is that really italy? >> i think that is italy in part. it is certainly not northern italy.hat is the point we make in this issue. northern italy is very much -- it feels more election -- very much like germany by many ways. i think there is that sort of middle part of the country -- south of rome is probably more like that. even though we give a few high marks to naples as well. -- renzio me about clearly has ambitions. he has a 100 day plan, very jfk. some people see it more as tony blair. there is a lot of potential in the country. you highlight the industrial base in the north, the links with austria and germany, it feels very different to the rest of italy. what should renzi do in your mind? he has all kinds of plans but if you were sitting at his side advising him on what he should do and how he should make the italy has, what would it be? >> look back at the industrial base. you have to play to the strengths. everyone talks about creative economies. here is a country which truly has a great foundation for one. he has got still an extraordinary design heritage. we are

zagaris says the extradition treaty with italy is strong. if italy requests extradition, the justice department and the state department must first decide whether to process the request. >> how does the u.s. decide which ones they want to process and which ones they don't qu? >> they look at the treaty, the extradition treaty between the u.s. and italy, whether the request meets the treaty. they also look at the u.s. extradition law and they also look at the united states constitution. and they also take into consideration political factors. i mean, italy is an important ally. >> knox's american attorney told al jazeera america's consider this, he will not accept the late easy verdict in the case. >> there simply is no evidence. there was no evidence there will be no evidence and that is why this is beyond comprehension how any other verdict could have been other than that of not guilty. >> knox meanwhile is keeping her head up, even expressing concern for her former boyfriend. shortly after the verdict was read authorities found him nearly

she stayed in italy voluntarily.she had just flown home, none of this would have happened. >> whether or not amanda knox returns to italy to face her accusers, the italian justice system can grind on for decades and amanda may never be able to say she is truly free. >> i'm afraid to go back there. i don't want to go back into prison. there are only so many times that i can say, no, i didn't do it. >>> there's the beatles. ♪ >> you're nothing but a bunch of british elvis presleys. >> when the beatles arrived, from then on, a thousand different things arose. ♪ >> it is a desire to get power in order to use it for good. >> musicians in today's generation, they could rul

>> italy and crisis. prime minister enrico letta bows to pressure and plans to resign, cheering the rate -- clearing the way for his rival enrico letta to lead a new government. >> we will have economic numbers as they break. >> and the subdued inflation report from china. hello, welcome to "countdown." >> it is 6:00 here in london. by acrossare standing the world to deliver the stories that will derive -- drive your day. >> the gdp figures. and david is in berlin to look at how germany's digital sector is driving the economy. theater, we will speak with head of italy's biggest company dashed oil company. -- biggest oil company. he will tell us how he plans to boost profits. >> we didn't forget about valentine's day. love is in the air for couples and retailers. we will talk to the leader of the u.k. gift site. that is in the next hour. the italiantta prime minister will resign after his party drew support for the government. --s is the calm relation homer nation of weeks of tension. from the latest, we h

first steps towards a new government in italy. hans nichols joins us with the details. of last week in italy following this story. what are the first hurdles for moscow renzi? >> perhaps the biggest hurdle is the senate. this happens if president napolitano asks renzi to form a cabinet. that is what we expect. he would be the youngest prime minister in the history of postwar italy.

the pope had summoned all the bishops of italy. there were over 300 ships in italy to st. petersburg occasion that was to take faith in 10 days time on february 11. february 11, 1939 would be the 10th anniversary of the latter. some view may be be familiar with this historic agreement between italian government in this case between mussolini the fascist regime which established vatican city as a sovereign state and did away with the separation of church and state in the roman catholic church gave its provisions as the church of the land. so this is a big occasion committee and anniversary. other bishops were summoned and miscellaneous all representatives would be there. the king sent to be there. the world would be watching. it was a speech that the pope saw as his last opportunity to get at a crucial message, a dramatic message. i kill your rotc -- [inaudible] i was just going to show you a couple of images to illustrate illustrate -- that is what we are trying to do. don't want to keep it there. this shows one show robust to get an idea in the last 10 days or so of his l

was there a strong strain of anti-semitism in the orders throughout the thirties and italy? was it bad influential? >> yes. there is a big difference between the united states and italy with united states there was a component that were progressive or fighting for racial justice in this period and one thing i did not mention you may have heard about the secret cyclical after hitler visits the region is a secret meeting with an american jesuit who is in rome and the father has been an important advocate for racial harmony and racial justice he had a book called racial justice calling the attention to the pope landed her regis to meet and asks him to draft a cyclical denouncing anti-semitism. but that was on the desk the draft was on the desk when he died that also was buried but to give another illustration for the clergy and italy were big supporters but in the desolate -- just what american magazine and article was critical of mussolini he says the ambassador to meet with the general and says you have to do something and friers the longtime editor and replaces them with the

but her ordeal was not over. >> shock waves in italy. >> after the prosecutor appealed his case, italy'snced a shocking decision to overturn her acquittal. she and her boyfriend were retried. while she was in court. knox was home in seattle when the verdict came down. guilty with a sentence of more than 28 years in prison. amanda knox's attorney, says the new ruling makes no sense. >> she was previously found innocent by another appellate court jury, not, not guilty, but actually found innocent. that's why when we think about that and realize there was no evidence back then and no different evidence today why this is such a horrific miscarriage of justice of historic proportions. >> he says there was simply no significant trace of amanda at the crime scene. >> this was a horrific bloody murder. if amanda had participated in any way, part of herself would have been left in the room or person of meredith kercher. we know, no hair, fiber, shoe print. sweat, dna, saliva of amanda knox was found in that room. >> the case its far from over. now the defense can and no douft will appeal. simon s

she has only been in italy five weeks.int, they bring in an interpreter who says maybe she had amnesia from the trauma of being at the murder scene. >> when they told me i had amnesia, it was the only reason i could think of, of why they were treating me that way. i trusted them. >> in another interrogation room, her boyfriend, raffaele, is unraveling. police say they can prove his nike shoes match the bloody shoeprint in meredith's bedroom. he says fearfully, frantically, he tells them maybe amanda did leave his apartment that night. police hammer amanda knox about a text she sent the night of the murder to her boss at that bar where she worked. his name is patrick lumumba. she writes him in italian, see you later, not aware, she says, that unlike in english, it suggests you actually plan to meet. >> and so, when they pushed me about patrick's message, and told me to think, told me to remember that i had met him, i can only describe it as breaking down. i didn't know what i remembered and what i didn't remember anymore. >

we want to talk about italy. prime minister enrico letta in italy is expected to resign later today. matter leader matteo renzi is expected to take over the reigns. he will be the third unelected prime minister. renzi gave a speech to the democratic party yesterday outlining his plan for a new government. >> translator: if we don't take risks and if we don't take responsibility now, the slow pace of reform without a strong push on our behalf could result in losing our economic competitiveness and could result in our institutions losing credibility. >> but how does corporate italy feel about the political shake-up? louisa caught up with the italian energy firm and asked him if the situation is impacting his business. >> what's happening in italy is not really very relevant to us. we've been living through political crisis before and these have not affected neither our results nor our performance. >> now, because it was valentine's day, i bought tickets for jules to go to rome and it was for tu tuesday that we happ

philip william reporting from rome, italy. thank you for your. -- perspectives. >> nearly three months since antigovernment protests began in ukraine and with both sides digging in their heels, no resolution in sight. >> today ukrainian opposition figures vitali klitschko and arseni yatsenyuk met with angela merkel. >> as the opposition leaders arrived in berlin see me with the german chancellor, tensions remain high back home in ukraine. the government did release protesters on monday as a sign of compromise after protesters ended the occupation of city hall. but protesters remain on force. before arriving in berlin, vitali klitschko said that germany should take a leading role in mediating between the two sides. klitschko and arseni yatsenyuk, seen here, want angela markel to provide financial assistance to ukraine. they called for berlin to abdicate -- advocate travel bans against members of the ukrainian government. >> our chief correspondent joins us from berlin. melinda, good to see you. sanctions, travel restrictions. e

"bbc news," rome. >> italy's brave new world. now in most of the united states, snow has been the problem this winter. in california, it is a lack of water. the state is suffering the worst drought in 100 years, leaving many farmers and ranchers unable to get the water they need, except al phalpha growers, exporting to china. here is our story. >> the reservoirs of california have been turning to death. after the driest year on record, the state is suffering an historic drought. >> these dry times, this drought, it has a far-reaching impact. you would have green grass here on the hillsides, anywhere from four to eight inches tall. >> so john has to buy hey. the cost has forced him to sell a fifth of the herd. but in another part of california, the imperial valley's fields are awash with colorado river water. hay.armers here make it is a feed crop for animals, but increasingly, a money-making export. the fastest growing market is china. the hay is impressed into smaller bales, wrapped and loaded into containers. america's trade im

normal for italy. the markets just shrug their shoulders about this. >> it seems like markets are cheering this move. that may be because of a couple reasons. italian investors like renzi. they like the way he is challenging the bureaucracy. international investors may be looking at him and his ability to put through real reforms to the italian economy. there is a sense that the letta government was stock, not going anywhere. if you think the italian economy needs structural reforms, renzi might be your candidate. >> hans, thank you very much indeed. hans nichols in a beautiful looking rome this morning. >> the japanese online retailer rakuten is buying the mobile messaging service viber. it is paying $900 million. let's get to ryan chilcote for more on this story. i was told viber is all about emojis, the smiley's and all of that. >> they call them stickers sometimes. i saw one you can send today for valentine's day for one pound 50. that is how they generate their revenue. if you are just calling som

, amanda knox is a convicted murderer in italy.hey are going to say we want her back on our soil. the u.s. is going to have to make a difficult decision. because in most cases where someone has been convicted of murder, the u.s. would extradite them. >> reporter: ted simon is amanda's u.s. attorney and he argues she's already been found innocent. how did this jury, this panel of judges, come up with a different verdict? come up with guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. >> i think to a logical mind it's somewhat incomprehensible because there's no meaningful difference. there's no new evidence and there's certainly not any new favorable evidence for the prosecution. >> amanda was home in seattle with her family when the verdict came. >> i heard the word guilty, i understood that one word in italian. of course, you know, all of our hearts sank. >> reporter: from the start, the knoxes have been start in a nightmare. they sent their young daughter off for a dream year abroad studying italian. never thinking about the vast differences betw

let's move to italy and see what is moving, since it is a big political day in italy. finmeccanica up. alsado dropping by four percent. european equities getting a little bit of a bump. and anglo american. is germany's biggest steel producer. steel america. this has been the bane of this companies like. the loss has come down from 122 million to 17 million euros. jpmorgan says it is an impressive set of results and they are diversifying. the stock up three percent. anglo american beat market. nearly $2 billion on nickel and platinum and copper. havas, waiting for that to trade. >> thank you so much. let's go back to jonathan ferro with all of the details from anglo america sterling -- earnings report. weon an earnings per share, got it beat. the stock is up 1.3%. but profit is down seven percent. more write-downs from the company. by $1.9 billion. his 10th month of the company, he has problems in south africa and problems in brazil, costs escalating of a huge iron ore complex in rio. they are managing a large, diversified mine. it is like herding cats. it is not easy.

italy is falling behind.top >> i'm surprised there's been a very little movement. investors are shrugging this off and the political coup we saw last week. orthere a trigger point because they are behind everybody, italy is in no danger? >> if the ecb is firmly behind everybody is in the question? whether this can really be used at the moment or if the safety net we are sitting on is as strong as we think it is is a another question. overall, markets are calling the eurozone is recovering. recovering slowly so we will continue to stimulate things and that would help countries like italy and spain. the risk is receding. the banking unit is making progress. the assets review. it does not like it will rock the boat as much as maybe people would wanted it to years ago. that may be going in the right direction. ,hese spreads over german bonds it still looks fairly big and therefore, potential for tightening. >> for the legality, i'm not sure how to read this. if they pass it, for me, it seems there is a ticker lik

if this conviction is upheld based on our relationship with italy, we will have to return her to italyrdy. >> theoretically, hold on, hold on. there are soldiers in italy that there's an attempt to extradite, that's not happening right now. you cited edward snowden. it's a completely discretionary. italy will insist on extradition. >> they will. >> they let her go on bond, really think that italy expect that she was coming back? not in a million years. it's just never going to happen. >> interesting. >> we'll pick this one up. it definitely sounds like it's in its infancy. one of the real possibilities that she gets sent or gets to stay. avery, richard, thanks so much. there are other things we want to talk to you about. some victims of the boston bombings. suspects say that he deserves the death penalty. will federal prosecutors be able to make their case on this one? our legal guys will be weighing in on that as well. next. [ male announcer ] here's a question for you: when electricity is generated with natural gas instead of today's most used source, how much are co2 emissions reduc

but her ordeal was not over. >> shock waves in italy. >> after the prosecutor appealed his case, italy's shocking decision tuesday. to overturn her acquittal. amanda knox's attorney, ted simon, said the ruling was disappointing but it's hardly a time to panic. the supreme court has a much narrower scope of review. all they're supposed to do is to look and see whether or not the appellate court jury acted within its jurisdiction and about her experiencing today. she said they are not proceeding with that and has no intent with >>> here in the midwest, several young girls went missing. some were found murdered. others were never found at all. lori, 20 in appleton, wisconsin. reina, 16. wendy felton 16 from marion, indiana. michelle dewy in indianapolis, indiana. all of these cases went unsolved. officials believe only one man knew what happened. >> we kne

not even the political turbulence in italy scared off investors on the country. many on the markets thinks that matteo renzi is the man to help italy's recovery to do something for the labor market and the investment climate in this important euro economy. >> russia has once again accused foreign powers of meddling in ukraine's political crisis. >> russian -- the foreign minister the finger at the european union claiming the eu is intended next bending its influence to kiev. >> it did not make the job easier for germany's foreign minister who was visiting in moscow. germany's foreign minister is a familiar face and longtime partner. he wants to expand germany's dialogue with russia well promoting democratic freedom and making mutual bonds. >> we cannot make ukraine be about securing spheres of influence. what is going on in ukraine is no geopolitical chess match. we must instead give the ukrainian people free choice in what direction they take their country's political future. >> for weeks ukraine has been gripped by political crisis. violence has broken out as a

should italy do it?ew, if they keep on talking and do nothing, next year, the ui ask you to cut. will ask you to cut. have doneask what you in the three years and if nothing is done, they will cut. andou do structural reforms if competitiveness is back and you have growth, then you can probably cut because you have growth. secondly, maybe you can go to u and have a discussion, should we cut now or do we get another one or two years? that looks more sustainable. that debate, you can only have it once you have done your homework. if you don't do your homework, there is no way -- >> talk to angela merkel. >> it is not just a problem with italy. in germany, it is the most invested out of its own market. the one that has the most to lose his germany. there is more money invested in the rest of europe. ultimately, the one i'm backing the euro project, the one that has to lose and gain -- the one backing the euro project, the one that has the most to lose and gain is germany. if you don't come with reforms, you

i hope what we see is a feature film on "saving italy." it's a remarkable story, and it's a very different kind of problem, because italy is a partner of nazi germany the first three years of the or war. and it presents all sorts of different problems and a completely different cast of officers. >> host: we just showed the covers, but i want to ask about "saving italy." what is this photograph on the cover? >> guest: it's a remarkable photograph we found pretty well into our research of the david, certainly one of the three most well known works of art. and you think about the story between the mona lisa and the louvre which is moved on fife separate occasions -- five separate occasions, "the last supper" and david. i mean, the three most famous works of art are at ground zero of the story. the david couldn't be moved out of the academia because of the size and weight, so the local art officials entombed it in brick. the great concern that the ceiling would collapse and destroy the david. dean keller is arriving into the academia, he's sta

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the president of italy is entitled to talk to whoever he wants to. but unfortunately the president on february 5th went to strassburg and said, i never raise ed that until november. we have so-called two versions of the truth. it did cause a ruckus in italian politics, yes. >> and allen you have befer covering politics there for -- been covering politics there for 30 years. why this system just doesn't seem to work, so i know i'm asking you to summarize your book in a minute but what's wrong in italy? why is it so difficult to achieve any proper change there? >> well, in the book i say that the italians are 50% victims of their system and 50% accomplices. and the truth is that the italians want to change . the italian political class is discredited. the italians have seen corruption, bureaucracy, one of the highest tax rates in europe. so the italians are fed up. now it's time to change and the whole point of the book, let's murder the leopard, the leopard is the symbol of fake change, those who want to -- who 68 they want to see change but don't wan

economists say he represents italy's last chance to recover. >> 234 some sense italy does everything, and trying a new generation is the last chance for the country. even this chance - if it fails, probably they'll be left to believe there's no way out. >> if on monday. president asks matteo renzi to form a government, he's expected to receive the backing of the parliament by the end of the week. it's unclear how long another government appointed by the president can last before voters demand new elections. >> it's been a tight race for british films at the bafta awards "12 years a slave" the best film. but the best british film went to "gravity." the oscars take place in los angeles next month. phil la velle is with the stars in london. >> the biggest movie stars in the world need help staying smart now and again. hollywood's royalty were over the bafta red carpet. there's your best actress, cate blanchett, a certainty for her role in "blue jasmine." prince william turned up to make this woman a fellow, who once won on oscar far playing his grandmother. >> "gravity" took best film an

and there are actually three organized crime sinned cats in italy.est-known of course is the sicilian mafia but we have the cumorah and naples area, and south of naples. in the beautiful, ireically, the most beautiful part of italy, the coast. and they have never really been important to the u.s. only a handful of them have been known to be here, and so suddenly, this organization, which before was unknown here, has become a big player. >> how dangerous is this group? >> they're a global ocean organization. not just in italy, but all over the world. and they're violent. so this is a significant change. whether or not the arrest today is going to put a damper on them, this is a big market for drugs, and the american families in new york. so we have got another problem on our hand. >> has this been coming for a long time? or is this a sudden move? >> no, the andraga was not an important player, but they emerged in the last decade for a variety of reasons to be a global organization, before they were restricted to southern italy, the coast around there.

will amanda knox be sent back to italy? here's abc's elizabeth vargas. >> reporter: amanda knox clearly shaken by the news, an italian court convicted her for a second time of murder. yesterday, she told robin roberts how she got the news. >> i was with my family and was able to find an italian tv station online. my first reaction, no, this is wrong and i'm going to do everything i can to prove that it is. >> reporter: nearly 28 months after being acquitted of killing british roommate, meredith kercher, another reversal of fortune. she was sentenced to 28 1/2 years in prison. her italian boyfriend was given 25 years. >> this really has hit me like a train. i did not expect this to happen. i really expected so much better from the italian justice system. they found me innocent before. how can they say it's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt? >> reporter: knox vowed to keep fighting. the judge in the case said he quote suffered over the verdict but added the court agreed there was a motive that would be made public in the future

renzi's four-point plan for italy.ow how the eurozone, how the eu stands on rome and on italy. but what about mr. renzi? what's his stance versus the eu? it's quite interesting, carolyn. he has actually said in the past that he doesn't believe italy is sticking to the 3% deficit is the right way to go. he believes there should be some flexibility there to introduce and allow the structural reforms. so it makes his choice of an economic minister crucial for whoever has to come to brussels on a monthly basis and negotiate and talk to those people there. but what we're focusing here, on, over the next few days is the critical elements of pulling a coalition government together here and deciding just who is representing what in the cabinet. and then we'll get a great sense of leverage we've had, what concessions he's had to make to the individual parties. we know the new center right has suggested that without them, this coalition government isn't going to go ahead. and what we've heard in the last couple of days, and even

give us an idea of the state of italy's finances are. two or three years ago everybody said it was in real trouble. how is it now? >> it is still in real trouble. it is better than two or three years ago. two or three years ago we had the famous spread where they value the risk of italy, and the spread was up 55,200 which was s almost to the point of no return. now it's down to 200. the markets at least see this change cautiously positively. let's put it that way. of course the problems for italy are not over at all. especially on the economic side, and renzi said after the voting law, he promised one law for months, we'll see if he can keep that one up, is labor and the economy laws. >> one law per month from one government per five years, that would be something in italy. claudio, thank you. >> in pakistan the taliban said it has killed 23 soldiers who have been held hostage since 2010. in the statement the taliban said it was in retaliation for the killing of some of it's men. >> some local tv channels say the government and the army

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what is different this time in italy?her government change, coming out of the 50's and 60's? or is there something new this time? somethingnow if there new. certainly something younger and fresher, the name of the person matteo renzi, current mayor of florence. he is only 39. you know, i am tieless in the shot, as is randy and most of his tv appearances. there's something about him that is invigorating. investors are cheering him. they like the fact he may take on the old guard in italy. and that is an entrenched political system but also an entrenched bureaucracy. the civil service here in italy has so much strength. if a renzi can figure out a way to challenge and reform that and modernize that, you can see how it really might make structural changes to its economy, lower taxes, loose that's it loose and labor regulations and finally start growing. that is why investors are cheering. but again, he is young, untested. he has gone on from being the mayor of florence to being prime minister. comparisons are already startin

right now no or not i saw the developments in italy i am often in italy and my children are. twenty years old and they are in italy often and they see we have an increasing problem between the youth of italy and from north africa also muslims we have problems they start not liking each other and i say this is the responsibility of the politicians if you admit these movements to be too quickly you cause to problems and that's difficult to handle your europe has shown with all these problems too much too much of a different culture can also be a problem but why why was there a muslim woman and a veil pictured on your poster if it were if your campaign is to curb immigration in general and not particularly targeting western grip. that is a wonderful side of the swiss democracy that anybody can post posters and anybody can go into the newspapers and publish whatever he wants him in this picture you talked about right now this is not our official party our party said we have to limit like this sentence and then inevitably there is also groups of people who come up perhaps with a l

he would be italy's youngest prime minister ever. political heaters are meeting with the italian president at the palace. it is part of the process for deciding who will form the new government after the democratic party withdrew their support for the ruling coalition. enrico letta is likely to be leader ofy the new the center democratic party. mateja renzi is a popular figure with the italian people. renzi has long called for drastic measures to deal with italy's economic problems. more reforms are needed to combat high unemployment. he said strong action is the only way to shore up public faith in the country's future. >> everything changes but it will all stay the same. there is nothing, no democracy. everything is finished. it is nothing more than a power game. >> this is an emergency. in an emergency, you need to find alternative solutions. option, but ibest don't think we have a choice. >> renzi could be elected on set -- renzi could be appointed on saturday. he would be italy's third unelected leader in a row. >> the president

the next poor call will be in italy will it will take on -- the next port call will be an in italy.w kidding. another winter storm hitting the northeast here in new york. getting anywhere from eight inches to 12 inches in new york before he moves in new york before he moves into new england. it is already car -- coated parts of the southeast and dump series no on washington, d.c. government offices are closed. in the nation, president obama signed an executive order raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour for government- contracted workers. his larger goal -- expanding that rate across america. the minimum wage is the cover of the latest edition of "businessweek." though truth be told, we created six different covers for this issue. that is how conflict this issue is. we spoke with economics editor peter mccrory. >> this is not an easy issue. it has only difference moving parts because of the strained economics, about which there is more russian than there used to be, and then there is kind of the whole moral issue, like what is thet, and then there engineering issue, given the f

the father-in-law is a member of ndrangheta, italy's version of the mafia. the associates sold more than a kilogram of heroin and plotted to ship 500 kilos of cocaine from south america to italy. authorities say it was the first time ndrangheta attempted to gain a toe hold in the u.s. ndrangheta can and has to be considered a powerful organization for handling international drug traffic. >> they maintained a money laundering network handling proceeds from narcotics. >> according to italian court papers, the shipping company the suspects were working with had been caught smuggling several millions to italy in cans of pineapple and coconut milk. >> decades after being arrested for fishing, a group of native americans could have their records wiped clean. years of work. the top dogs from this year's westminster dog show. >> welcome back. a live look at sochi russia, where the 2014 winter olympics are underway, it is 11:23 in the morning. good to have you with us. welcome back. former all-american college wrestler, hudson taylor formed a group to end homophobia

>> italy has a shrinking labor force. thateds to basically boost conductivity for the years to come. how does he do that? there are two main elements. one is to reform the state, the government, the civic justice, the speed at which the country that is something i would think parliament could do. it has a low social impact because it is mostly in the functioning of the public administration. the other stuff relates to reforming the labor market, and that will have a deeper social and location, and to be affordable it will require cutting of expanding, and that this choice. >> that's a tough one to make and to affect. if i am to think in terms of time, am i looking at a year of transition, a month of transition if he gets some of the legislation through? price i think everything by the state takes longer. passing labor market reforms is down to how much elliptical support there is and what the social response would look like, so i think within the year it's likely we will see some meaningful reforms passed. markets anticip

number one is changing the electoral law and italy.amping it so it doesn't , aduce a hung parliament year ago when italy held national elections. he wants to have more of a cleaner, simpler solution that will produce perhaps one party or a coalition as the simple winner. reform,r is labor reducing payroll taxes and encouraging companies to hire workers and reduce italy's unemployment rate. >> thank you so much. >> coming up next, we are going to make watches the british way. the u.k. company that is taking away at the competition. >> the latest part of our entrepreneurs series is coming up next. >> the swiss army bunker that is protecting the world's data. techll show you how companies spared no expense in this super secure mountain facility. ♪ >> welcome back to "the pulse." we are live from bloomberg's european headquarters. here are the top headlines. the acting interior minister the a warrant is out for arrest of viktor yanukovych. he was last seen in the black sea peninsula. in a statement on his facebook yanukovych is suspected o

italy's revolving political door is on the move again. just ten tentative months in power, the prime minister at his last cabinet meeting, the victim of a coup inside his own party's ranks. the grab for pow came from this 39 year old who has gained a nickname for his style, the scrapper. it has been said his role model is tony blair. he is determined to move the party to the middle ground. and while he is at it demolish the old political institutions. >> what we expect -- italy is expecting from him is at least six months of full power as a government, not as a party leader, not thinking about ideology or transformation of his party. it's laws, decrees, decisions, the economy, et cetera. >> reporter: to the weary ordinary citizens it looks like another political groundhog day. >> translator: it is bad. what program does he have? we don't know what his policies are? he'll go there and what will he do? >> i don't understand what will change. i hope something will change. >> reporter: whoever takes charge, though, will have to deal with unem

there has been a lot of talk about the physical story in italy. -- physical story in italy.n italy. do you think there are european sick and make his life easier? >> he has made some controversial comments. in that situation, he may not be able to deliver on his promise. the other countries that have seen a relaxation have done more on austerity than italy. in this case, it may be something that he needs to say to the constituency to show that he is standing up to brussels. >> he has 100 days. if he can deliver a significant mayrm, do you think that change some of the views of all swear. >> i think on electoral reform, which is a think needs to do the most urgently, i think he can succeed. makeis why he was able to an alliance. on labor market reform, this is what italy needs. the last two minutes is the tried to reform it, or assassinated. back in the 1990's. >> that is an extreme and game. >> we are talking about a yield that looks very relaxed. the market seems unperturbed by what has happened. >> that is one of the remarkable changes to the last time was on change in ita

and italy, how powerful is the mafia. a former marine finds the best way to fight terrorism is to fight poverty. despite spending hundreds of billion a year the government fails the test on mental health. i'm antonio mora, and there's more on "consider this". . >> the ongoing civil war in syria. >> president obama called the peace talks frustrating. >> syria must meet commitments, russia has a responsibility to ensure syria complies. >> we are not making much progress. >> the group wants to establish an islamic state, fighting the regime and rebels. >> the jihadists are more ruthless. >> federal bureau of investigation teaming up with cops in italy. >> officers executed two dozen arrests. >> they brought down accused mob leaders on both sides of the atlant atlantic. >> people are gathering for demonstrations against president hosni mubarak. >> this defies anything. >> we begin with a cry for help for the syrian people and some remarkable pictures from the heart of a conflict between syria's moderate opposition and one of

the vatican played an important role protecting the works of art in italy because ultimately after a number of relocations to different hiding places, the italians felt the only safe place for the works of art was inside the vatican and the pope issued an invitation for these works of art to come in and be placed safely to so that is where they were when the monument officers arrived. liz: we got a tweet from@monumentsmen, is that your official twitter handle? they tweeted in a question. someone did. has libor ever received awards for their work? >> the monuments men have not. it is something we have been working at. the individuals received in a few instances decorations from foreign countries right after the war. one of the first things we did after forming the monuments men foundation was to get congressional resolutions in both houses, fairly easy, and complicated process that now we're working on the congressional gold medal and we have the bill in congress and trying to obtain signatures. is a difficult thing to obtain. and obtain signatures from both houses. we have the suppor

sources have to wait and see to it when reporting from rome italy. thank you so much for your perspectives it's really three months now since anti government protests broke out in ukraine in hand with both sides digging in their heels. there is still no resolution in sight. ukrainian opposition leaders are saying the same ilk and former boxer for cali klitschko each man independently which an uncle america to discuss the political stalemate and six goal loss to no time and colt with the u s sanctions against members of the article the covenants on germany's trying to help broker a deal but it's a delicate balancing act. as the opposition figures arrived in berlin to meet with the german chancellor tensions remained high. back home in ukraine the government did release jailed protesters on monday in a sign of compromise after protesters ended their occupation of city hall. but police are still out in force and opposition barricades remain on an around the mind on the quay at central independence square. before arriving in berlin. vitali klitschko said

government send her back to italy? >>> who might be behind a series of false alarms days before the super bowl. >>> why would schools take away kids lunches? i will talk to a parent whose child went through that. good morning, welcome to weekends with alex witt. here's what's happening. let's go to the new allegations against governor chris christie. the apiano tee at the center of the scandal says there's evidence showing governor christie knew about the lane closures while they were going on. katy tur has the story. >> david wildstein. >> reporter: the lawyer for david wildstein involved in the bridge lane closure skal dan disputing chris christie didn't know anything about it. >> i was blind sided. >> he said the governor not only knew about the closures, but described them as the christie administration order saying evidence tied mr. christie to having knowledge of the lane closures during the period when the lanes were closed contrary to what the governor stated publicly in a two-hour conference. >> this is a dire