back to italy.s. it does cover homicide. amanda knox and her lawyers would have had options in fighting extradition. they might have won. it would have meant many months perhaps years, of fighting over that issue. there was no guarantee that she would have won. she might have been shipped back. now all that is moot. she's free forever. >> it's totally over for her. she can move on. the notion to visit italy -- she spent four years in prison there after she was arrested and charged with murdering her former roommate. >> there's an outstanding fine potentially against her. i think there are lots of interesting countries in the world to visit. i think she should pick some other country besides italy to go. >> i don't think she's going to be rushing back to italy. i'm sure she had good members before all of this went down. it's over right now. she can -- everyone can move on. the case is over with. i know that the family of the young woman, her roommate who was killed they still believe she was guilty.

but when italy said it couldn't cope the e.u. took over with its own operation triton, but it has been receiving a much maller budget of $3.2 million a month. >> they say cutting rescue might dissuade migrants coming to europe, others say that is not true. >> if we have in receiving countries humane policies and good rescue operations and so on that we're pulling irregular migrants in these societies when in fact, we know the principle issue here is one of push factors. it is those issues of war and violence and abuse. >> in january and february of this year' loin, 370 people died trying to cross the mediterranean. italy has just resumeed it's naval exercises along the coast but it will take more than that to stop the deaths that occur every year. >> it's the third day of an iraqi offensive against the islamic state in iraq and the levant. thousands of shia military and tribal fighters are taking part in the campaign against the armed group. the iraqi military said that it's forces advancing on four fronts in the city of tikrit.

and bombing your way italy isis is completely different. but the calls are there and unless there is an international intervention that brings together one government and targets all the spoilers, this is a different matter. the bombing from the sky will add much more confusion to an already chaotic situation. >> the their forces and allies are coming in four fronts. they've retaken the oil field east of the city. jane arraf has more. >> iraqi troops are moving slowly towards tikrit. slowly because they're facing isil suicide-bombers snipers. this iraqi minister of defense video shows the biggest combat operation since isil seized territory last june. it doesn't show the militia component of this fight. shia volunteers and militias, the most powerful link to iran make up 20,000 of the 30,000 troops involved here. the government says isil fighters are deserting and heading to the mountains. the highway from tikrit leads to mosul. iraq's defense minister acknowledges that it will be a tough road ahead. >> we're in multiple phases of war. we'r

italy we get this piece. they were carving as if there were not people there anymore p is if this were 1884 all over again. and wlatalter white went, no, no no, to the point where chester williams and the state department said, you know, that document you wrote you're going to have to destroy and burn it because you have violated confidential information. that briefing was off the record. and walter pushed back. i'm not destroying anything. what you are doing is wrong. you are leading the u.s. down the road to perdition. colonialism is dead. you need to get a new horse. i'm going to help you do that. and so, there is this moment where there's this, it is called the -- agreement were finally the british and the italians have worked out an agreement because they had been at loggerheads with each other to carve up north africa and the horn amongst themselves and some allies. and the bevin -- agreement, it just violated every principle of adhering to the wishes of the inhabitants. but it looks like it was going t

has put it into support, the bottom management in italy. and coming up in the operation, a sign of strategizing from europe. >> between october 2013 and 2014. the search and rescue programme saved an estimated 100,000 lives. the budget was around 10 million per month. when italy says it couldn't cope, the e.u. took over with operation tritan. it's receiving a small budgeted around 3.2 million. focussed on border surveillance not rescues. >> while the u.k. government argued that cutting rescue missions will dissuade others trying to reach europe others say it will not be true. >> there's far too much talk if we have in receiving countries, human policies that we are pulling migrants into the societies. but, in fact we know the principal issue is one of push factors. it is an issue of war and violence and abuse. >> in january and february 370 people died trying to cross the mediterranean, italy just resumed naval exercises. it will take more than that to stop the boat trips, ending in death for thousands every year. >> mexican security forces

. >> italy's coast guard are rescuing ghost guards. 10 died when the coast capsized. >> a rescue in the mediterranean, and a remainder of the tragedy. in 24 hours, italy's coast guard picked up 1,000 people. 10 migrants died after the dinky capsized. last year 3,500 people died trying to cross the mediterranean. with violence continuing in states such as syria, the flow is speeding up. the first two months of this year we have over 7,000 crossing. despite wintering conditions despite very rough sea, despite the fact that the waves are 5 meters high. we can't imagine the desperation that takes people in order to find safety. this high level maritime conference heard pleas for more search and rescue operation, and

there will be no extradition to italy italy. >>> but first, new evidence in the jet that went down. the co-pilot and what we've just learned about him. investigators finding a note from his doctor saying he was too sick to work. and tonight, we learn about his girlfriend and his mysterious hiatus. terry moran from where evidence was hauled away in germany. >> reporter: investigateors say he had a secret. you see the two names on the buzzer. he went to the airport in the morning, flew to barcelona on the same plane he would later crash. tonight, police searching the apartment again after the bombshell find last night. a torn-up note from a doctor saying he was too sick to work, and prescriptions trashed. the note never delivered to the airline. he hid it from his employer and colleagues and he was see a psychiatrist learning he apparently struggled for years. in 2009 he interrupted his training suffering from depression. but people that knew him say he showed no warning signs. >> he showed minimum respect for others. >> reporter: these are the gliders of the local flight club. it was

highlighted by italy 1.14%. the u.k. not part of that bond buying program at 1.77% closer to the yields in the u.s. let's look at this trend of course best highlighted by the euro dollar weakening again today. yesterday that u.s. dollar strength trend just becaused. weaker retail sales data but continuing that trend for the best part of a week or two. the euro highlighted it. that's off another .2% today. u.s. dollar rallying against the yen today and similarly against the aussie dollar. the pound is flat today. let's check in on commodities quickly as well. brent at 57.02 and of course we have been highlighting that u.s. dollar strength. that rate factor as reason for u.s. equity weakness. now sri is standing by in singapore for us as ever. over to you. >> very good to see you, sir. let's take a look at these regional markets. i want to focus on the nikkei 225. a very convincing break above the 19,000 handle. you're looking at fresh 15 year highs for the nikkei share average. the stock you were watching today -- this is

rebecca, is she in real danger of going back to italy to serve more of her sentence?at is what we are looking for. and she is wondering if the appeal's court upholds her sentence as you said in january 2014, they found her guilty. 26 years. she is set to serve in an italian prison and so will the united states extradite her if that verdict is upheld. and if so how? how do they exradoit a u.s. citizen for a crime committed in italy. she is not italian she was just there studying. will they extradite and create a political issue with italy and say she's back in this country and we'll handle her from here. they could do. that the authorities here will take care of it because there is a lot of issues as to whether or not the case was handled properly and the evidence was handled in a way that was consistent with the way we handle evidence and handle properly the murder weapon and all of the proper due process. she claimed she was deprived of. >> who makes the decision? she was exposed to double jeopardy in our country. if the italians find her guilty and serve out the res

that is an honest answer and you don't practice in italy, so with why would you. paul callan is on the phone, and the press conference wrapping up in seattle, and we have carry ared it here live, and i am not sure that you saw it, but she is so glad that it s is over. >> and she must be because it has been haunting her life for a lot of years, and so it must be one nice night for amanda knox. >> this has been going on for so long? >> 200, so s9, so six year, and when it first happened in italy, and it all came down to dna evidence that the investigation was bungled the way they took it and contaminated it and the small amount of evidence on the knife, and remember it was on the knife that they were talking about, and so the entire case hinged effectively on the dna evidence which was people like former fbi agents here in the united states that came in, and basically said this is what has been a bad job that is what got her back into the court for overturn of the conviction. >> it is surprising to jeffrey and paul, and either of you can watch this, but we have watc

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will italy continue to cooperate with us? when we want prisoners back from italy.her issue is that murder is clearly an extraditable offense. there are legal arguments available to amanda knox. one of them is that this would amount to double jeopardy that because of the way the way the italian courts are structured she has been tried twice for the same crime. that's something prohibited under the treaty. she has that legal argument. it's not an easy one. >> so okay then, let's take it a step further. to obviously try to make good because of international policies et cetera if there's an american in italy and the state department approves this, what would happen? would someone come banging on her door in seattle and say we are taking you kicking and screaming back to italy? >> not at first. these orders are not appealable. you can't go to court directly to challenge an extra diction order. you can file what's called hit of habeas corpus. a distribute judge might order a stay while he or she weighs amanda knox's challenge. ultimately there's the possibility that a po

italy's supreme court was her last hope.o the night before ruling that knox is innocent, and this time it's italy's final word. >> meredith was my friend, and she deserved so much in this life. i'm still absorbing the present moment which is full of joy. >> reporter: for "good morning america," neal karlinsky, abc news, seattle. >> so much emotion. neal, thank you. >>> and now a look back at a dark and notorious event in our nation's history. it was 24 years ago when a day of shopping turned into a day of horror changing the lives of those involved in an instant. >> the good guys in the rescue is the largest hostage rescue in the history of the united states. >> at any moment you could lose control of this whole thing and we could have just an astronomical catastrophe. >> it is the largest number of people ever taken hostage in an incident in civilian life in this country. >> the 1991 sacramento hostage crisis. it didn't end peacefully. that is tonight on "in an instant," 9:00 eastern, right here on abc. >> right here on abc

the reaction in italy is much like the united states. surprise and shock really in such a definitive decision. the conviction was completely overturned. no retrials. no appeals. case closed. in a statement the kercher family said it wasn't a decision they were expecting but one they accepted. in the judge's ruling they said last night these two people did not commit this crime. now exonerated with her murder conviction overturned amanda knox broke her long silence late friday night. >> i'm incredible grateful for what has happened for the justice i have received for the support that i've had from everyone. and i'm so grateful that i have my life back. >> reporter: at italy's highest court, deliberations lasted 10 hours. late friday the five-judge panel overturned both murder convictions. >> this is a mistake, a a mistake from the beginning. we should not have waited all theories years. >> reporter: it's been seven and a half years since meredith kercher was stabbed to death in porussia italy. she and her boyfriend were convicted of murde

ten months in italy sounds fantastic. so that's great.hy is the court taking a third whack at this? is there new information that they're wrestling with? >> well you would think there's new information, but there isn't. she was convicted at the trial level. the italian system allows the defense and the prosecution to appeal. the defense has appealed an overturning of that acquittal, which led her to come home. it's complicated. but it's now going up to their supreme court. this is the final ruling. the final ruling since the supreme court has already once ruled that the trial conviction should stand. there is no new evidence either way. we expect that they will rule as they did before that the conviction should stand. that throws the case into extradition territory. basically basically, it throws the case into question of whether the italian justice department will ask the italian government to ask the u.s. state department to send her back to finish a 26-year sentence. >> and the state department is already saying we're not going to do t

he went back to his home in the south of italy to hear the decision there.fidence in what exactly was going to happen there. this is shocking. and portrayed so differently in the united states. people so sympathetic to her story and people believed her. in italy, she was portrayed often as a villain. in the u.s., a celebration tonight. what's the reaction there in italy? >> reporter: there's a lot of shock here. i think people felt amanda knox along with rudie gaday, 16 years for his part in the murder serving half of the 16 year sentence i think they felt the three acted together in this murder. just the press really followed it here in italy, signs seemed to point to that and people are surprised for the outcome, absolutely. >> barbie nujo reporting live from rome about 1:00 in the morning. they waited through the night, through the afternoon for this relief. amanda knox has released a statement moments ago and it says in part i am tremendously relieved and grateful for the decision, the knowledge of innocence given me strength in the darkest of times. ted

there will be no extradition to italy. and we're in her hometown in seattle in just a moment. >>> but first, new evidence in the jet that went down. the co-pilot, and what we've just learned about him. this new image of him running in germany. part of his flight training here in the u.s. investigators finding a note from his doctor saying he was too sick to work. at the crash site, the remains being lifted out. an american flag honoring the three american victims. and tonight, we learn about his girlfriend and his mysterious hiatus during flight training. team coverage tonight. terry moran from where evidence was hauled away in germany. >> reporter: he was an avid runner, the picture of health and youth. but investigators now say he had a secret that turned homicidal. scrutinizing his last 24 hours. he lived with a girlfriend. you see the two names on the buzzer. he went to the airport in the morning, flew to barcelona on the same plane he would later crash on a return flight. tonight, police searching the apartment again

. >> they want history and heritage and a lot of customers want this made in italy. tell us the story of fendi. >> it's a particular brand because it was born by the genius of adalia fendi in 1925, a very courageous woman that started a luxury company by working on fur and then from 1925-1938 we started doing bags and then from this small daughters of fe -- five daughters of fendi. it's a brand started with a woman and continued by women. they take over from the mother and are the revolution idea involving a young designer, at the time, very young, karl lagerfeld was just a very, let's say he had the symbol quite heavy, around the display of luxury and karl was coming with crazy ideas and these five geniuses, we call them as they are, were presenting to him everything you could imagine. he was's coming with ideas and they were making these crazy ideas possible and real to their genius. >> it's amazing because you basically have the daughters of the founder who is also a woman and the five sisters are craft women. >> each of them, there was a vocation one and the fur

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kennedy: if the court in italy, decides to retry her. >> 1983 extradition treat between u.s.nd italy, allows for extradition for murder, you know, there nothing particularly special about knox, nothing special about this case, that would make united states refuse to rendite, double jeopardy does not preclude it, she has never been tried in this country for these crimes. if she is recon vicked, that most likely result she will be attract indicted and safe -- extradited and serve 28 1/2 year. kennedy: you take issue with that? >> it could be double jeopardy buttable 10 of that treat that's peter mentions, u.s. can find a reasonable cause was not established to fine a conduct of that conduct murder itself occurred. so long as under article 10 united states finds that under our own examination that there was no reasonable cause for conduct to occur they could deny extradition, there is reasonable doubt all over this case. not one piece of fiber clothing, hair or blood, only person convicted of rudy, he had the dna in system. kennedy: he is in middle of a 16 year prison sentence.

, is there any chance that the united states would extradite them back to italy?e is a chance. extradition is a very complicated and slow-moving and fairly unusual practice, and the countries are concerned about reciprocity, and there are criminals in italy that we want brought here, and so we in general want to send their criminals back here, and however, the amanda knox case is very controversial, and she has a number of supporters here, and there is a legal argument that might get her out of the extradition altogether. >> and jeff, you talk about how controversial this whole case has been and when you talk about how many times they have been convicted, acquitted, overturned, and i mean since 2007, it is difficult to fol lo, and you have to remind yourself each time where exactly things stand, how does the high profile nature of this case play into, and do you think it helps or hurts her chances of being extradited? >> i think that it will help her chances of not being extradited and helps her that she has so much otherwise this is a fairly routine extradition m

high drama in a late-night ruling in italy. >>> bombshell report. where did fraternity members learn that racist chant caught on camera? >>> and making a difference for a little boy who inspired a movement. why so many people all across the country are wearing yellow today for seth. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight from los angeles, lester holt. >>> good evening. there are still no reasons but there are some intriguing clues out tonight about what could have driven the young co-pilot of germanwings flight 9525 to fly a plane full of people straight into a mountain. we know andreas lubitz was facing health issues. a diagnosis of sufficient concern a doctor noted he shouldn't be working the day of the crash. but like the wreckage that litters the french mountainside, the trail that led to this deadly act remains a series of disconnected pieces. once again we begin in southern france with nbc's bill neely. >> reporter: from his parents' home on a dead end street, and from his own apartment, the things a

italy, but i can tell you, the talk was tough. discussing just how europe can compete with the u.s. going forward and get its growth back on track. it's a meeting that takes place twice a year bringing together global leaders, ceos, also investors to discuss the event taking place in the financial markets today and greece to accept the stage. yans arrived here early and a barrage of questions from journalists. he talked about the possibility of a greek exit from the euro zone and the markets. he said, rook,look they've got it wrong in the past and again. again he talked about the possibility of debt restructuring. we know what the germans feel about this. they don't want rising hassles across the euro. he taufbed the european central bank the live slug of money in the economy right now. he said, look, they're treat it harshly. he reiterated it again. there's so many open questions about how greece finances itself in the short-term. he said they'll come up with a reform plan early, but still, a lot of questions to ask about just ho

. >> and now alicia vitarelli is here to talk about italy. >> the cafe itself was imported from italy it's a true taste of the homeland from the gelato to the coffee and panini you step inside and you truly feel like you have stepped off a plane. >> the cafe has its roots in italy but when a 2009 destroyed the town and the cafe the owners picked up and came to philadelphia where they partnered with restauranteur ricardo, it's an authentic italian restaurant. >> we feature a different city of italy every week and we feature the food of that citycks and it's lower level is a true italian bar searches wine at night and coffee during the day. >> this is my happy place right here. >> while they specialize in gelatos. >> stephano is the gelato champion. >> he creates unusual concoctions. >> he takes white wine and turn its into a sorbet. >> and he looks to experiment with gastro pairings. >> yes pecrino ramono gelato. melissa magee and i host the show from there this weekend and more from then and other spots this saturday night at 7:00 on 6 abc and after the 11:00 p.m. news on sunday. real

if they go to the level of asking her to be extradited. >> you spent ten months in italy.ases and you communicated with the defendants and talked to family and friends and scoured police record. what was your takeaway from all of the information you gathered about amanda knox's involvement in this murder? >> as i wrote in my book, which is why i was there to ten months, and as i wrote in "the "newsweek"" article that is out this week, i believe injustice occurred this was a naive young woman in the country where the language was not her native language. the police were in a hurry to get this case solved. the prosecutor made a bad call early on. they had the person whose fingerprints and dna are in the murder room in their clutches two weeks after they accused these students. but they didn't change their case around. and this happens in the united states, it happens often when prosecutors make mistakes, they don't like to turn the ship around. once the jaws of the legal system start to work, it's very hard for them to admit that they made a mistake. in this case, they had -

there's only a conviction in italy if the highest court in italy sustains the conviction on wednesdayo the u.s. >> request is one thing. delivery is another. what's the status of that with the exchange and the likelihood she would have to be returned to italy? >> it may be a diplomatic kind of a function and the question is, will the state department go ahead with the extradition proceeding request? will it be worked out between the countries. there's a treaty between italy and the u.s. but when you deal with extradition, it's based on comity between nations. it's a big thing because this is a huge international case and a huge problem for italy with respect to perception from our country where you can't be tried twice for the same offense. she was tried three times. >> how is amanda knox doing right now? what is she saying about all this? >> she's a very down-to-earth, calm kind of a person. she's trying to stay low key. she's working for a west seattle newspaper as a writer. she graduated with a creative writing degree. she's engaged. she's moving on with her life step by step. but

and i think any relationship between grexit and italy is out of the place. >> italy has done key reforms. many would argue not enough. certainly the italian economy as a whole, wen all of the failures we know about is a far better economy than the greek economy. the northern part of the italy competes in many ways with germany in terms of productivity and manufacturing. >> it would be hard to imagine the italians saying the same thing what the greeks said. we don't want to do anything but we want the money. >> sure. this gentleman is so pro austerity and reforms. we've had him on before. one of the reasons because paul krugman has written two blog posts about how much he disagrees and dislikes this gentleman. this guy are so far apart on where they think things should go. >> it almost seems like it's gotten out of control. he can't keep his people back in. even if some of the things they've been trying to. he can't deliver either. >> he talks so much. we were at the news conference he gave over the weekend and he just talks and talks and talks. no, we're not going to but we didn't promis

britain and italy is finally over.e convicted and sent it nearly 30 years in prison and then not said that she is relieved and grateful. >>: i am incredibly grateful for the justice that i have received the support that i receive from everyone including my family and friends and including strangers like you. you saved my life >> reporter: italy's supreme court says knox and her former bart boyfriend raphael's so soulless the all are free to go. the case is now closed. >> reporter: in 2007 a british student studying in italy was found half naked and dead inside the apartment she shared with the mandan not an american woman also study abroad. in 2009 an italian court found imf did not send our then boyfriend guilty of murdering meredith kercher another man tried separately was also convicted. an appeals court overturned the convictions of a mad the knox and her boyfriend two years later allowing a man not to return to the united states but the legal battles continued. italy retry the pair overturning their acquittals and

she is not going back to italy.e an extradition process to bring her back to italy? >> reporter: absolutely. a valid extradition treaty between u.s. and italy. it is a common procedure to be done here. the treaty works. it will actually be a very difficult situation if raffaele sollecito is in jail facing a 25--year sentence and amanda knox is free. they may be compelled to do so if their citizen is in jail for the crime. that is a diplomatic tense situation. a lot of people said italians will not put pressure on the united states to send her back. there is a sense of injustice in italy if their citizen is in jail. >> from the family of meredith kercher. barbara, thank you. an interesting day in court. >>> 53 minutes past the hour. he was the father of the ipad. genius behind apple. who was steve jobs really and what is the enduring fascination with his genius? we have that next. when you ache and haven't slept... you're not you. tylenol® pm relieves pain and helps you fall fast asleep and stay asleep. we give you a

an innocent person in italy, and i can't reconcile the choice to go back with that experience. it's not a possibility. it is i was inprisoned as an innocent person and i can't relive that. >> they have maintained their innocence as he told savannah on "today." >> there's nothing inside the murder scene that links us to the murder. >> but he did return to italy and had his passport taken by authorities after the last guilty verdict. if the conviction stands he is facing a return to prison to again serve his 25-year sentence. his legal team is holding nothing back recently filing an additional document for today's hearing, trying to distance himself from knox. as for knox she could face a new battle as the italian authorities move to extradite her, forcing her back to italy to continue her 28 years behind bars. >> peter alexander reporting. if this ruling finds them guilty, knox will have exhausted all her appeals and the verdict stands, unless something more dramatic happens. >> the firestorm caused by the racist video at the university of oklahoma is still raging. for the first

the turkish coast guard has fired on a cargo ship carrying over 300 syrian refugees trying to reach italythe coast guard shuttered the ship's engine room after it ignored orders to stop. the passengers have been detained and they include 85 children. zana hoda is live for us in beirut. >> reporter: syrians yet again find themselves in the middle of a cross fire. the coast guard fired warning shots. the ship ignored the warning shots, and they fired on the ship again. the people on board the ship are now detained. more than 300 people the majority syrian refugees. what we understand is that they will be questioned. the policy is when turkey arrests illegal immigrants they usually deport them back to their country, but since these people are syrians they are expected to be placed in camps. but this incident really is just the latest in a series of incidents which involves syrians trying to find their way to europe trying to find a better life. just a few days ago a ship sank off of the coast of italy, and some people on board were refugees living in lebanon, syrian palestinians who took the

this kind of legal ping-pong is normal in italy.system is meant to assure the rights of the accused. >>> the newly announced presidential candidate who led the crusade against obamacare will now be signing up for it. >> senator ted cruz says he will sign up for health coverage under the affordable health care act, even though vowing to appeal it. >> you and your family have been getting health insurance through your wife's job. her company has been goldman sachs. she's now left that to help you with your campaign. so where are you getting your health insurance now? >> she's taking unpaid leave of absence from her job, so we'll presumably get health insurance through my job in the senate on the federal exchange. >> senator, for right now, the irony is just kind of unbelievable that you have made your name fighting against obamacare and you now are going to sign up to get your insurance through that very process, obamacare. >> listen it was the case before obamacare that federal employees could get health insurance through their jobs.

but some harrowing moments taking place in the dolemountains in italy italy.he forecast is very bad. we have winds 50 to 60 kilometers per hour. it has relaxed but a strong and gusty weekend ahead of us to because parts of greece and into italy. this is thanks to our winds catapulting themselves over the mountain ranges across the reengs, accelerating as it reaches the coast. and reaching wind gusts of 160 plus kilometers per hour. it is starting to move in a westerly direction. that will be responsible for hefty rainfall. if you're traveling in and out of athens this weekend, look out for some impressive rainfall totals and strong gusty winds, even the possibility of an isolated thunderstorm. i'll send it off to you. look at the snowfall. >> snow wind and rain on the coast there h. thank you so much. >>> a shooting in mali has left at least five people dead. we're learning the suspects may have had specific targets in mind. plus a look at the growing number of runway accidents at airports and the technology used to try to prevent them. this is jim. a man who

. >> a grateful amanda knox speaking out after italy's highest court overturns her murder conviction once and for all. those stories but first the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, old man winter still hadn't gotten the hint. >> reporter: he hadn't gotten the memo. march 28 looks and feels like january 28. as we look at the center city skyline lots of clouds and windchills in the 20s. 27 is what it feels like in philadelphia. 20 for allentown and reading. 13 in the poconos. we have flakes flying to the southwest. coastal salem county. oxford toward the 234e689. you get into -- toward the northwest, you get into chester and lancaster county seeing flurries this morning. at least we're not picking up the heavier snow. boston has been ground zero all yearlong they will pick up two inches of snow as it stretches southwest and into long island, connecticut and rhode island. we're missing out on another snowstorm. not feeling like the end of march. 43 degrees we'll go mainly cloudy and breezy, flurries and sprinkles possible this afternoon. when i come back in ten minutes we'll tal

look at equity markets from germany, italy, and france. the ftse in italy up 18% already this year.f the ftse may have closed, and we all went to sleep for the rest of the year that would be the best year since 2009. is it best to boost trough that for some of these indexes? that's we have seen more. it has been rather joyless. we have not seen active inflows. for the most part they have not benefited. in dollar terms it is not as impressive. in dollar terms you are kind of flat to the u.s. the squeeze has not started. we granted the numbers shown so far are a long way into what we expected from a strategy. we can sometimes overshoot as well. there are some positives on the economic side in europe. the surprise indicators is rallying. gdp expectations are on the low side. >> just to go back to the market, the equity market is doing one thing. i look at the german 10 year. the yield of 3.4%. how much time are you spending with the bond guys over citigroup? >> more and more. they are not getting what they want out of the asset classes anymore. that is one thing we can provide an offer

a year after i joined the company, i went to italy for the first time.f course, you can't walk through any major city or town in italy without running into a coffee bar. and seeing the sense of community and romance around espresso. it just made me realize that starbucks perhaps was not in the right part of the coffee business. that the real business and opportunity was the integration of the beverage into creating a destination and sense of ommunity in the store. what i experienced in italy was something that was transferable n the u.s. bring for the first time great coffee, introduce new beverages that nobody has heard of. nobody had heard of a café latte before. i raced home to talk to the founders about the experience i had. and they rejected it. over a period of two years, i left starbucks to start my own chain of italian coffee bars. at that time, starbucks found itself in financial difficulties. and so the founder came to me and said, i can't think of starbucks in better hands than if it was in your hands. i realize you don't have the money. i wi

in italy, silvio berlusconi has come through. the court has definitively cleared the former prime minister of charges he paid for sex with an underaged dancer and abused his position to cover it up. >> rubygate, one of the scandals that landed italy's former prime minister in hot water. a court in milan convicted silvio berlusconi in 2013 of paying for sex with a prostitute and using his position to cover it up. the most serious charges he faced in his career that gave him a seven-year prison sentence and eight -- and a ban on holding public office. berlusconi was acquitted a year later. that's definitive, italy's court rejected appeals from prosecutors on tuesday. the judges appeared to accept his argument he had not known t he prostitute known as ruby was underage. he wanted to help her thinking she was the niece of hosni mubarak. that cleared the way for the return to politics once another ban for tax fraud ends next year. he will be able to re-energize his party he has already pulled out of an alliance with matteo renzi over

the mountain of italy. >> eight feet. 1,000 people live here across portions of italy.f snow in 18 hours coming down here. impressive site. can you imagine coming down where a thousand people call this town home then you get outside and impassable conditions. snowplows working overtime the last couple of days. we'll show the location the town about 140 kilometers or 90 miles east of rome across the mountains of italy. they're notorious for heavy snowfall. they've seen this before but nothing quite this much in a matter of a few hours in italy. here's what happened and what transpired. new 24-hour record of snowfall 101 inches in 18 hours. previous record in the 1920s out of silver lake in colorado. 76 inches came down in one day. we toucheded on boston so much the seasonal snowfall this winter, almost 10 inches. all of january and all of february combined boston saw less snow than what they saw in italy in the last couple of days. zeroing in on the side of the screen that is the world's tallest living man of turkey. he is 98.8 inches tall 8'3". the snow would be higher

stealing from the industrialized rich north of italy to finance the poorer south. but its new leader says that rather than breaking up the country, he wants to unite it under his leadership. >> translator: i am sicilian but i think all of us northerners, southerners the french should all be united in this. >> not only for northern league. >> elected as a leader of the northern league, the parties increased from 6% to 30% and it is now the most popular right wing party in italy. what's more he wants to capitalize to anti-euro and anti anti-europe sentiments. >> to broaden its base the northern league is partnering with other right wing units including the neofascist group casa town. but many have not forgotten nor forgiven. on friday police clashed with protesters when they tried occupy the square of the rally. on saturday the counter demonstration was peaceful. >> the northern league, partnership with the situation is must be stopped. >> northern league's leader will now hope that its success convinced italians from recall over the country. claudio levanga roam. >>

she does not intend to willingly come back to italy if in fact this conviction is upheld. what does that mean? how long would the potential extradition process be? well that's a big question mark at this point. would it be successful? legal experts have said come down on both sides on that issue. some have said there's so many irregularities in this court case that perhaps she would be successful in fighting extradition but again, that's an argument for another day. >> kelly cobiella standing by outside italy's highest court. we're expecting a decision any moment now. when the decision comes down, we'll come back to you. we're also following breaking news out of the university of oklahoma where right now school president david boren is announcing the results of the investigation into that local chapter after video surfaced of members participating in a racist chant while riding a bus. boren concluded that the chant was learned four years ago and was confined to those on the bus. two students were expelled when the story brought, boren now says there will be no further expu

italy could request her extradition. experts say politics would be a likely factor. >> italians will have to determine whether or not they want to ask for extradition under the current obama administration or wait and see who's elected. she'd be better off fighting extradition trial, an extradition process in the united states than wondering if some bounty hunter will try to get her on an international arrest warrant. it would be a very unsettling time. >> reporter: under italian law, the statute of limitations on extradition is double the sentence. the court would have over 50 years to make that decision. the high court may also overturn the latest guilty verdict in which case there will likely be another appeal trial. while the handling of his case sparked outrage in the u.s. this kind of legal ping pong is normal in italy. experts say the system is meant to ensure the rights of the accused. cnn. >>> we'll take a short break now. still to come people with loved ones on that doomed flight, the germanwings flight, still

melissa: italy. >> milan italy. as far as direct prices that is the best direct to italy.aper than rome and paris. great place for exploring northern italy. parma is only two hours away. lake como villages are beautiful. 45 minutes away. melissa: lisbon portugal. >> i lovelies bonn. one of my favorite cities. direct flight, vacation packages $1100 per person. many of deals i'm seeing in lisbon are four and five star properties. so your dollar goes far in lisbon, it's a charming, beautiful city. melissa: last one, someplace i always wanted to go, budapest hungary. >> say cakes packages in there are two sides, bud and pest. melissa: who knew. go buda. >> better views as city. much hillier. melissa: thank you so much. i will pack my bag. wait for me outside. we'll go together. perfect. new warning that is sis could enter the u.s. the latest plan to infiltrate america from one of our country's largest tourist destinations. >>> plus is hillary taking a cue from the al sharpton playbook in case of missing emails. are you better off destroying the evidence? i'm just wondering. we

a murder conviction was overturned by italy's supreme court. you may remember that back in 2000 knox's roommate meredith kutcher, was found dead in italy. amanda and her boyfriend were convicted, set free then convicted again, and retrial. this ruling today means the case is closed for good. knox said quote i'm tremendously relieved for that decision. >>> now continued coverage on the state's historic drought. there is more relief. today governor brown tweeted thought picture of him signing a $1 billion drought relief package. it expedites communities and projects that need it the most. that includes grants for water recycling and drinking water for small and poor communities. >>> emergency crews are gearing up for what they say will be a rough wildfire season. today the state added five new fire trucks to its fleet. the new trucks are four-wheel drive capable. they also have water tanks, tools and equipment for a four-person crew. the trucks cost nearly $400 thousand each. the funds were allocated through the state legislature. engines will be

italy's highest court. when the verdict could be on the way. >>> a helicopter headed to new jersey landed on taylor's while in maryland yesterday. they were both okay, it was on route to the naval station when it lost power at about 3,000 feet. they landed the copter in three feet of water. >>> a verdict in the amanda knox case is expected at the end of week hearings resumed in italy today and the highest court is resuming to see if her latest conviction will stand? she raz found buildy in the murder of her roommate meredith kershner and her acquittal was thrown out last year. if the conviction stands she could face more than 28 years in prison. >>> congress is taking aim at the secret service as new video shows a drunk driving incident of two secret service agents. it shows the vehicle driving through an area and then nudging a temporary barrier, two temporary agents inside of that vehicle are accused of being drunk. it's less dramatic than it was believed to. but still they grilled the acts. >> this is th

and italy has decided officially to recognize neapolitan piazza makers.zas are typifyied, and are a culinary representation of the italian flag. >>> and that is it from europe. now back to your adrian. >> david many thanks. just ahead here on the news hour. find out why this olympic champion has been forced to apologize to his country. ♪ >>> as i'm sure you are aware many of the world's catholics are about to celebrate holy week, but in southern chile questions are being asked about pope francis's appointment of a bishop who is suspected of covering up for a pedophile. >> reporter: it may not have been a lynch mob, but it was the closest thing close to a scene inside a cathedral. earlier this month, engaged protesters in chile tried to prevent this father from being ordained as their new bishop. he is accused of covering up for his former mentor a notorious pedophile priest convicted by chilean courts and the vatican. >> translator: the pope has said be wary of evil and never commit the sin of remaining silent in the face of it. >> reporter: jose was one