has been about.t's tough to say whether all of these tactics will work out for the bjp or not. we know that internet penetration in india is about 20%. there are many more battles to be won. >> it is debatable how much influence the media has on these elections compared to the previous ones. it's been reported more than a third are owned by politicians or business people. given the distrib bucs system, slightly more than 60% are owned by local politicians. the second is unfortunately in instances of paid media over the last few years. third is the emergency he knew /* -- the e american he knew he iss of social media is part of the narrative. . >>> a the city of harki, ransacking, destroying broadcasting equipment and telling judgists they were quote, unquote fired. charter 79 reported the protesters went under their transmission tower. it wasn't a one-off. >> same day, armed men tried to reportedly enter donetsk's t.v. >> pro-russian protests in eastern ukraine, last month, the media regulator based

it has been tepid, and russia has had a huge sigh of relief. you take a look at the ruble rising, the stock market rising, and it showed that sanctions were not adequate. that is why today, republicans in the senate put forth a proposal that would deal a much stronger sanctions, beefing up nato, trying to undermine putin's propaganda as well as weapons, antitank weapons, specifically antiaircraft weapons to the people of ukraine. >> when you look at the mood among the american people, do you feel you are pushing against the current? there really is not any appetite in this country to get further involved in the ukrainian situation, is there? >> i think there is no appetite to put men or women on the ground, boots on the ground, but in terms of helping the ukrainian people fight for themselves, the freedom loving people there to be able to fight with the military that at this point, the military has told me nothing works, nothing shoots, nothing flies, they are asking for help so they can do the job themselves, and i think we ought to provide th

japan has relaxed a ban on arms that has been in place for almost 50 years.nges are likely to see places like tokyo selling mine detectors and helicopters. china is suspicious of the move. the two countries are embroiled in territorial disputes in the east china sea. >>> [ inaudible ] is trying to decrease the national debt by increasing sales tax. and that has sent many rushing to the shops to beat the price hikes. >> reporter: this man's tofu shop has been in his family for generations. he and his staff uphold the art of making this food. but like small business owners across the country, he is worried about a rise in japan's sales tax from 5 to 8%. >> translator: tofu is something you eat every day. i think it is going to weigh heavily on my customers. >> reporter: it is being seened by economists as out of kilter with attacking the national debt. >> translator: this country has so much debt, and it's something our generation has to face and their children and grandchildren. >> translator: it can't be helped it's partly because our government didn't do wel

but one i have enjoyed and one that has -- has been different, has been chaotic.etting a little taste -- i mean it's my fourth day on the job, and it's -- you can never imagine what you have to do, and the things that entail becoming a manchester united manager. i want the players to play with speed, tempo, be brave, imagination, all of the things i expect of a manchester united player, work lard -- hard but most of ul enjoy it. >>> villanova has been fighting throat cancer since 2011. the 45-year-old was forced to step down last year. he lead the team to the league title during his one season in charge. >>> the newly elected president of africa's most successful football club has spoken of his hopes of the club in egypt. domestically games are still being played behind closed doors due to security concerns. >> translator: for sure, the absence of supporters and uncertainty with the league and the country has had a big effect. i hope this will change. we have started talking with the football association and the other clubs. we want our league to be run as they ar

has his -- how has this company done in the first year and what impact has he had on the business ofroup of agents weighs in on the jay-z effect. >> i thought the minute he entered the business, jay-z would be a formidable presence in the in ministry -- in the ministry. >> he is a draw. >> we have to be concerned. jay-z and rock nation bring a lot to the party. he has reached two places that caa isferent than what involved in. it comes down to the ability to recruit players. give a recruiter, i would him an a plus. he has done a superb job of picking players that can trigger multiple revenue streams. they are good for contract ,egotiations, endorsements crossover entertainment projects . the starting quarterback of the new york football team, he has a starting pitcher for the new york yankees. it does not give a whole lot better than that. in terms of negotiating, i don't think he negotiates the contract. has people will experience in the business backing him up. there's no limit to what he can do. >> there are more players recruiting jay-z than vice versa. >> are they overselling? ,

has an ability to affect it.o to the degree that both of them can take steps here that will help to provide space for each of them to take further steps, that's what we are encouraging. we come from a position where all will live under civilized society. weapons will only be held by the authorities legitimate authorities. it has to be applied evenly across the region. >> so those were some of the statements that were made just a short while ago. going to cross over to nick first, who is joining us from geneva, was listening to the statements being made, nick, and ahead of those talks there wasn't much optimism for some sort of deal, but now that a deal has been made, has this comment as a surprise. >> who have been making comments in the run up to it that their hopes weren't high. what is significant is the cooperation in europe, which was created the the cold war, to bring about detont during the conflict, it has a long tradition of observing elections of looking at tense situations. and trying to lower the temp

what has been going on overnight? >> well, ukrainian special forces moved in on the regional government administration building in the carr kiev a few hours ago. we have been told that 70 people have been arrested. what the ukrainian authorities called separatists. the ukrainian authorities say that - sorry, that the terrorism operation is ongoing, the city has been shut down, and the system has been blocked. there's dramatic pictures, the building set on fire. there were clashes, and that's put everyone here in donetsk on high alert. pro-russian protesters are in control of the original government building here, and there has been talk that authorities may be moving in. there has been some negotiations. an oligarch of the city apparently has been talking to protesters and the police. apparently perhaps reaching a deal that a process is here, handing over their weapons, that authorities will not use force. >> who are the protesters, are they pro-russian or russian provocateurs, and others in kiev that yulia tymoschenk

al qaeda has reversed process and has expanded. it is not only the physical presence and not only the number of fighters, but we see that al hasa's brand and ideology prospered at a time when we were more inclined to count them as having been completely irrelevant, or at least that was the clichÉ around the time of the arab spring. especially worrisome, something that mary brought up, is not only is there being this externally -- extraordinary expansion,, but the core al qaeda in pakistan has remained remarkably resilient to the extent that few people have imagined. i have written on this. on this.also focused much of the conventional wisdom over the past decade or more has been consistently incorrect. the strength of the core is yet another example. core al qaeda has always had a much deeper bench then we have imagined, and this is why mary's strategy thatthe relies on attrition is not going to succeed over the long run. there are any number of individuals who most of us in this room have not heard of, but are veterans of the afgh

there has been heavy rain and strong winds that has caused due to flooding, and it has made some of theoads here impossible. there have been a few trees down as well thanks to those strong winds. as you head through the next few days, that system will be long gone. but behind it there is a small little break before the next system is here. that one is still pulling itself together at the moment. by the time we do get to monday it will be giving fairly heavy showers, and it's only slowly inching eas eastward. and behind it it will be brighter. chicago up to around 14 degrees. that system over the southeastern part of the u.s. is also affecting the weather for the south as well. you can see bahamas, the huge area of cloud, that's given a lot of heavy rain here as well. 19-millimeters. just in the 24-hour period. the showers, though, are clearing away. for the bahamas it's been brighter and there willer showers around parts of jamaica. >> thanks very much. still to come on the news hour, making a call in myanmar, why it's getting easier as the country opens up to foreign investment. >>> te

father has been gone. he has nightmares and often cries. he has been told that his father has been away working for the last four months. he doesn't know he's being held here at chrome, a miami facility operated by immigration and customs enforcement or i.c.e. >> it's hard, you know. i'm here alone. it's hard. >> reporter: garrido is an undocumented argentinian immigrants who has lived here for 14 years. he was deported in 2005 but returned two months later. last december he was pulled over and arrested for driving with an expired license. on this day garrido's wife and son joined other florida activist, lobbying for his release. >> we came to this country to keep our families together. we have a dream. >> last year i.c.e. deported people saying they had previously committed crimes including traffic violations. in most cases involving the removal of aliens whose sole convictions are traffic violations. they take other factors in account. they say president obama should not lump garrido with violent crimina

omar has more.ome of you might find the images in his report up setting. >> reporter: images like these show the systematic torture that has taken place in military detention centers across syria. it include eye gouging, beatings, and more. they issued the reports naming the syrian government for the systematic torture. >> translator: it's a rare thing in our business that we get this type of direct evidence. but it's direct, provable, sustainable, beyond a reasonable doubt evidence of war crimes being conducted by the assad regime. >> reporter: a photograph smuggled 55,000 images in january, ahead of peace talks between the government and the opposition. the images were taken between september 27th, and august of last year. the government of qatar paid a law firm to look into the evidence. more than 5,000 images have been examined by experts. it's estimated that 11,000 bodies have been pictured. the ambassador who presented the report on tuesday says this is not politics. >> translator: it is a hop

it has given us gusts of winds and heavy rain and it's the rain that has caused the majority of the problems. we havas we move through the rer of the day we're going to see more severe weather. it looks like down in the southeast corner there is the northern part of florida where there could be heavy rain and hailstorms and even maybe an odd tornado as well. but fortunately this system is not going to hang around too long. here it is today, but as we head through tuesday it moves quickly out towards the east around it's dangling down to florida. with canada we're going to see a pounding through tuesday here. we have wintery weather stead and we can expect more in the way of snow. out towards the west, a little bit of wet weather to seattle but to the south its dry. >> the polls are closed on in voting. more than 800 million people are eligible to take part. more than 1,500 political parties are contesting. the two most popular national parties are the congress and the bhp. that's led bneither party is exo achieve the seats needed for an outright majority. a whole host of other regional parti

it has received only 14% of the funding it has asked for.ome have told us about their struggles. >> well, the united nations have said no country has done as much as lebanon proportional to its size. how is lebanon coping? >> it is under immense pressure from economically. as you said, when you have one in four of the population as refugees this puts a lot of pressure on electricity, water, education. of these million refugees who are formally registered in lebanon, 400,000 are children. there are places for a hundred thousand of them. so we have 300,000 children of these refugee versus no schools to go to. children are working. girls are getting married the a young age. so it is a very grim milestone. >> this is in a country where stability every day is challenged politically and economically. how is the country embracing this enormous potential for in stability? >> now, lebanon has suffered a spillover from the war. you have the shiite hezbollah supporting and the the sunnis supporting the armed opposition. it is creating tensions. we have

it has been slow progress.re have been issues of truth between the survivors and rep -- representatives of the church. but the lead that pope francis has given i think is substantial and different from what we have seen in past. so i'm very hopeful that resources will be made to victims and the organizations that work with them. >> this is the first time he has mentioned or talked about sanctions. >> uh-huh. >> does that encourage you? >> well, if he is talking about sanctions in terms of [ inaudible ] priests, i think that's a absolute necessity, because anybody who abuses children or vulnerable people should not be able to hind behind the security of a is dog collar. >> the german chancellor has praised greece for its economic turn around and pledged to keep backing it, but warned it still has a long way to go. police banned protests across most of central athens for the several hours she was there. her visit comes at a time of growing optimism that greece is finally turning the corner. >> translator: reforms

it has a good reputation.t, it is only just rumor -- >> bloomberg scooped, not only just rumor. thank you so much for coming on. william mckinley talking about alstom. still to come, he is larger than life on and off the basketball court. tells us how he has built an empire after the nba. ♪ >> i am francine lacqua in london. this is "on the move." the mna story of the day has to be alstom and ge. it has been a big week for deals in the pharma sector with a handful of exchanges between novartis and glaxo. pharma is back in focus after novartis results came in line and astrazeneca missed. joining us is the head of european pharma research. great to have you on the program. first of all, we focus on the mna. how telling are these results? the earnings will be changed in the future as all these companies find their battleground. >> what we have seen in novartis this morning is strong results. been a big issue and will continue to be a big issue. pharma continues to be the main driver in novartis. that is somewhere

>> it has evolved. i think that the major document in that regard rye or to our announcement on the functions three weeks ago was the affirmation of commitments in 2009. what that really sets the stage for was much more of an ziation, rather than any continuing sense that the united states provided with the oversight of expanded tos include the community at large. these review teams are now a major way in which they can provide oversight to icann. those committees have operated 2009 in their very international. they are representatives from around the world. this most recent accountability team that operated in 2013 at representatives, just the government representatives, from denmark, australia, china, costa rica, there were all members of the team as well as other international representatives from other constituency groups inside icann. i think that was a very important part of the evolution of icann back in 2009. could you tell our audience about the administration's proposal, and the ambassadors as

funding, the international community has to deliver on the funding that has been pledged. equally important is for the international community to make pressure on the warning parties as we speak, millions of children are trapped in besieged areas and they are completely unreachable. almost 60 days since the u.n. resolution has been adopted which would allow for aid inside syria. we have seen little or nothing in terms of movement on the ground. it's not working. we need a step up in international pressure and diplomatic pressure so this can follow through. >> it is extremely dire situation for the children of syria. thank you very much, carl, from save the children for joining us on thissays newshour. still ahead on the program, banned from speaking their language, the berbers is getting its voice back. plus going brown to go green. why germany is seeing the most polluted kind of for the i will fuel. in sport could class could madrid be at the top of laliga or was it a night of frustration? all of the sports coming up. first a nigerian education says 85 school girls out of

he has tried to conduct. >> it has a negative impact heard it has caused delays. ultimately, he went through the .rocess, but, well i think it speaks for itself that this is not the treatment that ig's normally find. it is one that is inconsistent with the act. to director bo go todd jones cost testimony last week before my committee. under thee admitted department of justice observation that the atf had use mentally disabled persons with some consistency around the ,ountry in their investigations often having to train them on what a machine gun was in and send them out to buy the machine gun after they have taught them what it was, and then arrested them for buying it. fact his agents were not able to tell that somebody had an iq of 50. as a result, it really wasn't something that was a target, it just happened. first of all, have you looked into this pattern by atf abusing mentally disabled individuals in their investigations? >> i'm familiar with that. what you come to call the storefront operations, i am greatly troubled by them. is asking inspector general to

he has great taste. the movies he has made have been very successful.ds the business better than anybody. for a guy so young to understand the heels and what actors work and what writers work, he has done his homework. i am proud of what he brings to the project. >> jerry bruckheimer with jon erlichman. do you think a top gun sequel can be as good? >> there is a high bar. notchk that is always the again sequels. but you have tom cruise on board. that is one of the reasons that studios love to go back and then money. sequels can be a bankable thing. speaking of that, we also asked jerry -- technically he is moving on from disney. we asked him about the next installment of the pirates franchise. here is what he said. >> we are working on it. it is moving forward. johnny is excited. we are excited. hopefully we will get that going. maybe in the end of the year if everything lines up. thanks for those who do not follow the movie business, johnny is johnny depp. >> are we on pirates of the caribbean 10? [laughter] are we waiting for number four? >> there was

his approval rating has increased. who is nowel valls is looking at a positive trend. >> his appointment is being billed as a chance to renew francois hollande off catastrophic 22-year-old -- 22-month-old presidency, to give it a new breath of life. how bad are the french president's polls? can it be done? >> and we look at history, we have no such case when you appoint a new prime minister and you change things in a few months. we will have to see how will help francois hollande to have a and amelioratele his approval rating. parallel and it was -- the keyerent question now is to see whether if in this new couple of valls and hollande, which one is going to lead clearly here. >> we will continue to keep an eye on the pair and indeed, who leads the other. thank you very much for joining us tonight. malaysia has released the final cockpit transcripts of the missing flight 370. according to malaysian officials, there's nothing abnormal in the transcript, contrary to earlier reports. the last communication at 1:19 in the

modi has managed to communicate his economic agenda better than the congress party has done. they find themselves in that that because of the innovative -- the inevitability of them indicating what they have done in the past years. and has not displayed any kind of political maturity or communicate the economic vision of the future. havinghile pretty much the same economic agenda and a track record for the last 10 years, somehow seems to have communicated the message that he means business. the financial markets and the business community seem to have confidence in him, that he will be able to get india's economy out of its funk. it remains to be seen. but what the opinion polls seem to be suggesting and what the announcer markets -- the financial markets are suggesting remain to be seen. thank you so much for that. a task does not give bigger than that. a new government being look for in india. foreign investors already seeming to cast their own vote. indian stocks being the best performing this year. receptionwhat sort of the financial markets have already given to all of t

i think it has been a long time it has been moving in one direction. further astray from what would and -- what one would consider rule of law. in guantanamo we had a prison without anyone being charged for a crime. i felt hopeful they would be corrected when the obama administration came in, but that has not happened. the thing that has been positive is that it has reawakened an adversarial press. thate have been shocked these decisions have been made completely in secret without public debate, and there does seem to be some sort of a link. wouldn't call it a shift of the pendulum. >> the crucial thing that has happened here is an increase in transparency. obviously, information is power, conducted with transparent. because of this transparency you have seen not only journalism building upon itself but all sorts of things happening. you have a real marketplace for privacy. outposts, butll they were boutique. you now have large companies competing to demonstrate to consumers the cousin of these revelations. google has encrypted all the traffic between

"frozen" has done well but everything else has not. it has actually hurt some barbie sales.is why disney chooses to be a licensor. you are taking some risk off the table. you are leaving some money on the table but you are also able to get a more steady business from that. >> parents are scrambling for the elsa dress. jon erlichman knows what it is like. >> i know. i'm the father of two girls, so the insanity has taken over my home. >> "frozen" is not the only thing disney is celebrating. today is the 25th anniversary of -- the 50th anniversary of its famous world park. it's a small world. ♪ >> it is 56 minutes past the hour, which means bloomberg television is on the markets. i'm cristina alesci. let's get you caught up on where stocks ended the day. investors sold -- sold off shares of companies that dropped last year. the nasdaq dropped the most since 2011 with tech shares taking the brunt of the selloff. vix stocks dropping, the was on the rise today. protection buying against further decline. joining me now with more in the vix is mark sebastian. he joins me. they're no

these names were not given to babies in 2012. .uk has compared records of names over time and has found that certain names are becoming extinct or endangered. it said don't worry, extinct names can be resurrected. >> thank you very much for that. his boards update. we begin with football in the latest league action. >> aging to the europa league semifinals. 1-0 ahead of next week's second leg in portugal. porto edged sevilla. >> we played the game that we wanted to play. backs to the wall, man-to-man. as we wanteds good to be, but in the second half we were able to show the real physical impact and finally managed to score a goal, which of course is a great result for us. it allows us to consider things very positively for the future. the striker limped off in the second half against chelsea. he could also miss the semifinal leg if they progress. barcelona have reacted angrily to a fee for transfer ban punishing the club for breach of rules. the world football's governing body announced on wednesday to ban them for the next two windows. the club president denied any wrongdoing and said

a bit of plastic sheeting that has washed ashore has also not been identified as a piece of debris of the jet. >> i can confirm that we are increasing the assets available for deep-sea search. >> now the nepal's government has deneed that mountain guides have gone on strike. since then sherpas have demanded better bay for their risky work. we have the report from katman katmandu. >> reporter: a city stream of mourners. friends and family are in shock, unable to take in the events of nearly a week ago. the loss is simply unbearable. >> i can't believe he's gone. it seems i have no on no one el. i just can't believe it. [ sobbing ] >> with two young children under five she's worried about who will provide for them? >> he was the center of family life and everything evolved around him. i'm worried about my chirp's future. >> his brother said that he has lost more than the oldest sibling. >> while three are still missing that are presumed dead, several injured and taken by helicopter to the hospital in katmandu. sherpas have refused to climb again until they have better life insurance and

the entire body of campaign finance law has been gutted and the court has gutted it in such a way toit appear like it's still standing while actually it is a totally hollow structure. >> well, i'm not a big fan as you probably know of some of the resent court decisions. the court believed that big money campaign contributions why a pernicious influence in politics and really ought to be addressed. now they think it's people exercising their first amendment rights robustly which is great under the latest campaign finance decision if you happen to have more than $123,000 to make campaign contributions over the course of the two-year period because that's what the court ruled that limiting people to $123,000 was an infringement on their rights. most people probably didn't realize that since the average household income is only $51,000. >> but, commissioner, you're making my point for me. can you convince me the ftc can even be a functioning body in the citizens united era? that's my question. given the jurisprudence, the direction it's headed, given that the court has never upheld the r

the ruble has been declining.hese are all signs of the impact -- or impact of what we have done when it comes to sanctions -- >> but it seems that russia's aggression has increased as well. >> well, we don't expect that things will change overnight, but there's no question that the russian people are going to see what the impact of these sanctions are, and that should have an impact on the actions. >> do you think the kremlin is really taking the u.s. seriously? >> well, language like that, just doesn't mesh with what we're seeing on the ground. and the facts are that we have seen a tremendous impact on the russian economy. whether it's an impact on the stock market, the ruble, or projections or economic growth, and if the russian leadership cares about the russian people they should be looking at those factors as well. >> i'm sure you heard what senator bob corker from tennessee said, he called at it slap on the wrist. is this a watered-down approach? >> absolutely not. we have sanctioned individuals who are corr

now it has.t's the organization of the prohibition of chemical weapons that will carry out this inspection. there is another team -- it does get confusing -- that is currently in syria, that's the joint special mission. they are trying to remove syria's chemical weapons as it's declared. so far they got to 92.5% of those chemical weapons removed or destroyed from syria, but one further complication, laura, i'm hearing some suggestions for the first time that they believe that president assad didn't actually declare all of his chemical arsenal. >> thanks very much indeed. >>> well now inside syria, where two car bombs and mortar shelling have killed 37 people. the government held [ inaudible ] neighborhood was targeted. it's a district populated mainly by alawites. and in damascus at least 14 people were killed when two mortar shells struck a school complex. the attack came a day after president assad nominated himself to stand for reelection. another very violent day there in syria, including lar

edward snowden has not favored us with how much he is taken or what he has some of it. as i understand it, he took one or four laptops full of material and gave them to and on the -- on disclose persons for the good of the world. undisclosed persons for the good of the world. i think it changes the balance somewhat in the other direction. >> live you think the case is wrong if you do not think there that discretion issue, if you just think prosecution should do it. >> i think they should not subpoena reporters under most circumstances. that was mostly descriptive on my part. that there is no privilege. i think the notes are not going to be written -- not going to be sited anywhere. who cares what his notes say. >> you said, it is a nice strong port -- point that no one would subpoena a lawyer because of client for bush. for fraud. exception the situation from a prosecutor's point of view is someone has committed a crime, eyewitness,e was an that is the journalist, why should the journalist get a pass? classically do not recognize the privilege come i do not argue for ab

nobody has any judgment. a few examples. >> law's supposed to be a tool of democracy, instead, democracy does what it supposed to on, an autopilot. an example, special ed laws are very important passed in 1995 because we had a history of locking away disabled children. now that law has morphed into using 25% of the budget for this country. there is no money for gifted children, no money for pre-k education. is that the right balance? no one's even asking the questions. these laws take a life of their own. >> the administrators don't have any leeway to kind of use judgment. >> right. no room for judgment or using -- in 2009 we had $80 billion stimulus plan. and the point of the plan sold by president obama was to rebuild america's infrastructure. they came out with a five-year report recently where i tried to find how much was used for rebuild infrastructure in this country. it turned out only 3% was used rebuild america's transportation infrastructure because no one, not even the president of the united state

i don't think we can say the right sector has been fully disarmed, kiev has taken what steps it can in order to get those groups to give up what weapons they have held illegally. there are members of that group that holds arms legally. there certainly has been some movement from kiev in order to try to disarm those groups, and also to stress -- it is important to stress that those groups that have been armed recently have not been causing trouble or using their weapons. the protest camp is pretty much calm. ad when there has been problem there have been arrests. he said he very much appreciated in ukrainians leadership very difficult circumstances. he quite clearly pointed the finger at russia for supporting in easternroups ukraine and not even calling on buildings theyhe have occupied in those various cities and towns in east ukraine. it's not that difficult, joe biden said. he was very clearly expressing support for the ukrainian government, but of course, not much in the way of further concrete steps being promised on the issue of the conflict with russia and the unrest in eastern u

canada's prime minister has not. he has said nothing. >> the trial of the al jazeera three resumes on thursday in cairo. a fourth al jazeera jourmist, producer abdullah al-shami is on hunger strike, gaoled with no charges since last august. >> tony, this has implications for freedom of speech issues around the world, not just in egypt, but it's playing out in egypt. >> we know there are presidential elections coming up, no screcret as to who will win. i wonder if the outcome of that will bring about a change in the fortunes of the gentlemen. >> this is why al jazeera, and other networks like bbc, and c.n.n. help us out in egypt with reporting, did you know that. that's incredible. >> i do. i'm not surprised. >> indeed not, no. the reason they do that, i think, is they want to keep the pressure on, get the message out there, and the hope is, i think, when the new administration is in power in egypt, they will hopefully issue a pardon, if it doesn't work itself out in the courts. >> appreciate it. john terrett. >> jour

now, he has cash.o free the value, he buys options, granting the right to buy and sell shares later and -- at a fixed price. if he keeps the price, he has to handle the shares. the tax bill comes years after the initial borrowing and his money has been working for him the whole time. >> very clever. if there is anyone who wants less tax, it is grover norquist. he is the creator of the anti-tax pledge that every republican in congress signed. where are we on changing the u.s. tax code? >> at the federal level, nothing is moving for the next three years. in the states, 24 states have a republican governor. they're cutting taxes and reforming labor laws. 13 states, california, illinois, and maryland, have complete democratic control. they are turning themselves into greece as quickly as they can. >> if you look at the tax burden on a childless single individual, the average level is just below average in most country. isn't that something to brag about? >> we need to grow faster, rather than slower. close

hamid karzai has been saying.e says voter participation is the greatest response to those who believe in violence. friday two journalists working for the associated press were shot by an afghan policeman. a 48 year old and her colleague were injured. it happened while they were traveling with election workers in the east. another concern is voter fraud observers will be working to prevent the wide-spread corruption reported in 2009. the measures include bar codes being delivered to at least 6.5 million polling centers. >> last-minute rush this week to register to vote in saturday's presidential election. these people are involved in a process that will end with the first democratic transfer of power in this country's 5,000 year old history. there is clearly still widespread enthusiasm to vote. these people have been queueing to register since before dawn. the pressure is to stop the widespread election previously. >> really everything has been delivered according to time line. both in regard to brood legislative a

the fourth aljazeera journalist in detention has been held in egypt for more than nine months and has been on hunger strike since january 21. his detention was extended by 45 days on march 13. a letter has been sent from prison that expresses his feelings. >> i have a responsibility phon my shoulders, it is to complete documenting stories of people here as much as possible and face that fast. i ask god and hope to be home with my family before the fifth of may to celebrate my birthday. >> his parents are concerned about his health. >> i would like to remind journalists and rights activists that my son is on hunger strike risking is his life to press for hess release and fight for journalist freedom. he wants to stop the practice of intimidating, arresting or killing journalists all over the world. >> the trial of the journalists has attracted global attention. advocacy groups and various governments have all condemned the trial. aljazeera strongly rejects all the charges and continues to call for the immediate release of its team. aljazeera. >> last year, egypt ranked as the third dea

robert ray has more on the impact the damage has had on the people and the environment. >> reporter:e french quarter of new orleans is p&, oyster company. >> we're the oldest continually operating oyster processing and distribution company in the united states. >> reporter: on april 20th, 2010, a blow out at a bp-run oil rig killed 11 workers and injured 17 others. more than 4 million barrels of oil gushed into the gulf before the spill was stopped. the environmental disaster shut down p&j for over three months and today it is operating at 30% of the business it had before the spill. >> things have not gotten better. >> reporter: 50 miles south is a bay where many of the oysters grow. we took a boat ride deep into the bay with a commercial fisherman and captain. >> i can't believe how much of this land is gone. >> reporter: also riding along, the director of mississippi delta restoration. >> this is the island. before the spill there were several hundred pairs of brown pelicans nesting, there was a healthy forest of black man grove here. the oil got into the colony and was underneath

has more on the charges. these refer back to two israeli launched operations in lebanon in two thousand and six and in gaza in two thousand and eight two thousand and nine the important points to make though is that this is the first time that this is happening here in israel and that despite this it is receiving very little coverage both in the israeli press and in the mainstream media we have contacted a number of lawyers and politicians as well as analysts and just about everyone has declined our request to be interviewed the charges are being grouped by modern one who is the only israeli lawyer to have served as a senior prosecutor in one of the courts at the international criminal court at the hague now he says interesting enough that there are israeli internal inquiries that looked into these operations in lebanon and gaza that actually give formal evidence that showed that these leaders wanted to intentionally hurt civilians or at the very least they intended to have no regard for the safety of civilia

and gdp has been downgraded. what has already been done has had some bite and adding to it this evening. >> the president is trying to build that united front when it comes to rolling out the sanctions. as we've been reporting, europe has deeper economic ties with russia than the u.s. are they willing now to be part of the united? >> well, this has been the problem all along, del, ever since the president went to europe last month. there are two entities, the g-7 as well as the e.u. he got the g-7 to at least threaten the broader sanctions and what would trigger that, but white house officials say if russian troops were to eaggravatto invadethat have beer some time, then that's the time to bring the e.u. along. getting europe to go along with something that cuts much beeper that would have an adverse economic impact not on russia but world economy that is a much tougher sell. >> mike viqueira traveling in the philippines. ahead of those sanctions there are rising tensions in ukraine. ukraine's second largest city

has research and testing power. it has a lot of power.really just did not apply the capacity that it had. i would add they have a very small budget, so there's a lot agency,tance at the unfortunately, to open investigations they do not see an end to or provide information they will need. the agency has a 10 lane dollar budget for all defects across the entire united states. that is less than mary barra makes every year. the whole agency only has a budget of $134 million, which is a pittance. this agency is really handicapped. i believe we are going to need some legislative changes in order to both the terror other companies -- deter other companies and facilitate the agency. >> someone a general motors had switched out the unsafe ignition switches in several car models and covered it up by using the same part number for the same switch, the new switch. the simple work of the engineer hired by the trial lawyer representing the mountains had discovered the defective part and its replacement with the same number. and when mr. cooper confront

it has been for a while. tension has intensified recently ahead of elections. >> this is the second recent attack on western journalists in afghanistan. friday's shooting was believed to be the first time that an afghan police officer had intentionally killed a foreign .ournalist >> against the backdrop of this latest bloodshed, final preparations are underway ahead of sunday's presidential elections in which the country's president of 13 years, hamid karzai, won't be running. a research associate at the american enterprise inns juden d.c. explains that -- institute in d.c. explains that whoever wins will face a very daunting task. >> we are at a time that most foreign troops are set to exit afghanistan by years end. all of the security and government responsibility is to afghansferred security forces and the afghan government. the selection is a very major test for the afghan government because it will demonstrate how -- afghan government welfare will fare after the international community leaves. they are t

abdullah al-shami has been in gaol since august, and has been on hunger strake for 84 days. al jazeera rejects the charges. >> we hear of a bomb blast at a bus station on the outskirts of nigeria's capital abuja. we turn to reuters newsagency - a number of people have been killed. we'll go to our correspondent in nigeria. tell us what is happening? >> well the the details are coming through. what we no is this blast happened in a place called niannar. on the outside of the capital, a place that is highly inhabited by people who work in the center of abuja, who take public transport to come into town. what we are hearing is there was some kind of explosion. it's not clear whether it was a car bomb for another device planted. it's not clear where the explosion took place, we are hearing from sources on the ground that there has been casualties. security services and emergency services are not confirming how many casualties there may be, what we know, speaking to eyewitnesss on the ground is that the area has opinion cordoned off. what the authorities are saying is they are not

he has a point, however.st of funding the old-age pension is currently rising at 11% per annum and is expected to hit $60 billion sometime within the next 10 years. that is because more australians suddenlyng older and refusing to die. australians aged between 64-84 will double by the year 2050. the number of australians aged over 85 will quadruple in the same period. joe hockey today saying that it may be the case that my generation has to work for an extra three years. of course, just before the election, prime minister tony abbott promised there would be no changes to the pension, illustrating yet again how reality tends to get suspended just before a country goes to the polls. >> always the case. traditional prebudget leaks seem to be well and truly underway. where else is the ax going to fall? >> this morning, local media is reporting that the government science body, the csiro, could be in-line for a fairly substantial cut to the tune of 150 million dollars, 20% of their funding. they have already shed

what the board has said, this he -- what the board has said, they don't want it defined more vaguely but more precisely about how these two funds will be governed and whose responsibility is to govern what. ideally, the board wouldn't like a date, but is open to a sunset date that is more than the ten or 15 years that it has had. so with he -- we have some things to work out, but we have full agreement that this fund needs to be reauthorized and it has been a gift to the public school children of san francisco and so in turn, a gift to the city of san francisco too. thank you commissioner kim for taking the lead on this and for listening to all of our concerns from the school district and for bringing this forward today for discussion. thank you. >> thank you. okay. so just an update on where things are at in terms of the drafting of peef. it's drafted as an independent measure and it's ready for introduce and supervisor's yee office led the drafting for preschool for all or early childhood education for peef and we were drafting the 2004 ballot measure for the remaining 2/3. two cha

that has been delayed. oklahoma's supreme court ruled in favour of the state. >> french and engineering company has seated a $17 billion bid from general electric. the proposal has been described as practically perfect. >> french government has been trying to steer him towards europe. there are fears that a take over by u.s. company will mean job losses for the french. >>> russia has accused the west of reviving cold war tactics. on tuesday the you european union added 15 more people on the list of russian and ukrainian officials facing asset freezes and travel bands. washington announced a new set of sanctions. president obama said he would not impose more sanctions. >> eastern ukraine - gunman opened fire as they took control of more buildings. pro-russian able to visits stormed the headquarters for police and luhansk. barnaby phillips reports from the city of donetsk. gungun. >> reporter: the pro-russian crowd forced their way into the government building in liuhansk they seemed incapable or unwilling to

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harry we should start talking about the fact that the ferry has descended to the sea bed and has turnedside. which is not good news. >> reporter: no, that is a major development today in terms of the rescue and trying to access it, in terms of how the parents are feeling about all of this. when we were out there a little more than 24 hours ago, the very end of the bow was still just above the waves. it went under during the course of yesterday. and now we get this information that we only got really because the familie families families tt publicist, they had representatives out at the site and the members of the families here during a briefing given by a maritime police agency official, they said look you are not telling us what really has happen we know the ship has fallen on its side. at which time the maritime police official admitted that had happened. there is some contention as to how far its fallen over, whether it's totally on its side on the bottom of the sea bed or whether as one maritime official -- police official told us it was more of a 45-degree angle. the key thing is t

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he has a fulfilled life. he has a vocation for service.is it the right thing for the family and the country? we will know. i get calls about this all the time from reporters, from donors, from everybody. in fact, my least favorite calls are the ones which ask me, what happens if marco rubio and jeb bush runs? they are both friends of mine, so at that point, i will go into a fetal position and just cry. hyperventilating and having anxiety about jeb bush, marco rubio, marco rubio versus jeb bush, i have decided there is not a thing i can do about it all stop i think the decision comes from within them. i do not think it is about who else is running. for the meantime, i am going to be in colorado talking to all of you. they will tell me what the hell they are going to do. i will go from there. [applause] this is my last point. the person who has not been mentioned, in terms of political crystal ball, is hillary clinton. i think everybody assumes she will run, and she has frozen the field. anything, there is more pressure on her to announce a

there has not emerged. leader who is able to unite the country i don't know about the current leader maybe and i would hope you would be able to. i do think that the process. russia has at times. fairly steadily. encouraged one side rather than the other. you know i think we outsiders have to understand both russia and ukraine are suffering from the soviet heritage and all of the problems that it was the same country after all for many years. and many of the institutions grow have grown out of soviet institutions and both countries but. i do think. if you crane is to stay together. there needs to be a leadership that can unite the people and certainly they need to make russia in official language and i would think that if it can be structured properly. a federal system is appropriate for them but this is something ukrainians have to do and i don't think outsiders should try to force it upon them. i've said you know and written maybe they should talk to the finnish leaders how did finland manage to have such

it has been seven months that this person has been in the school.hat is terrible. >> everyone is taking part without any problems. we feel solidarity with the girl who was raped. we all want to find the perpetrator. >> traces of dna were found on the victim's close. they will attempt to match to saliva swabs taken over the next few days. if they'll come back negative, back to the drawing board. the cross-examination of oscar pistorius is again under way today in pretoria. the south african track stars under investigation for the murder of his girlfriend last year. he said he shot her dead by mistake, thinking she was an intruder. we are now in the second week of the witness stand. the prosecutor was once again very aggressive in his grilling. to tell us more, let's bring in james flanigan. it has been another emotional day there. the court is adjourned a few times due to him crying again. >> yes, it has. we have been back and forth in the way that we were poor the start of the trial. oscar was very emotional. he has held it together the last few day