george ferguson is with us from bloomberg industries.fly and the way we fly. 24 are built a week. 8200 in the past five years. they have had 36,000 takeoffs and landings. can there be a used plane market? i don't get it. i walked down the ramp and i always look at the airline to see if it is a fossil plane. ofsome of us are getting rid them. if you go fly delta, you will find more of the older airplanes still flying. they are earning good revenue, boosting profitability for delta. >> who buys used inner planes yak obama in the old days, we would move those airplanes out into the developing world. in the last downturn we spent a lot of time at xm bank in the u.s. and in europe at the export agencies, trying to push airplanes around the world. >> the card-carrying example with black we are -- card- carrying jobs -- carriers.e some niche they will buy some of those older airplanes and put them in the revenue service. >> is delta strategy just doing that to save money? , i think they are. theirk it is part of fundamental business strategy. i

nine-time olympic gold medalist, carl lewis, and ben ferguson. big burly ben, host of "the ben ferguson show." always a delight. and let's start with you, carl lewis. what do you think as an athlete, who has been at the very, very top of your game for a very long time. when you saw richard sherman go off like that, did you empathize? did you understand what he was doing? >> well, you know, it's really interesting. because people are quick to judge and they don't know the back story. so obviously, there was something between he and crabtree that went back a while. number one. number two, this is a very intelligent, articulate guy who does a lot of things and understands what he's doing. i've been in that situation where you make a play like that for the super bowl. the super bowl is something you only have one shot at. and understanding the olympics, i get it. so the emotion of that moment i think overtook him. and i think it was emotion. >> yeah, completely agree. let's move quickly carl, to the very reason we've got you on tonight. chris christi

jane ferguson, al jazeera, kabul afghanistan. coming up, we often think concussions are caused by direct hits, but we'll explain why the field surface itself can be a problem. and the emotional reunion between a man who was about to commit suicide and a stranger, who talked him out of it. >> an italian court has found aman do knox guilty of mud. her former boyfriend also found guilty in the death of knox's former roommate meredith can he rememberer. knox has been sentenced to 28 years six monthing in jail, she has just put out a statement says she is frightening and saddened by the unjust verdict, this is the third trial for knox in this case. she was convicted once and acquitted. attorneys say they will appeal the ruling again. federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty for othercav tsarnaev, the bombing suspect, three people were with killed and more than 300 wounded. after one of the biggest man hunts in the country, police tracked down star knave and his brother. authorities killed the brother, a police say that a fire t

mark lamont hill and ben ferguson are here, cnn political commentators.arting to line all behind hillary clinton as former obama lieutenants and in this week's "new york times" magazine published this, that fleshy, weirdly, weird planet thing on the hillary cover. the point, of course, is that she has gravity, galaxy, some support orbiting around her. the covers has been creepy but the message is clear. is the nomination hers for the taking? >> that is a generous interpretation of that really creepy, weird cover. yes, the nomination is hers now. the nomination is hers for the taking though. again, we learned from 2008 that you can never count your chickens before they are fully hatched. barack obama came out of nowhere and surprised everyone but there doesn't seem to be someone as a potential dark horse for hillary clinton. some people will throw out names like warren but that's unlikely. joe biden is probably the greatest opposition that she faces. but it's hard to imagine joe biden beating her in a head-to-head race. it will be interesting to see how pr

. >> this is rich ferguson from the icebreaker.com channel. >> first time we've seen the chair in a photooth. >> what are you doing! >> ahh! >> this became a photo boo-th. >> i see. >> it's not actually a photo booth. >> it's a photo curtained off section. >> photo area. >> i got to give it to him for the believability of the chair. >> these people aren't that freaked out in this one. >> it's becoming too common, i think that's why. we've seen so many people try to pull the chair prank, i think people are kind of expecting it. >> i think they were enjoying it and they didn't get up immediately. >> dressed as a chair and he's my type. >> i think the captain didn't get up right away, he's used to rough seas. this is nothing. ah, this is just a little chop. >> eventually i feel like one by one we'll all be pranked by rich ferguson. >>> what in the world can make a 6-year-old boy react like this? next "right this minute." >>> and tistill to come, dude gs on a rampage through the streets. >> no shoes, no shirt, no shame. >> see how he gets taken down ore than once. >>> and we've got the thursd

clearly not safe enough. >> james ferguson reporting -- jane ferguson reporting. >> the president of uganda says, he will not sign a bill that requires life sentences for homosexuals. the pill would have punished gay people who repeatedly have sex. uganda's president says he would support a revision of the bill. earlier this month, antigay legislation have been passed in nigeria. >>> vladimir putin says russia does not yow law loam owe sexual relationships but he says, quote, leave our children in peace. >>> detroit has one of the highest homeless rates in the country and of the 700,000 people that live there nearly 20,000 of them live in the streets. bisi onile-ere has the story. >> addicted to heroin and crack cocaine six years ago he lost it all. he turned to the streets of detroit. for years, he was among the city's nearly 20,000 men, women and children who were homeless in a city with an estimated 80,0080,000 abandoned structure, davis often found refuge but in 2012 he wanted out. >> something had to change because i wasn't happy you know. >> davis turned to the shelter. he beat

jane ferguson, al jazeera, kabul afghanistan. now meteorologist dave warren, take a look from space, and you can see the snow on the ground, not moving that whitish color that's the snow, these are the clouds that brought the snow has pushed off the coast, getting a little chance to melt here with some sunshine, and the temperatures are up too, climbing above freezing and should stay there, at least overnight tonight, and then throughout the next few days getting a few degrees warmer each day, it may not refreeze tonight, but still be careful on the roadways. 36 in atlanta, and alabama 46 new orleans, so the temperatures are climbing a bit, and now we with are talking about the storm out west, needed rain and snow. across california and the southwest, have to get that snow up there until april 1st when it started to melt, and that feed as lot of the reservoirs way below average, so we are welcoming this storm here. another area of low pressure bringing some light snow to the northern plains. that will be followed by a brief drop

jane ferguson, al jazeera, kabul afghanistan.play not look like it but the weather pattern actually changing here. getting another area of snow that is coming down from canada, not a lot of snow, but enough to prompt a winter storm warning around minneapolis, winter weather advisory here there the purple and just some light snow here. now here it is now, pushed all the way south through the dakotas snow continuing to come down here through minnesota and pushing into iowa that will continue to work its way east, there's snow also in colorado. temperatures once the snow clears out, dropping quickly, as shot of some bitter cold air down below zero in fargo, bismark, is at 5. 15 in rapid city denver is at 37 degrees. here in chicago, some light snow, thursday, friday, there's the temperature cropping down into the teen's. friday, saturday, 25, and then rah look at a big arctic blast here on sunday, down to seven, but that does not work its way all the way to the east coast, looks like it lifts to the north just a little bit. the patt

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jane ferguson, al jazeera, kabul, afghanistan. >>> in just in. the white house is announcing that iraq will begin the roleback of nuclear program this month. beginning january 20th, according to the announcement, iran will for the first time start eliminating stockpile of higher levels of enriched uranium and dismantling the infrastructure which makes it possible. president obama says more needs to be done on a long-term settlement. >>> in an agreement, south cree wa will pay to keep u.s. troops on the ground. the agreement was reached after a series of military threats from north korea. both the u.s. and seoul will share cost on security measures for the next five years. this is the ninth agreement since 1991 and it is now waiting for approval by south korea's parliament. >>> federal investigators expected tomorrow at the scene of thursday's chemical spill in west virginia. up to 300,000 residents are still without safe tap water without drink organize washing, no word when it will be back again. testing continues for the chemical that leaked fr

cnn political commentator ben ferguson that joining us from dallas and mark lamt hill joins us from newthis on-air apology from harris perry enough? mark, you first? >> i absolutely think it was enough. earlier in the week people blasted her for not offering a public apology on television. they say she only did it through twitter. people had to be reminded it was a weekend show and we needed to give her until saturday to do so, as soon as the show opened she gave a contrite apology, it was elegant and dignified and principled, it was uncompromising and it was unqualified. i think she did all she could do to honor the romney family, to speak to where she feels she went wrong and to move forward. >> ben? >> i think she certainly knew that her job was probably on the line and that's probably the reason why you saw a lot of this desperation compared to last week. but last week this was a preplanned, in the teleprompter. picture was produced on screen live. this was something that was well thought out for a year-end show that was supposed to be funny, and there's nothing funny about a stereo

cases that oil should guinness besides his vote and also the dissenting opinion of plessey versus ferguson with the important reading of 13th and 14th amendment at least at that stage i admire. and antislavery lawyer, his nickname was the attorney general for runaway slaves. when he was chief justice appointed by abraham lincoln i thought that was a great moment for error liberty. >> host: randy barnett "restoring the lost constitution: the presumption of liberty" is the name of the book. it begins with the question of the relationship of nature to politics. they're both claim their political views are based with the idea politics has to answer to human nature. but they had different ideas what that was. their different ideas of what nature means of political debates so pain offers an idea that he hindustan's nature as a source of rules that govern the behavior of the individual particles that is a function of those particles. it is like physics applied. >> not in a simple-minded way but the basic way of thinking how we get the truth of the deepest kind of truce? he thought the way was not

joining us to discuss us is ryan ferguson himself. you've been out since november. before we talk about the cases you're advocating, a lot of people want to know how you describe the transition back. >> it's been incredible. i have so many amazing people in my life. my family, my girlfriend. a lot of supporters have been there from the middle of when i got arrested. it's been very amazing. it's been uplifting knowing these people were there to help me and help us get a long life. it's good. we're moving forward and continuing to do everything we can to spread awareness. >> what would you say is the most -- the thing that's most surprised you since finally being back in society after ten years behind bars? >> definitely the thing that surprised me the most is how amazing people are. in prison you're around a lot of less than amazing people. >> that's a kind way of oputtin it. >> out here there's negative people, but you surround yourself with positive people and people you know are good in your live. i'm amazed by the people around me.

and as jane ferguson reports from kabul, attacks have become increasingly brutal. >> if her attackernt to kill her, it was increasingly brutal. her attacker was her husband, a drug addict, a habit she refused to fund. she tried to tell us her story but her words were unrecognizable, spoken in agony. >> they had problems before but it was not like this. if i had known the problem would have come the this i would have killed him with my own hands. >> reporter: as with so many cases in afghanistan the assault happened in her home. the very place where women in conservative societies should be safe. >> translator: did you see the blood? when we first came, she was lying here. the blood was from her lips and the nose. the blood has now dried. the blood on the wall was from her hands. >> while her case may be unusual in the extreme levels of brutality involved, those that work with women across afghanistan say there are increasing reports of women being assaulted. the aftion independent human rights commission said in 2013 they saw 26% increase of reports of women saying they have been vio

jane ferguson reports. >> only after sunrise was the level of damage clear. over 20 guests were enjoying dinner when it was attacked by the taliban. it is believed that none of them survived. >> the death toll report that we have indicate 21 deaths including 13 foreigners. >> reporter: when the attackers approached the restaurant there were cars parked all around. still this morning there is blood in the street, but they haven't managed to clean up the entire carnage from those who were injured or killed outside of the restaurant. the first attacker was the suicide-bomber who blew off what were incredibly thick steel doors to allow the attackers to enter and start shooting the diners. the restaurant was right behind this wall, and that's where so many people lost their lives. >> once inside they shot diners and staff. it appears to show that many tried to hide under tables before being killed. the victims were of various nationalities. four of them were u.n. staff. the u.n. hoped the restaurant was safe but no one in kabul can guarantee security. >> security

aljazeera's jane ferguson takes us to a school in kandahar city that was long considered a success and is now facing closure. >> it's a place offering more than these girls know, a quality education in real tangible skills, a path away from positivity and early marriage and towards university and a career. since 2002, the modern stud has been teaching women languages, like management and computer skills. that they are skills that speak of ambition which in the heart of tallle ban country is remarkable. >> we are a unique school, preparing women to go to jobs. our school is preparing women to go to universities. (vo) al jazeera america we understand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. (vo) we pursue that story beyond the headline, past the spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capitol. (vo) we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> it is a scene of utter devastation. (vo) and follow it no matter where it leads, all the way to you. al jazeera america. take a n

>> you like craig ferguson?allon did the bit with spring stein who thought that was maze something right? >> jimmy fallon. his weekend updates solidify it. he's just great. jimmy kimmel is a close second. >> unnecessary censorship? you can't beat that. that is prime. one of my favorite things. >> you like mean tweets? >> i think the panel should record a series of their own. >> who do you like, andy? >> is 10:00 late night? because that would be you. >> there we are. >> jay leno set the standard others are following. jay leno >> it's also johnny carson. >> tamara? who does tamara like? >> i like all of them they're talented comedians with great staff amazing writers. >> you're doing stand snup >> i am doing stand up. >> do you have a joke? >> all of them you said i can't say. >> jimmy. >> kimmel is hilarious. >> thank you for coming. that is the time we have left. before we go it's time, don't wait. set your dvr. record "hannity" 10:00 eastern fox news channel. fox and friends first. have a great weekend and we'

fist jane ferguson details from kabul. >> u.s.ortions handed over control of their largest prison in afghanistan, to the afghan authorities. in recent weeks a row has erupted over 88 prisoners which the afghan government has said they will release because there is insufficient evidence to keep detaining them. now today. >> the intelligence figures have also been looking into the cases of these 88 men, as well as the review board and they both came back and said that 72 of the 88 men have insufficient or no evidence against them. and recommended that they be released as soon as possible. now this is likely to ensense the americans that have been very vocal, saying that all of the men of the 88 are very dangerous, or responsible for attackings and killing of afghan civilians and international forces in the country. now the afghan afghans are saying they have no evidence to suggest that, and they simply have to release these men. the americans say they gave them evidence, and that the review board does not have the authority to simpl

jane ferguson, al jazeera, kabul, afghanistan. now here is an intriguing proposition, could some of the prominent faces the british side of the iraq war about to apoor officially accused of war crimes, it is not beyond the realms of possibility in criminal court it seems. straight to our news center to explain why. >> the icc has been formally asked to address alleged war crimes in a dossier. it details allegations of beatings, mock executions and sexual assaults. it names among others, the former defense secretary, the former defense minister and the head of the accomplish army. the document draws on 400 iraqis that are thousands of allegations of mistreatment amounting to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. it wants an investigation held under article 15 of the rome statute. the report is the work of the european center for constitutional human rights and a number of british human rights lawyers. one has been speaking to al jazeera. >> we analyze over 400 cases of torture, although they are now over a thousand of t

janelli ferguson reports now, it's a multi-million dollar business. >> the war machine in afghanistan is being broken down and sold. these are scraps of equipment from kandahar air base, for years, a major military facility in southern afghanistan. whatever isn't being packed up and sent back to the u.s. or given to afghan forces is sold to local dealers. but much of it has been intention intentionally damaged. mohammed zarif cysts through a pile of scraps that were once a large tent. in the could have been worth $5,000 if it wasn't in pieces, he said. baffled that something so valuable could be destroyed. >> what is there in by doing that. if they gave yus those thinks functioning. they are making things worth much to be $10,000. the military doesn't want to pay anything that will would be useful for bomb match making. the bates housed thousands of soldiers. much of what was like a small town is now being sold to local traders it ends up in scrap yards like this on the edge of the city. they say they would have preferred to have intact equipment not stuff that has been destroyed. buy

clearly not safe enough. >> shane ferguson reporting. syria's main political opposition is debating a vote of whether to meet face to face with the assad government next week. pushing the sides to take part in the so-called geneva two meeting. the national security administration says it's still deciding, willing to exchange prisoners but will not step aside. >> i think they can bluster they can protest they can put out distortions, the bottom line is we are going to geneva to implement geneva 1 and if assad doesn't do that he will invite greater response in various ways from various people over a period of time. >> the next round of talks in switzerland scheduled to begin next wednesday. >>> russia's president vladimir putin is speaking out. he says it's okay to be gay just don't tell the children. >> translator: if you think that i created this uniform you are strongly misguided. we aren't banning anything. we are not rounding up anyone. we have no criminal restrictions. but please leave the children in peace. >> last year, russia proh

jane ferguson, ears, kabul afghanistan. troops and rebels, the government is trying to rid the eastern parts of the country of its many armed groups. >> this government has heavy weaponry might seem like no match for a light lie armed rebel group. their tactics, cunning. the government troops never know when they will be caught in an ambush. this unit to attack a rebel base. people here have lived on the armed groups of decades. >> before, we suffered a lot. sometimes, it was not safe to farm in our fields. but now, the big force from government has come down to chase the rebels. we are very happy. >> if won't be easy. thick bush for miles. clear of you if you can get high up. you can see the target. he can see the director bombing from up there, you can see a hill, the enemy is beyond that hill on the plain. >> the abf are hiding in a bush and forest. one of of their main bases is within range. they have been in eastern congo for 10 years. they are from neighboring uganda. the government defeated them. they have been in co

jane ferguson has more from cab you will. -- kabul. only after sun rise was the level of damage clear. over 20 guests were enjoying dinner at the restaurant. it is believed none survived. tough death told is 21 deaths, including 13 foreigners and eight afghans. >> when attackers approached the restaurant. there were cars parked around here as there would be at any popular restaurant on friday night. still, this morning, there is blood in the street. but they haven't managed to clean up the entire carnage from those who were injured or killed outside the restaurant. now the first attacker was the suicide bomb whoever blew off what were incredibly six steel doors here. allowing attackers to enter. the restaurant is just behind this wall. that is where so many people lost their lives. once inside, this they shot dines and staff. many tried to hide under tables before being killed. the victims were of various nationalities. the u.n. hoped that the restaurant was safe. but no place can guarantee security. if anything it speaks to the fact t

jane ferguson reports from kaboom. warning - this video might be disturbing. >> even by it standards of afghanistan's war, this was a brutal attack. diners gunned down in a restaurant. al jazeera obtained video showing the aftermath. many seemed to have died trying to hide under tables. the country's top security showed up quickly from special forces to intelligence agents. it was too late. attackers were inside. three attackers targeted the restaurant, which is behind me here, by 40 feet down this street. one of them was a suicide bomber. he detonated his explosives, blowing off the doors, allowing the other two to enter and killing and shooting the diners inside the restaurant. this area is the diplomatic area in the heart of kaboom, considered by many to be relatively safe, as was the restaurant. the blast could be heard across the city, throwing residents from their homes. >> it was ver powerful and shook the area. after that there was intense gunfire. we were very frightened. >> the restaurant was popular with hig

jane ferguson al jazeera, kabul afghanistan. >> reporter: now, could some of the most prominent facesbritish side of the iraq war appear officially accused of war crimes? not beyond the realms of possible the international court and our european news center will explain why. >> sammy, they have been formally asked to investigate war crimes outlined in a 250 page document that details allegations of beatings and marked executions and sexual assaults. and names jeff the former defense secretary, defense minister, ingram and the head of the british army. the document draws on the cases of more than 400 iraqis. and representing what it says are thousands of allegations of miss treatment amounting to war crimes and torture and cruel and inhuman and degrading treatment and want it held under article 15 of the rome statute. the report is the work of the european center for constitutional human rights or the acc hr and a number of british human rights lawyer, one of them phil shiner has been speaking to al jazeera. >> we analyze over 400 cases of torture although there are now over a thousand

jane ferguson, kabul afghanistan. >> in south sudan a possible cease-fire the conflict that began on december 15th has forced thousands from their homes and claimed an unknown number of lives. the government has been holding talks with rebel leaders in ethiopia and both sides say a cease-fire will likely be signed by monday. we'll talk more about this with the u.n. special representative to south sudan. a spiritual leader in india has died. thousands come to mourn the loss of the 102-year-old muslim leader. the crowd pushed forward and many people were crushed at the gate with no way to escape. police say they were largely outnumbered by the large turn out. >>> listening, recording, spying. president obama changes some of the rules that are guiding u.s. spy agencies. >>> and protecting a tiny species of deer found only on the small florida island. you're watching al jazeera america. >> every sunday night aljazeera america presents gripping films from the worlds top documetary directors. >> everybody's different here... >> for students at the esteemed international high school at lafa

let's bring in commentators mark hill and ben ferguson to talk more about this.takes the spotlight like no one else, as we know. that news conference went on forever when the news broke. what's going to be the final verdict on this? temporary distraction or major political damage here? >> there's major political damage no matter how you slice it because we're going. to be talking about it. democrats are wisely developing stages of investigation. they are going to slow walk this thing because they want this to trail chris christie throughout the entire 2014 midterm season. that doesn't mean that christie is guilty. . if he's not guilty, it's not a career ender. it it is something he has to deal with. >> ben, does crihristie have a problem within his ineer circle? he wondered aloud what he might have done that made his staff think that it was okay to lie to him. >> well, you always have narcissistic people around politicians. you always have people that really aren't important except for their title and the fact that they work for you. people do stupid things. we s

jane ferguson went to the news channel and saw how it's getting ready for the presidential polls. >>ll be live in minutes. he is calm and does this several times a week. and anchors afghanistan's most popular political shows and this is the biggest story of his career. in two months his viewers will vote in a new president. the election has brought with it a whole new approach on tv, town hall debates, candid interviews and hours of in-depth coverage and the ambition showed at the most watched tv network is reflected in everyone here. >> the work behind the scenes, they also want to become more professional and want to know more things and want to work with other leaders and maybe media leaders and here when the professional persons come from around the world they teach the young people and become more and more professional and they can lead to other channels and we have the experience of that. >> reporter: there isn't much time to hang around as preparations are made for the next show. this news studio is one of the busiest in afghanistan, recording hours of election-based programs

jane ferguson reports. >> three attackers targeted the restaurant 7:30 on a friday night.he first wore a suicide west which he detonated at the door of the restaurant, blowing it off, allowing the other two to enter the restaurant and open fire on diners. al jazeera obtained footage after the security officials arrived and entered the restaurant. it's unclear if many diners escaped. we returned from the area were they were taking bodies away. this restaurant was popular with diplomats, u.n. staff and high-ranking officials, because it was considered one of the few safe restaurants. it had reinforced steel doors, security and in the diplomatic area, in the heart of the city, close to many western embassy. it was considered to be safe, as well as the area that it was in. clearly not safe enough >> the taliban is claiming responsibility for that attack. >>> meanwhile a spiritual leader's death in india sparked a stampede in mumbai. 18 died, 50 injured. tens of thousands came to the financial capital to mourn the loss of the 102-year-old leader. the stampede began when the gat

. >> well, rich ferguson one of our prankster friends decided he was just going to hand out the most ticket you can think of. >> i'm with the omg parking division and you guys are parked up on the curb here by more than 11 inches. >> we were delivering magazines. >> you were delivering, that's different. if you are delivering then it's a $500 ticket because you have yellow zones you should be parking in. >> the expression on these women faces are shocked. >> we were dropping off magazines. >> you don't have a commercial license? >> you are illegally delivering. there's $1,000. no tickets at all. you have a good one. >> he's got a ti-85 it's a calculator. >> you are taking up two spots and that's a problem. and i'm actually going to give you another ticket, too, a $250 ticket and you are talking back at me and you act like you don't believe me i'm giving you another ticket a $350 ticket. >> he has no i.d., no badges, nothing that makes him look official except for an old calculator. >> yep. you know what else he wants to ticket? >> you take this down and it's $100. >> take guts to do

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jane ferguson is live in kabul. tell us what you are hearing. >> the local district chief from the area by is the geri area, there was bombing outside a gate, a bomb in a 4 x 4. after it was detonated five attackers entered the base, wearing u.s. military uniforms, suicide vests and carrying small armed guns. there was an ongoing fight for up to an hour after that. it seems that that is thou over. both sides with. >> saf and the district chiefs confirmed the incident is over. al jazeera spoke with a taliban spokesperson, confirming they were behind the attack and said it was thech about passing on a message to international forces. they said, "you are not safe, not in kabul or your own base." it's very much the message they wanted to get across. it's believed there are casualties involved in this instance. >> nobody is safe considering that recent attack in the heart of kabul. >> well, there was, of course, a shocking attack in the heart of kabul a few days ago which the taliban claimed responsibility for as well. t

jane ferguson, al jazeera, kabul, afghanistan. >> a spiritual leader's funeral in india sparks a deadly stampede. 18 people have died and around 50 were injured in the city of mumbai. thousands gathered to mourn the death of the 102-year-old muslim leader. it began when the gates were closed for the night. then the crowd pushed forward crushing people at the gate leaving them with no way to escape. the police say they were outnumbered by the large turn out. >>> no. south sudaout. >>> in south sudan the government has been holding talks with government leaders in ethiopia, and negotiators on both sides say a cease-fire will likely be signed on monday. >>> officials announce the success of a constitutional referendum. four people were killed when ousted president mohammed morsi clashed with security. >> egypt's new draft constitution is passed, and the high election commission said the document got an overwhelming support. >> the total number of voters, just 2. the voter turn out is 38.6% of the population. the yes vote, 98%, 1.9% said no. this is a higher voter turnout than the vote for

joining us now is sally cohn, along with cnn political commentator ben ferguson.nks for being here, both of you. >> pleasure. >> good morning. >> i want to start with you, sally. what do you make of these 2,000 pages of documents. do they prove a cover up or point to a governor who has no idea what's going on in his own office? >> the answer might be both. so, you know, media are still poring through them. from what i have read and seen, it raises two issues. the first is, you know, what we don't know. we still don't know, we don't have any independently verifiable information about what christie and when he knew it. that remains on the table. if let's give the governor the benefit of the doubt for a second. if he's being honest that he didn't know about any of this until yesterday or two days ago when the other e-mails became public, then the questions of these documents continue to raise, looms as a dark cloud hanging over him, why didn't he try and figure this out sooner, why was it only a couple of weeks ago he questioned his staff when now it looks like not o

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ben ferguson, thank you so much.newest cnn commentator, good to have you on the team. >> thank you. a pleasure. thank you so much. >> all right. >>> all righty. next on "newsroom," a preview of hot performances about to hit the hollywood stage for the grammys on sunday. and we're going to take you through the list of nominees. >>> so never mind the awards, dare i say it, the live music at this year's grammys s is is sh up to be the concert that some of us dream about. >> think about some of these artists. kat katy perry, daft punk, taylor swift, jay-z, beyonce, and madonna has just been listed. >> the two surviving members of the beatles performing to celebrate 50 years since the iconic rock band first stepped foot in america. let's talk about them with tom o'neal, the editor at goldderby.com. noi first of all, before we get to the nominees, do you think the two of them will perform together? >> um. >> tom? >> well, so far -- yes, so far they're not admitting it. but, look, cbs has been trying to figure out a way to

maria cardona, ben ferguson, thanks so much, you guys. >> thanks for having us. >> thanks, brianna. >rowth last month not what analysts expected, not even close. we'll look at the numbers and why they fell so short, coming up. >>> wall street just isn't quite sure how to react to this morning's jobs report that fell way short of expectations. investors trying to gauge how the numbers will affect the fed's decision to pull back on the stimulus program. the dow up earlier in the day, but you see right there now, it's down about 29 points. we have more on that jobs report. december saw the weakest job growth since january of 2011. here's christine romans. >> reporter: brianna, hopes dashed for a very strong end of the year for the jobs market. we now know in december, only 74,000 net new jobs created, a big disappointment. economists all week raising their expectations to close to 200,000 jobs, 74,000 big disappointment. it shows weakness in the labor market at the end of the year. the labor department in part blaming cold weather. then you look at this number, the unemployment rate. thi

house debates the final version of the farm bill on wednesday and covering that debate is ellen ferguson. she covers agriculture issues for "c.q. roll call." tell us about the bill. it's been a long time coming. how much money is it for and how long will it last? >> well, right now we don't have a final c.b.o. score for it. but the two bills that went into the conference from the house and the senate are the neighborhood of more than $900 billion over 10 years. i would expect the final bill to be somewhere in that neighborhood. the preliminary scoring for overall net savings on mandatory spending is about $23 billion. again, that's just sort of a preliminary number, we're still waiting for final number. >> the headline on one of your pieces in "c.q." says farm bill conferees are upbeat about fast passage by congress, despite grumbling, some of that grumbling was about the funding for food stamps or the snap program. how do they resolve that? >> well, what they decided to do was to focus on one common element in both bills. which was tightening up on so-called heat and eat deductions. it'

this is rich ferguson.y pranks he does online. >> okay it doesn't matter because i'm with him and not with you so just go away and quit following me around. no. >> no, and you're not married? >> get the [ bleep ] out of my way, dude. >> whoa, whoa, get the [ bleep ] out of my way. >> where things get almost to the moment where they're about to fight it breaks. >> do you like pranks? >> do i like pranks? >> amazing. good job! >> home wrecker. >> i don't even know who you are, homey. >> how long have you been together? >> i don't have to answer any questions to you, but none of this is any of your business. >> get in here, that was so funny. >> [ bleep ]. >> i loved it. you are going to, too. i loved it. >> i wonder if rich said to his accomplice, why, did you have to find the biggest guy on the street? >> let's wait to see who she finds next. the guy in the red shirt is a fighter cruz gomez. >> i want to say something to you. >> oh! >> oh. >> come on, dude. >> to the next level, doesn't know who he's dealing

he said the obama administration tried to out of the president karzai four years ago, jane ferguson has on that. >> reporter: it was an accusation offense dismiss the as paranoia, during his reelection campaign in 2009, afghan president hamid karzai accused the u.s. of trying get rid of him. >> there were a lot of stories in the british and american media of the plans in washington and in london to bring a change in to the structure of develop nance in afghanistan to weaken the central government of afghanistan and to go to the strong men that they like in afghanistan and to put resources to afghanistan. >> reporter: now excerpts from then u.s. defense secretary robert gate's new book say that was true. gates writes angrily are prem's special envoy at the time richard holbrook''s attempts as what he calls a push, saying they extended support to many of karzai as challengers. presidential palace's deputy spokesperson has reacted with an i told you so. >> what secretary gates has revealed in his book further proves the righteousness of president karzai's claims that there were deliberate

. >>> magician rich ferguson hits the streets and does all kinds of tricks but today he's just sitting on a bench and letting people pet his puppy dog. >> he's very soft. >> but, of course, it's not just any puppy, he's rigged this one. it's actually a puppet. >> that's good that that mom was a cool mom because that could make some moms mad to scare a little child that way. >> that's true. but he gets anybody that's willing to pet the puppy. >> ah! ah! ahh! >> if you look closely, you actual notice that he rigged a third arm. that's how he can hold his box and his free hand is actually in the puppet. >> oh, my gosh, you are such a creep. >> he's sche's making them screa >> ahh! >> and the dogs get in on the action. >> i'm surprised that dog didn't attack that dog. going to lose a hand to that german shepherd if he's not careful. >> what's up? >> ahh! >> oh. >>> it's a fan-made doritos ad in the running to be featured during the big game. >> the dorito finger cleaner. >> oh! >> the magic behind the finger-licking fun. >> he's really sucking it, that's actually his finger. >>> and see ho

the state's attorney general, bob ferguson, says cities may opt to ban marijuana businesses, despiteoter-approved state law. now, his opinion is not legally binding, but the issue could land in court. some applicants for marijuana licenses in the state have indicated they'll sue if they are blocked from doing business in washington state. >>> all right, coming up for us next, a huge change coming to the world of baseball. and i say a welcome change. christine romans does, too, although she says the game will never be the same again. >> look, i stayed up all night worrying about this. joe carter will explain. open to innovation. open to ambition. open to bold ideas. that's why new york has a new plan -- dozens of tax free zones all across the state. move here, expand here, or start a new business here and pay no taxes for ten years... we're new york. if there's something that creates more jobs, and grows more businesses... we're open to it. start a tax-free business at startup-ny.com. woman: welcome to learning. spanish in the car.c on. we're open to it. passenger: you've got to be ki