why move to ireland?ve the ceo of an agency responsible for convincing companies to jump the pond. you guys are very active in silicon valley. i wonder how much the nsa and those issues about surveillance are driving the new push to open up european data centers and so on. guest: there are many reasons companies come to ireland. our environment is one of those. enter data privacy laws add up to tech companies making investments in ireland. cory: it seems like there's a strong financial commitment from the government to make this the business of ireland. why? guest: ireland is one of the most open economies in the world. we have been successful in attracting foreign direct investment. the government invests about 700, 800 million per annum in research and development. it provides an attractive rmb tax incentive. cory: talked about the r&d tax cut incentives. guest: twin 5% is the tax expenditure on research and development. cory: if they do r&d there, the 25% break. how you calculate what's happening there

a datacenter in ireland is a huge deal. it adds to apple's existing presence in ireland.had people employed there. they are doing everything from manufacturing to servicing. >> in what ways is that a game changer? >> it would be one of the largest data centers on the planet. >> in terms of data centers and power generation, to build up capacity -- >> we have the capacity currently. all of the major players have data centers in ireland. we have the wind blowing a lot in ireland. we capture that. >> martin shanahan, thank you very much. "bloomberg west" will be right back. ♪ >> i'm cory johnson. this is "bloomberg west." a lawsuit against mark zuckerberg could reveal all personal finances. new documents shed light on the long-standing dispute between mark zuckerberg and it would be neighbor. that neighbor sold zuckerberg part of his locked in a deal that made facebook founder -- how strong is the developer's case? an assistant law professor has been closely watching the case. is this a good case? >> if what the neighbor alleges is true, it is a strong case paid what he is a

general granite for not only being here but part of the great celebration between san francisco and ireland i obviously am thrilled to have our core sister city and remember the floeshz time i had being or being think grand mary in the city that's where i met the people wonderful people and again, thank you to mark naerl for his leadership in being the rock on our board of supervisors so with that, i'll be ready to raise the flag ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> what a day, huh? >> you do it with such eloquence (clapping.) okay, here we go. >> now we're going to be led out to the - ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ in >> okay top of the morning to you. >> going to say it back to me. >> sure. >> good morning. i see all the wonderful faces out here bring back great memories we're going to talk about and some not tell you; right? because 2 hundred irish americans on our first trip to ireland this was 31 years ago let's here it for cork (clapping) you you know irish have been making history in san francisco for many, many years the first irish americans that came here in the 17 century early 18th century came here they came here and bo

because 2 hundred irish americans on our first trip to ireland this was 31 years ago let's here it forou know irish have been making history in san francisco for many, many years the first irish americans that came here in the 17 century early 18th century came here they came here and bought los angeles police department from the mexican grant and came here for the salary man and the gold rush and left their stamp and still doing that if you go around san francisco you see caesar new and over and over feral and pave. >> so you've been macro history the o showncy dam we have a lot of mayors that were irish the first john geary irish and you know what our mayor is still making history everyday and our mayor was in cork and the grand mary of the st. patrick's day prayed in cork (clapping.) i don't know how many people have a river named after them in ireland but the lee river so this is our mayor ed on the other hand lee. >> (laughter). >> o insuring thank you for being the best protocol over in the city of san francisco yes (clapping.) well, everyone thank you and welcome to ore woemz th

for greece there's a lesson for ireland. we respect and understand the difficulties that apply in greece now from a humanitarian point of view and others. greece needs time and space. the prime minister himself said we don't want to leave the euro. we don't want to default but we do need time and space. it's giving greece that time and space. from ireland's lesson of slow and steady progress difficult though it has been for our country, the benefits are beginning to be seen after a four year period. we want to manage that carefully for the future. i've said that to the greek prime minister myself. here's a lesson as one small country that you can take. you can take some reflection in terms of building your own economy for the future. >> but do you fear the greek story, the saga of greece. it's going on and on and it will drag everyone down. >> the prime minister and himself don't want to do that. >> but they also don't want to pay the bills on the country terms. >> in terms of the interest repayments these were extended. tha

by carbon dating a fragment of the true cross given to the king of ireland by the pope.st important relic. so to have it tested in this way which could reveal that the story that's potentially true is fascinating. >> this is the first time we've actually, to our knowledge, directly dated a piece of the true cross. >> radiocarbon is a complex method involving a series of stages. the first of which is to preclean and pretreat the sample to remove any contaminating carbon that could thwart the result. in the final stage of the process is the accelerator which enables us to measure individual particles of the carbon. the more radiocarbon there is, the more recent the sample. and the less radiocarbon, the older it is. we can date anything from the present day back to about 50,000 years ago. >> in less than 20 minutes, they may solve an enigma that dates back 2,000 years. >> this should just about be finished now. let's just have a look and see what we can see. >> could the waterford cross be part of the cross helena is said to have discovered? >> let's just have a look and se

did your stand up work in ireland? >> i'm from new york when i first started doing standup in ierbled, they didn't know what i was talking about. -- some famous irish star that nobody knows over here or they don't know the back story. certainly whether i started doing gigs in chinese there are a whole raft of ideas that don't work. grammar issues like, you know, where does the punch line go? like sometimes the grammar means you have to put the punch line before the joke which kills it completely. >> are there taboos? >> china? that's all there is is taboos. china is all taboos. china you can't joke about the government. >> sex? >> they're not crazy about the dirty stuff. you can try but you're going to make the audience uncomfortable. >> what makes the chinese laugh? >> whether i figure that out i'll be a very wealthy man. if i could make 2% laugh. for me, i talk about the struggles with dating this china, the weirdness of being a 39-year-old single man in china which they think is outlandish almost a crime. they're to

steves: the dramatic rock of cashel is one of ireland's most evocative sites. this was the seat of ancient irish kings for seven centuries. st. patrick baptized king aengus here in about 450 a.d. in around 1100, an irish king gave cashel to the church, and it grew to become the ecclesiastical capital of all ireland. 800 years ago, this monastic community was just a chapel and a round tower standing high on this bluff. it looked out then, as it does today, over the plain of tipperary, called the golden vale because its rich soil makes it ireland's best farmland. on this historic rock, you stroll among these ruins in the footsteps of st. patrick, and wandering through my favorite celtic cross graveyard, i feel the soul of ireland. they say ambassador limb perspective is not seriously hurt. president obama spoke to him by phone and wished him a speedy recovery. he's a close aide to obama. >>> south koreans have been protesting against recent remarks by a senior u.s. state department official. they say the official appeared to side with japan on historical issues.

. ♪ steves: the dramatic rock of cashel is one of ireland's most evocative sites.was the seat of ancient irish kings for seven centuries. st. patrick baptized king aengus here in about 450 a.d. in around 1100, an irish king gave cashel to the church, and it grew to become the ecclesiastical capital of all ireland. 800 years ago, this monastic community was just a chapel and a round tower standing high on this bluff. it looked out then, as it does today, over the plain of tipperary, called the golden vale because its rich soil makes it ireland's best farmland. on this historic rock, you stroll among these ruins in the footsteps of st. patrick, and wandering through my favorite celtic cross graveyard, i feel the soul of ireland. >>> welcome to "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. >>> japan's foreign minister fumio kishida has confirmed japanese people are among the victims in a deadly shooting at a museum in tunisia. he says one national has been killed and three others are wounded. gunmen fired at tourists and took several people hostage in the capital tuni

at the there at the time i met the youth of ireland through their program at that magic castle found a way to ask them to come over and had a week of celebrations and the advice cork came over to if the not only education but a nomination with the people relationship pchs a wonderful time and again a lot of things wonderful things happened when we exchange those wonderful exchanges i want to making sure i have another intent to get back to cork especially the old head golf course when i listen to those bagpipes mark and i he reminisce he brags he can go out to a gulf of mexico and similarly with dennis herrera as well and you know mel murphy they get to play more gov. also i have on a welcome back basis an opportunity to go to the wonderful companies in the city of san francisco and most recently this past year our accessory carmen chu has been there to find out what resources with international companies this st. patrick's day we have the intent to visit with our consul general grant one of the irish home companies d c h that will be doing their custom manufacturing we get to visit

steves: the dramatic rock of cashel is one of ireland's most evocative sites.e seat of ancient irish kings for seven centuries. st. patrick baptized king aengus here in about 450 a.d. in around 1100 an irish king gave cashel to the church, and it grew to become the ecclesiastical capital of all ireland. 800 years ago, this monastic community was just a chapel and a round tower standing high on this bluff. it looked out then as it does today over the plain of tipperary, called the golden vale because its rich soil makes it ireland's best farmland. on this historic rock, you stroll among these ruins in the footsteps of st. patrick, and wandering through my favorite celtic cross graveyard, i feel the soul of ireland. >>> today's asian voices comes to you from pakistan's capitol islamabad. we look at the comic series that has enjoyed decades of popularity. what makes it so popular? should girls be allowed education? no. >> should boys be allowed education? >> yes. >> "gogi" is a popular cartoon in pakistan. using humor it raises questions about the country's

this year's theme was technology linking the bay area to ireland. as always, the parade comes a few days before the real st. patrick's day which is tuesday, march 17 in. >>> gorgeous day for it, if not a little too hot. over to drew tuma with the temperatures. >> if you're visiting from ireland ex-you're thinking it's so warm. feels more like july this time of the year. we're talking about record highs in many spots in the 80s and 90s today. live doppler 7hd will show you high clouds have now filtered in over us. unfortunately not bringing us any wet weather. live look from the sutro tower cam, clouds overhead, and peeks of sunshine but enough warmth to reach the surface and bring us record highs the forecast calls for high clouds sticking with us overnight. bring us mild temperatures. tomorrow will be warm but won't be the record warmth we had today so the temperatures being 20 degrees above normal, more like five to ten degrees above normalful the next seven-days is a mild and dry pattern in the accuweather forecast, so right now, temperaturewise,

ireland is a popular location for nationals.ty is what we call organic to the economy. a lot of activity is activity. and the irish government have been moving aggressively in the last few years to close off the monetary loopholes for the nationals and then it opens up new ones. it will be interesting to see how they deal with these issues in today's announcement. >> south paille south america's most popular destination is running the prospect of running out of water later this year. they have been suffering from years of drought with some reservoirs at record low levels. now, authorities are working on a rationing system that could be issued in the coming weeks when the rainy season is over. some are concerned it could soon become scarce. this report is here. >> reporter: it seems to have missed the rainy season this year. when it rains, not a drop of water goes to waste in this restaurant. when the owner heard on the radio his restaurant's water supply could be cut to just five days a week he decided to act. he has installed 3

this year's theme was technology linking the bay area to ireland.ys, the parade comes a few days before the real st. patrick's day which is tuesday, march 17 in. >>> gorgeous day for it, if not a little too hot. over to drew tuma with the temperatures. >> if you're visiting from ireland ex-you're thinking it's so warm. feels more like july this time of the year. we're talking about record highs in many spots in the 80s and 90s today. live doppler 7hd will show you high clouds have now filtered in over us. unfortunately not bringing us any wet weather. live look from the sutro tower cam, clouds overhead, and peeks of sunshine but enough warmth to reach the surface and bring us record highs the forecast calls for high clouds sticking with us overnight. bring us mild temperatures. tomorrow will be warm but won't be the record warmth we had today so the temperatures being 20 degrees above normal, more like five to ten degrees above normalful the next seven-days is a mild and dry pattern in the accuweather forecast, so right now, temperaturewise, water w

he is a native of ireland and been in in countries in the world, to eventually here in san francisco. he has been especially formative in the irish immigration pastoral center here in our great city of san francisco and everybody identifies father with the center. he has grown it into a thriving hub, helping irish immigrants in our city. it is a non-profit community organization, assisting all irish immigrants in the bay area. i would call his style working quietly and behind-the-scenes one of the most humble people you will ever come across. he is both a teacher and a student to so many people. he has offered citizenship advice, job interview consultation, just working with our irish immigrant families here in san francisco. he is a lead-by-example type of person and i have the great honor of being part of his angel's team thanks to supervisor elsbernd dragging me out and happily we won as well. talking about giants and talking about the ryder cup that unfortunately europe has won -- and he such an amazing leader in our city and a great friend of mine. thank you for that. your dedica

you won't be in ireland wondering around like a tourist. private tours of restaurants and guinness factory and jamison factory and staying at a beautiful five star hotel what do we have to do to qualify. >> go to kildares and sign up, fill out a form sign up have a great time with you. >> i love cottage pie. turf try this. it is always so good. it looks like it would be hard to make sure you have the mashed on top, make sure it is just right. >> i can show you how to do it. i brought the a piping bag and one without mashed potatoes. just a steady hand. >> real quick. >> thank you very much. >> yes, right there. i have a pastry bag with a tip. so it comes out fancy. if you make it a at home don't want to make it fancy just put it right on top. if you want time press people. >> it is like icing a cake. >> look at that. >> yes. >> that is nice. >> i will eat that whole bag, put that right in my mutt. >> well, thanks very much. >> yes, kill bear's irish pubs well see you on st. patrick's day. >> it is fox furs day, time to get decked out for a

patrick's day, the day they celebrate the rich culture of ireland. it's a big opportunity for irish. from traditional irish products gifts to the not so traditional mcdonald's shamrock shake and green bagels. look at the numbers involved. 4.6 billion dollars. it's a big day for cabbage. shipment will rise 70% during the week of st. patrick's day. more on that coming your way in 15 minutes time. >> all of those in one day? today? goodness. very, very happy people. happy st. patrick's day to those of you celebrating. >>> the question why do penguins waddle? we meet the scientists trying to find out. you owned your car for four years. you named it brad. you loved brad. and then you totaled him. you two had been through everything together. two boyfriends. three jobs. you're like "nothing can replace brad!" then liberty mutual calls. and you break into your happy dance. if you sign up for better car replacement, we'll pay for a car that's a model year newer with 15,000 fewer miles than your old one. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual

. >> i flew from ireland to be here. and been practicing since for the competition. all the best casters in the world come here. my fellow countryman came in first place and james is on the current team and he is the head man. >> it's unique. will not see anything like it where you go to compete in the world. competitions in ireland scotland norway, japan, russia each year the facilities here in the park are second to none. there is no complex in the world that can touch it. >> i'm here with bob, and he has kindly agreed to tell me everything i need to know about casting. i'm going to suit up and next, we're in the water. >> what any gentleman should do. golden gate angling has free lessons the second saturday of every month. we have equipment show up on the 9:30 on the second saturday of every month and we'll teach them to fly cast. >> ok. we are in the water. >> let me acquaint you with the fly rod. >> nice to meet you. >> this is the lower grip and the upper grip. this is a reel and a fly line. we are going to use the flex of this rod to fling away. exactly as you

my parents were in ireland for st.ears ago and they said no one was celebrating it. they were expecting it to be a big deal. is it not a big deal over there? >> it's -- it's a little bit more religious-oriented. a little but more subdued. there's no dyeing the rivers green. >> jimmy: there isn't? >> there's quite a bit of that goes on. >> jimmy: but that kind of goes on all the time there in ireland, right? >> very careful, jimmy. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: do you celebrate it here? >> you know, i would raise a glass to st. patrick. i try and keep away shock ro shamrockery stuff. >> jimmy: shamrockery, i like that. none of the green peer? >> not my thing. fbi, full-blooded irish. >> jimmy: no one questions your authenticity when it comes to your irishness. by the way, quick question. guillermo, why are you still in your beyounderpants? >> guillermo: manny took my clothes. >> jimmy: very good. we're going to take a break. liam neeson is here. he's got a new movie. we'll be right back! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ a, when my wi

match against ireland on tuesday. they were in top form, with a total of 411 setting ireland up for a difficult chase. sarah reports. >> high on confidence after winning their prefers matches south africa and ireland were both looking to move further up the table. south africa's start wasn't ideal. that would be ireland's only joy for a while as he sparked a ton, then his highest one day score of 159. notching a century. a south africa batsman puts him in a commander position, setting 411 for four. after some resistance from their middle and lower order the irish were dismissed for 210 a 201-run win for south africa. they next play pakistan. al jazeera. >> competition host australia are preparing to face having a in their game wednesday. afghanistan are brimming with confidence after their win last week although they know it will be a tough test. australia come into the match having lost to cohost new zealand. they sit fourth in the pool, but could finish second. >> if you're confident you back your own ability, you w

patrick's day is an opportunity for everyone to feel irish visitors from ireland got to celebrate american style. >> back home it's not -- much more like nonchalant. like whatever. let's have a

. ♪ >> that puts the focus on ireland's rich tradition and award-winning irish singer, teaches irishcing, and he hosts an irish radio show every saturday. as you can imagine the st. patrick's day is like a religious holiday for him. >> walmart defends the shirts by saying they want to give the customers choices. >> very nice. ♪ >> he thinks it is ridiculous command he is from ireland. bill: it's a religious holiday. that gets lost in this whole idea that we just want to go celebrate and drink. there are so many sides to this but i can appreciate the one side of it. what other group in you attack with the stereotype of drunkenness and get away with it. >> you can imagine. they miss the days when all sent to wanted to drink with some milk. >> ban band christmas and put everything away. >> at the same level of st. patrick's day. >> i don't see the mexicans up in arms about it. i had to identify more than americans. people want to get drunk. a going they going to do it anyway. bill: and they're we go. ♪ >> basically just a table where the table where commuters can club. >> go back. >> th

these are -- this is still low season in ireland.eginning of the tourist season in a couple of weeks, maybe a month or so. so you're still finding some great value. this particular time of year naturally, hotel rates are going up. so last-minute hotel rates in some cases gone up 300%, 400% . if you're willing to stay just outside what they call city center, there's still some great values we found. bbs, more than 1,000 throughout the country can offer great value as well. you can stay in a five her -- five-star castle or pretty much anything in between. >> nearly eight million people expected to travel to ireland this year. you are one of them. hopefully we can join you one of these days bring the sticks. a lot of good links. >> reporter: listen, feel free to visit. on the travel zoo web site there's a page that is specifically for ireland deals. if you are really starting to scope out ireland that is a place to find a ton of great deals on flights and hotels as well. >> thank you for taking the time to call in and check in with us.

. >> grandparents are from kerry and island in ireland. every year, we have so much fun coming. >> move to a san francisco area. so happy to be here. >> this year's theme was technology, linking the bay area to ireland. as always comes a few days before the official st. patrick's day holiday which of course is tuesday the 17th. the only complaint i could ever even imagine would be too warm. too hot on the parade today. crazy. >> it is. 80s in san francisco. 90s in some portions of the south bay. so incredible by this time of the year. >> right. >> tomorrow, still mild but not record setting warm. we're going back towards reality slowly but surely we'll get there. live doppler showing a fair amount of cloud cover overhead this evening but that's keeping us on the mild side tonight after that was an incredibly warm day across the region. take a look at the bay area high. a high of 82 in santa row sasa. high ot 89 degrees. 86 in morgan hill and a temperature of 80 degrees this afternoon. take you live outside, a shot showing a tranquil quiet

we are seeing shared campuses for education institutions in northern ireland. now, i think we need to see the sorts of things she is talking about. shared approaches on teacher training, which can reduce costs and deliver a better service. >> thank you, mr. speaker. lack friday, attended over 13 local companies and over 700 jobseekers. will the prime minister congratulate those who started a friendship since 2010, where unemployment has fallen by 36% showing our long-term economic plan is working? >> i pay tribute to my friend, who works to support his constituents. i think these job fairs that many members of parliament have taken part in, can do a huge amount in terms of making sure local people can see the opportunities that are being opened up a successful and growing economy. the claimant count has fallen by 54% since the election with long-term count falling by 50% in last year. that shows, as the oecd suggests britain pause long-term economic plan is working and we should stick to it. >> as we have heard, the prime minister and the opposition agree that

there was a difference between ireland and us. they are more hungry. they were a bit more energic and probably wanted it a little bit more. >> manchester united johnny's evans has been out for six games and the english football association handed out suspensions following an incident between the two teams. united won that, 1-0. cecil was give an extra game as he was suspended in december for elbowing coleman. >> parma is famous for its history, architecture, but nothing flies the city's flag like its football club. in the past 23 years it won three national and four european cups. not bad for a medieval city of less than 200,000 people. but the club has scored a tract on goal with a gross of $200 million and no money to pay its staff and players, parma has not played a game in three weeks, and will be kicked out of serie a. >> we feel bitter and defrauded betrayed by those who have managed the club in the last few years. it's the end of a glorious club. they're trying to take the club away from us, but they can't. >> there is no more powerful symbol. t

we had the opportunity to talk about northern ireland. and although the recent framework agreement that has been put in place offers great hope for resolution of long-standing challenges there there is still more work to do. we very much appreciate the leadership they have shown in this process. and the collaboration with united states is encouraging both parties to arrive at peaceful resolutions that can lead to more prosperity and growth in northern ireland. we had an opportunity to talk about domestic issues here. the greatest being immigration reform. i indicated the executive actions i have taken, some of which are currently tied up in court. and we share the view that the great strength of the united states has always been its willingness to welcome new immigrants to our shores. that is what has made us unique and special. nobody has a bash contributed to the growth and dynamism of the u.s. economy then our irish immigrants. that continues to be the case. and we had a chance to discuss broader security issues that we face in common.

it looks like ireland for today. and temperatures are warming nicely. we're already at 63 in the tri-valley. 60 on the peninsula. and 60 degrees right here in the south bay. pretty day all across the board. more sunshine than yesterday. 73 degrees is the high for today in the tri-valley. dublin, 67 degrees for san francisco. and right around 74 degrees in the north bay. if you're headed out and about, rapid warming between noon right after this broadcast concloodz, and 4:00 p.m. we'll see the sunshine break through the clouds all across the board. not expecting much cloud cover to finish the day. that means once the temperatures start to drop off when the sun sets they will drop rapidly. the sun will set at 7:18. if you're headed to the city count on big crowds. a block happening in san francisco. a forecast for that in the next report. tell you what else is going on if you want to get out there and enjoy the holiday. but you know what? we have another big event happening when it comes to weather. we're going to kick off spring as we head throughout you

ireland's top order wept cheaply -- went cheaply. after resistance from the middle and lower order, the irish were dismissed for 210. a 201-run win for south africa. >> we know we have a very long way to go. there's a lot of cricket to be played. it's been said for so many times that we are one of the favourites to win the tournament. deep down inside we know we cap. that's not the problem. the problem is taking it one game at a time. the ploets will play -- proteas will play pakistan in autumn. >> football and sepp blatter arrived in paraguay continuing a campaign for a fifth term as head of the sports governing body. the official reason for blatter's attendance is the 56th congress of comnibal. his rivals are attending hoping to give their campaigns a boost. that is dutch fa president michael van prag. and the f.i.f.a. vice-president. louis figo is the other candidate. the election taking place on may 29th >>> three games in the english premier league on tuesday. relegation-threatened aston villa got a late win are. south hampton g

. >> bob says he has some people from ireland. >> we have people right all the way over from irelandmentt part of ireland are you from? >> constant, from dublin. >> and your name? >> mary from galway. >> just keep talking, they have that irish accent. >> enough smooching up to the laid ills. we have a dance off to take care. >> irish dance off. we had the best irish dancers here all day long. >> no, no, i have the best. >> no, i have the best irish dancers. >> no, my team. >> the irish school of dancing. >> okay? >> hi, jen ladies first. go ahead ladies first. >> ♪ ♪ >> what do you call that? what's that? >> okay, now you go now you go. >> hold my microphone. >> ♪ ♪ >> okay, you've seen irish dancing, right? >> yes. >> how embarrassing? >> bob kelly? >> oh, no. >> i know, i love it. >> bob is great. he could still and good dancer. >> he could be is the key. >> okay, looks like -- she said the worse dancer she's ever seen. >> oh, no. >> it is so loud in here you can't hear a word we're saying. ♪ ♪ we've been having fun. i'll tell you are we having fun here today? >> yes. >> i would like t

also the defending champions beat ireland at the cricket world cup. and it's a time to make history. they aim to make the champion league quarterfinals. that's coming up in 30 minutes time. >>> a kurdish fight against the rebels in northern iraq. the latest offense started on monday. we just had these pictures into us that show the peshmerga soldiers. they believe the truck was packed with explosives. that's what we are to understand. the soldiers say they have secured a section of the main road that leads to mosul, which is still in the hands of i.s. militants. i.s. controls a third of iraq and syria. >>> earlier this month, we heard of a former british soldier held as he fought against i.s. the british government said taking part in a conflict overseas could be on the criminal and terror law. we have been speaking to a former british soldier. he's going to syria to train and help the kurds fight islamic state. he didn't want to be named. >> try to take as much land as they possibly can. years and years and years ago, many years ago, all of asia. vio

we join thousands of south koreans celebrating a tidal festival >>> and ireland's rugby as far as in celebration mode as the six nations tournament reaches a thrilling conclusion. >>> they'll start yemen, where houthi rebels have taken over the airport in imtiaz tyab. yemen's third largest city. they have fired gunshots in the air to disperse in the city. fighters are pushing south from the capital in the direction of aden in the direction where the president is holding on to power. anti-aircraft guns opened fire at an unidentified plane flying over a compound. in the united states they have pulled out their last remaining social forces giving the statement by way of explanation: >>> al jazeera's correspondent reports. >> reporter: with each day houthi fighters move south. yemen is moving closer to all-out war. these are the rebels taking over the third-largest city. here they are apparently taking over the airport. here is what the reason might be. >> the houthis - instead of attacking through the air from sanaa to aiden, they can attack aiden through tib. which is minutes away. >>

>> cyprus has recovered much faster than ireland.yprus had a surplus last year and has done a good job of putting together all of the majors so as not to waste the crisis. the foreclosure law is an example of what has gone wrong but i think cyprus is positioned for growth but we can of course interrupted by not continuing to put in place the memorandum issues. >> just to wrap things up today they will tell us what this qe plan will look like and what they're going to buy etc.. but these loans are not unique to cyprus you see it in italy and spain and the situation is not getting terrifically better. what kind of difference is a qe plan when you have so much nonperforming loans across the eurozone? what is your message? >> in an environment we have all-time highs to the stock market and historic heights and bond markets that is a dislocated set of macros. cyprus is really a set of the macro in a very small economy. if qe can make a difference because of the small open economy. qe is designed to take government assets off the balance s

guy: germany didn't have what ireland had. ireland went down very fast and is coming back quickly.ny didn't have that experience. those are still well north of 50. germany is still a very rich country with an economy doing relatively well. unemployment is incredibly low. maybe there's a slowdown. part of that is the rush a effect. part of that is greece. it will be interesting to see next month whether we see a bounce back. maybe there's a slowdown. if you start getting economies like ireland and spain going again, germany will be a beneficiary of that. jonathan: guy johnson will bring you that is. looking for the pmi to come in at 57.5. that is almost it for "on the move." these are your markets. pretty dull across most of the eurozone. the tax off by about 0.2%. the for the 100 pretty much unchanged. you want to talk markets, you know where i am. i'm on twitter. ♪ jonathan: good -- guy: good morning. another surprise rate cut from china. governor rajan delivering the cuts following the latest modi budget. francine: standard chartered posts a 30% drop in full-year profits. jonatha

but with this new evidence, detective ireland was not again. she contacted a group of scientists with an odd mission and an unusual name. they called themselves necrosearch, and they find bodies no one else seems to find. >> we are a multidisciplinary, entirely volunteer organization that helps law enforcement look for clandestine graves and to recover evidence and to recover bodies from those graves. >> for necrosearch, the starting point was the braided hair that was believed to be from michelle wallace. forensic plant ecologist vicki trammell looked for any plant material that was in the hair. >> the hair had spent five years outside most likely being drug around by scavengers like coyotes. so my question was not so much where is the body, because i had no way of determining that, but where had the hair spent five years? >> the lack of soil in the hair suggested the body had not been buried. >> the hair wasn't muddy and there was bleach marks. in other words, bleached by the sun in the places that were exposed. and that would not have happen

. >> my grandparents are from kerry and county cork in ireland so it's a lot of fun. every year we have so much fun. >> this mom brought her three girls, wearing green glitter in their hair. >> we are just moved here and this is our first big event. >> the mayor, police chief and other city leaders joined the parade route. the grand marshal. >> i was overwhelmed. >> this year's theme is technology linking the bay area to ireland. the parade comes a few days before the official st. patrick's day, the 17th but by this sea of green it appears people are happy to start the celebration early. >> it's never too area. we have a photo gallery up right now on our web site abc7news.com. if you have pictures to send we'd love to see them and share them. e-mail them to ureport@kgo-tv.com. >> tonight a new perspective on the frantic effort to save a baby's life. >> come on, come on. >> you're hearing the voices of first responders desperately trying to reach a very small survivor. ahead, look at the moment they free her. >>> a motorcycle in a mall the debt separation that sent one

down to points difference on the final day, ireland's 40-10 victory proved to be enough. the irish claimed back to back titles for the first time since 1949. >>> you can find out about sports news and general news and current affairs on our site. the address is aljazeera.com. >> there are 100,000 girls, american girls, home-grown girls trafficked into sex trade each year in the u.s. when shawna resisted, her mother shot her with heroin, shawna remembers falling on the water bed in a rush. that was her initiation. >>> "a path appears," the latest book by journalists nicholas kristof and sheryl wudunn highlights problems in the u.s., including sexual exploitation,

. >> in sport ireland has won six nations rugby championship. it went down to points difference on the final day and ireland's 40-10 victory against scotland proved to be enough. it sparked mastiff declaration as they claimed back-to-back titles for the first time since 1949. >> i think its social because of the way we hit the rebound last week. it's been so long spins we put six nations together. i think after this week the missing the record, it would have had a little bit of energy about it. >> that wonderful victory you can find in the sports section of our website or other news you can find there as well. just go through the pages online online. the address www.aljazeera.com. news in a half hour's time. >> hello, i'm ray suarez because they are local stories the abusive or just plain risky behavior of fraternity men rarely break the national headlines. but there's no denying, it's not all fraternities and sororities, mind you but colleges and universities have found it hard to shut down even the worst chapters. kaitlin flannagan spent a yea

. >> all right to sports now and the cricket world cop where india crushed ireland by eight wickets. >> 164 runs in an opening partnership as india read 260 for 2. but ireland still has a chance to stay in the turn them it if he can take a point against pakistan on sunday. good luck. which german city should bid for the 2024 olympics? that is the decision that is expected to come down for next week. >> the options on the table are berlin and hamburg. but do the citizens of the cities actually want the games? let's take a look. >> the survey results are in, and it is yes to the olympics in both cities. 64% of the respondents in hamburg favor the games. >> this is the result of an intense exchange of views and both cities. it is the outcome of countless decisions on project olympia. >> berlin also launched a campaign to win over popular opinion about hosting the games and 55% of those responding favor the idea -- less than hamburg, but still a clear majority. the german capital is still very much in the race. >> berlin need something like this. it is good for the city's image. >> berli

edge explaining here ceo pays 51% tax rate, and ireland it is 12, he explained in dollars and senseves long island, and new york, and america, his employees want to stay and his family wants to stay but in the life of a company in this nation you can out last the rest of probe's second term -- president obama's second term, but president is preparing an executive order to increase corporate tax rate, we have to get to why in creating jobs if you put them through education, and training you want that job waiting for them. >> are they leaving for ireland or keeping from operations here. >> fortunately this company since sifting on -- is insisting on staying here, and expanding here. >> just as -- to good business. even though you could argue that expand abroad stay vibrant here. >> we have to look at why i business sun able to expand and -- is unable to expand and create more jobs, there is say small be owner who forgets their own pays, paying their own employees, and local electric bill. have you the medium or larger size business that wants to expand and create more jobs but we don'

it went down to point's difference and ireland over scotland and edinburburo.55 to 35 win meant they fell six points short of what they needed to move above ireland. >>> more sports for you on our website and, of course all of the news. the address for that is aljazeera.com. and you can watch us on the "watch live" icon. ♪ profits of the slave trade. more than 12 million men, women and children were forcibly transported from africa to the plantations and colonies of north and south america. today slavery is illegal in every country on the planet. yet slavery didn't die in the 19th cen

. >> you moved to ireland. >> oh yes. my story is too long for this interview. i'm originally from new york but went to ireland for boarding school and started doing >> calling all hands. >> we would also like citizens to help us find the terrorists. >>> tunisia asks the people to find the terrorists responsible for yesterday's attack >>> the battle for yemen.