliff and stimulus plans are going to fail sips they've already pushed them beyond any com presencable limit. >> isn't the determining factor for the economy, the immediateian able 36, germany 45. it's still doing fairly well, maybe having more issues than years past, but don't we have some room to age and be prosperous? >> it's not the median age. germany's older on average that that the united states, but it's where the bulk of spenders are in the mid to late 40's. germany will start falling off the cliff literally this year in a steep drop. germany looks worse than japan looked to us in 1989 when we were the only person in the world that i know of that forecast japan was going to have a major downturn while the left of the world boomed. you ha

he's already met almoshe has alf his counterparts in europe and north america and has become the nation's point person in rallying the community behind the democratic ukraine. president obama has sent a signal for the support of ukraine by inviting the prime minister to the white house on the eve of the illegal referendum in crimea this sunday. shortly after the prime minister arrived in washington, the g-7 issues issued a statement calling for a hold of the referendum saying that they wouldn't recognize its result as legal and saying the annexation of crimea could have grave implications for the legal order to protect the unity and sovereignty of all states should the russian federation take such a step so the g-7 we should take further action individually and collectively. and watching the g-7 over the years i have seen such a strong statement we have 15 ambassadors here including the ambassador of germany and the uk, very strong with solidarity. the call to action i would say the moment is now to the crisis and focus that we must plan on the long game and the atlantic council has been

i'm off to greece dollars in europe the free ride wild storm made its way across the atlantic to north america. a spectacular result of silver fox in utah. the fourth of six events this season in the skin cap rate was won by homer either gonna stick her in as well a canadian j weaver said don't tell policy in the snowboarding competition. in the women's was austrian or a new deal making receiving his friend tried the head of the merkel who for the snowball the band's next competition takes place in raffles hotel but the home of a full season ending extreme that the gift email championship in switzerland on mops the twenty second the air lord when i am. ch the fees eye. i was. since. ch. it is the dhimmi a pretend has spoken on the telephone to barak obama for the second time in six days but the pair remain far apart of the ukraine. however a kremlin statement said russia's president stressed in the coal that relations between his country and the us but two important that political stability and security to stop but because of the crisis. president obama has ordered sanctions so bubbles can dis

this crisis only two weeks in the job, he has already met almost all of his counterparts in europe and north america and has become his nation's point person in rallying the international community behind the united democratic ukraine. ed, president obama has sent a clear signal to the world of u.s. support for ukraine by inviting the prime minister to the white house on the eve of th e illegal referendum in crimea this sunday. shortly after the prime minister arrived in washington, g-7 leaders issued a hard-hitting statement calling for a halt of the referendum, saying they would not recognize the result is legal and saying "the annexation of crimea could have grave implications for the legal order, the unity and sovereignty thell states, should russian federation take such a step, we will take further action individually and collectively." g-8 overching of the the years, i have seldom see such a strong statement. we have 15 ambassadors here, including the ambassadors of germany in the u.k., a very strong sign of solidarity. u.s. ambassador towords, ukraine, your call is now. the crisis to man's ur

the only way to address such challenges is for europe and north america to stand together.what we have done from the start of this crisis. nato's clear position has been to condemn russia's military actions in ukraine, to stand firmly in support of the government in kiev and to make clear that president putin's decisions to escalate the situation have consequences. as a first step, we have suspended joint planning for a maritime court mission for the destruction of syria's chemical weapons. this would have been the first joint operation of the nato/russia council. we also decided that no staff-level, civilian or military meetings with russia will take place for now. and we have put the entire range of nato/russia corporation under review. nato foreign ministers will take decision when they meet in brussels early next month. at the same time, we have kept the door open for political dialogue in the they toe/russia -- nato/russia council to give russia an opportunity to engage. we have also taken measures to strengthen nato's readiness. they include more assets for our baltic

america. it's not just sweden - much of europe's far north is being turned over to mining companies - right acrossndinavia from norway to finland - this is euro mining, a trade fair in tampere finland's second city >> today in finland we have 41 mines and this mining sector has been growing steadily for the last 5 or 6 years and we in the finnish government have great expectation that mining is one of the growth areas also in future in finland. the total turnover of our mining companies is almost 2 billion euros. so at this moment it is vital. >> finland's biggest mining company is talvivaara, whose chief executive gave a keynote address at the fair. >> what has been lacking in western europe is our own minerals and sources for minerals - and particularly now for instance uranium. - in europe there's hundreds of nuclear power plants which have to supply their uranium from outside europe and in this volatile world i think it would be safer to have our own source for nuclear power. >> this is talvivaara nickel mine. the ore in the ground is of such a low-grade that vast quantities of rock have to be

she is responsible for trade negotiations and enforcements in europe, the middle east, north africa, the americas including the transatlantic economic council, the middle east and north african -- i'm sorry, the middle east and north african investment trade partnership and the north american free trade agreement. and ms. shapiro has served in many roles in the white house starting when she worked in the clinton white house as special assistant and counselor to the president for southern european -- southeastern european stabilization and reconstruction. she's also served at the national security council developing and coordinating economic security policies. previously, she was of a member of secretary of state's policy planning staff and worked in the office of the legal adviser where she helped negotiate the dayton peace accords that ended the war in bosnia. jeff shatt is a senior fellow at the peterson institute for international economics. mr. shatt joined the peterson institute in 1983 and is a senior fellow working on international trade policy and economic sanctions. during his tenure at

europe ain't. union. putin is and have a cigar ally in the world. he can intimidate and tried to intimidate ukraine and intimidate our media, but we have got nato. we had 28 countries, to north america26 in europe that all should be here. we could isolate him to magically come over the long run, i would say that advantage -- he cannot digest ukraine. he cannot divide it without tremendous lyrical costs to the russian federation. i think obama is probably playing for the middle or late around. >> i would emphasize that i think it is a 15 round match. i think putin is playing for the long-term. we can affect the later rounds, but only if those many countries are willing to come together and are galvanized into fairly decisive actions. secondly, it will depend on ukraine. ukraine is an economic basket case. government, new cannot perform. the country is further into economic chaos. it may come unstuck. putin may have other options at that point in time. i think we have to take a long-term perspective here and have a strategy. there has been a holdup. emphasize something that was said it is important that we get in now and in a big way to help this ukrainian government succeed in turnin

it expects combined sales to be almost twice as high in europe and asia as north america by the end ofg its outlook on the department for a change. becausee for negative of prospects for further improvement over the next year. it is also ending its monthly sales report, saying data points are no longer necessary with the company's turnaround effort taking hold. >> number five, international, shares plunging. well below estimates. it is suspending financial guidance for the foreseeable future while it undergoes an organizational revamp. >> number four is dish network. it reached a groundbreaking deal . deal will allow dish to offer disney shows as part of its future web-based description television service. number three is fuel energy. fuel cell, which reports earnings on march 10, is one of the most overbought stocks. >> i am talking cars. the auto-parts retailer reporting in nine percent increase as well as sales growth of four percent. severe winter weather actually helps sales by accelerating demand area >> number one is radioshack. shares plunged more than 25% after the electronics

the emerging economies are growing faster than the more developed economies of western europe and north americanificantly slower growth than the original projection that we had even planned. disruption around the world is help something of that or hurting that. and just significant movement. that's in every economy we do business in outside of the united states and western europe. >> ursula, you are joining us from the simple at work event, the first of its kind for xerox. tell us about what that is today. >> yes. this is a celebration of the new xerox. it's a celebration for our customers of the new xerox. i talked about the fact we are the world's leader in document technology but as i said earlier, it's interesting what we do today. we do everything from manage toll infrastructure to automated parking to, you know, offstreet parking to automated parking. we do health care exchanges, medicaid information systems. we actually manage customer care for some of the largest telecom providers in the world. our portfolio is very different than it was just five years ago. and this is the first time w

and a united europe and north america need to erect that wall at some point.sive strategy. unfortunately, the europeans are all about the money and obama, sad to say, is all about domestic politics. so we have no one to match putin. i don't like putin. he's vicious, ruthless, cruel man. but he has a vision. he knows his people. he knows what he wants. he will do what it takes to get it. president obama, sad to say, is -- i think he probably worries about the political implication of what he has for breakfast. >> so is president obama's weakness ultimately his uber focus on domestic politics? >> i don't think he cared all that much for foreign policy. his approach to governance was really to reform america from within, so we will redistribute more wealth, will allow a lot more people to stay here who were illegally here, will really transform america through energy policy, through the regulatory framework, through executive orders when we can't get stuff through congress, through health care reform. foreign policy really, that was so 20th century. and when you'

read in the past week, that security there is not exactly what it is in other places, in europe or north america that plane that they wanted, or the plane itself. >> how would you characterize this operation from the terror mind? a success because there are so many questions? a success because we don't know how to adjust our security? a success because they're back in the news? >> i think all of those things to some extent. i would throw in the enormous expense that has been incurred by all the people participating in this event so far. but i think if it is a terrorist operation and the plane survived, there is an act two. this is the first act of a two-act play 'cause they're not going to steal that plane to do nothing with it at some point. >> right. the question is, what the goal was and where would you focus the investigation today, if you got the keys? >> if i was looking for that aircraft, i think there are places like bangladesh that are very much pro-al-qaeda, pakistan has been broaded about on the news. i think that's part of it. i think you have to look in a lot of places, unfortunatel

we're concentrateed in north america, western europe and middle east.roach to the market providing free communications with voice and video and text calling for free. we have a service where people enjoy themselves and look at pictures of friends and family, meet new people and play games together. that approach has worked very well in asia. we're the first to try out here in the u.s. and that is i think, been, very seducing for jack ma and alibaba. david: tell us how you got involved with alibaba. did they buy you because they see you as a value in and of yourself, or, did they see your services as networking nice with their own services? >> well, to set the story straight, alibaba did not buy us. they have invested and taken minority stake in the company. but, you know, we share a connection in jerry yang, the founder of yahoo! jerry has been an investor of the company for a few years and, you know, he introduced us as we were speaking to strategic investors and we really hit it off. liz: okay. david: but again, is it because they feel that you're a g

and we'll see more and more of these, unless asia can achieve the same kind of change that north america and europeback to richard crest. richard, can we rule out a terror attack here or not? >> honestly, no, you can't. because of the nature of this incident. let me be clear, i am not saying yes, i'm not saying no. you asked me, piers, can we rule it out? i'm saying no, you can't rule it out for the simple reason this aircraft came out of the sky, it would appear, at altitude, 35,000 feet without the crew managing to get a may day or a pan pan call out. we have to leave every possibility on the table. >> richard quest, thank you very much. stay with cnn for continuing coverage of the disappearance of the malaysian airlines plane carrying 239 people. stay with us. >>> oscar pistorius, the disabled athlete who sprinted into the olympics. center stage in a south african courtroom charged with murdering his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. a stunning, up and coming model. we speak to those who were there that fateful valentine's night. you could hear

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developed economies both in the united states and europe because i think that both europe and north america could face the same problems in terms of the high levels of private sector and also stagnant wages so the question is if you . high levels of private sector debt and stagnant wages how can you get g.d.p. growth continues to be every single time there's a recession you know that gets in the way and you basically have the economy going to fall tremendously you have financial crises the way that we've had before and so what we've seen in japan basically is that they've had it over and over again you know three or four times over the twenty years and they have been able to get out of what i would say is that you're never going to get out of that especially with a private sector unless you move to full employment for us because you're never going to get wage growth without full employment very go heard of her from now or next coming comes via you tube from plausible twenty eight hope i'm saying that right here it's w t f x the world com m.c.i. had. her part of horizon everyone knows that e

that's bigger than north america, south america, africa and europe combined.he last communication from the boeing 777 coming from 30 minutes after takeoff more than a week ago. copilot believed to have spoken the final words from the cockpit without mentioning a word about trouble on board then. the transponder shut down but its last satellite ping came seven hours later, all of this raising suspicion that the plane was intentionally diverted by the pilot or somebody else on board with considerable flying experience. police searching the homes of the pilot and copilot and investigators checking the backgrounds of all 227 passengers and the 10 other crew members but what would somebody want to do with a boeing 777? joining us is michael boyd, aviation security analyst. what would somebody want to do with that big, fairly new jet? >> that's the big question. we have to ask. the plane is now in somebody's court. obviously it was taken someplace. it may have hit the water. it may be at some strip somewhere. i don't know how you get that airplane in and out but now

fox's book about skiing and the future of snow includes studies how it is vanishing throughout north america, europeclimb toll gists who say that will dem mate the ski industry. >> half of the 300 ski resorts will likely not be able to stay open and that's in the next 30 years which is pretty shocking. that's where i grew up skiing. >> reporter: according to noaa snow cover on land in june in the northern hemisphere has been decreasing at a rate of nearly 20% per decade since 1979. the loss of the snow pack is more than just a risk for the ski industry. it could impact every person in this country, whether they ski or not. >> it's a very unique form of water storage, and around the world, a billion people depend on snowmelt for their freshwater supply. >> reporter: fox believes the change on the ski industry is like a canary in a coal mine. >> it's just the beginning of what people are beginning to see as visible climate change. >> reporter: jiminy peak in massachusetts offsets the lack of snow by making almost 90% of it themselves. the cost of snow making prompted them to build this $4 million wind

hope for a better life to rebuild their lives in a better way if they can be resettled in north america or in europe. >>> thanks to antonio guteres, the u.n. refugee. the military led government synpathices with the band of muslim brotherhood but the group denies involvement attacks on soldiers have increased since the ousting of mohamed morsi last july. roughly 300 military officers have been killed. >>> in neighboring libya, rebels who control three oil ports in the country say they are ready to negotiate with the government. separatists seized the port six months ago. they say they will give it back if the government does not go through with a military offensive against them. the rebels are calling for a greater share in the nation's oilwealth. last week, tripoli threatened to attack a tanker that took oil from one of those ports. >>> tensions running high in ukraine one day before a controversial referendum. we will get the view from russia how the crisis is there. >> thet how to bring the blue back to a among o mongolian sky clouded with smog . >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. here is a

comes from the three devanced--advanced developing parts--developed parts of the world, north america and europe and--and japan. it's been--i mean, i'm a member of it. but i'm not, by no means, a--a--a--a spokesman for it or anything. and... c-span: what's the goal? >> guest: and--well, you should talk to them about it, brian. actually, i'm just a--i--i mean, it's--doesn't make--anything to do with the book, frankly. but it's... c-span: no, but what--the reason i ask this is is what--what are the goal of all these--what--what do they want to learn out of this? what's--what do you sense that--when you meet with all of these people from these different foundations, what do they want? >> guest: well, i think they want the same thing that other--of ordinary americans. they're a very diverse group out there, i mean, as you--as you may know, but--from looking at the--at the list, as you read it off. there's some conservative groups there, and some liberal groups, and some--you know, all sorts of different groups are in that list. and the... c-span: so what is your sense of why somebody, i mean, begins