of course, we are in italy. and italy has the most important cultural and artistic heritage.s a challenge for me. and i decided to bring contemporary art to the people. ♪ >> beatrice trussadi was only 30 years old when she took over and managed her century old family fashion business in milan. but while fashion is in her blood, she has known from a young age that art is really what gets her heart beating. beatrice: i decided to move to new york and attended nyu. i had exciting experiences. i did also some exciting experiences doing internships at the moma, guggenheim, and the metropolitan. and those experiences really impressed me and stimulated me when i came back to do something fantastic here. ♪ beatrice: going to new york and being so much into this art world was such an experience. seeing so many galleries, museums that were fantastic. the huge exhibitions. ♪ beatrice: italian people are so much creative people. are so much in contact with the beauty, with aesthetics, with -- with the arts. how is it possible that they are not so much used to contemporary art? massimilia

and we report on the italy slovania border. >> reporter: northern italy had until recently been entirelyby the refugees who were heading south to north or right to left on this picture, passing slovania but now there are hundreds trying to prove their value to italy. in the sense of the volunteers teach them italian while the asylum claims are assessed and they can have food and freedoms to wait to see what the authorities make of them and not perfect but some have gotten to the promised land of germany and found it impossible to penetrate and they turned around and came back to italy. >> when i went to germany there were like 300 people and giving us food and all that stuff but i'm sorry it was very busy and in one month nobody came to us and asked anything. >> reporter: syrians, iraqis and afghans are the ones to get priority in the asylum cue but many say it doesn't work like that in practice. afghans and pakistanis tried to go to germany to seek asylum to find the authorities there offering preferential treatment to syrians and based on that knowledge a growing number it seems to tur

the grades of unemployment in country cans like spain and italy.i think the american situation is something that is new. what is new is the fact that even without the migration program, even without a big unemployment problem, people are angry against the establishment. it is this -- people, establishment, and i think it is because of the new way to communicate, the role of the internet in politics and i open that the american debate will -- i would say develop some new ideas. i fear. why? >> because of hissed whys, because of his lack of any experience, because the fact that this big, big distance between words and reality. i think the president of the u.s. has to be very, very careful in speaking. i think france is not very careful in speaking. he says anything about anybody. and i fear as a president of the u.s., with responsibilities of having the word with this kind of very strange attitude, but transfers a short while ago. frankly speaking, i have some concern. >> and donald trump has been extremely critical about the europe upon policy effor

of banks iny kind italy.e are working on making a very good analysis of our nonperforming loans, because i think we have significant potential on the real estate our underliiees nonperforming loans. the real estate market is recovering. there is an 18% plus in transaction and 2% plus in prices of real estate and the devaluation was only 9% in four years' time. there is a significant opportunity to work in accelerating the recovery. looking at the situation of m&a in italy, we are not interested at all in any kind of transaction because we have such a significant leadership in italy. i'm really concentrating on delivering my business plan. inncine: you made that clear davos. i was thinking possible m&a are brought. want to talkt abroad. i'm focusing on italy. loancine: the bad provisions, arguing talks to sell additional portfolios? carlo: no. we are making analysis in order to understand what area of our portfolio can give us some plus opportunitiesi in terms of recovery. we want to accelerate -- the possibil

lawrence lee reports from the italy-slow convenient request boarder. >> reporter: this part of italyentirely b bypassed by the refugee who headed north. or right to left on this picture. passing in to slovenia. now there are hundreds trying to prove their value to italy. they are taught italian while their asylums are assessed. they can cook food and some have limited freedoms why while the authorities decide what to make of them. some of them got to germany and found it impossible to penetrate. so they turned around and came back to italy. >> when i went to germany i saw like 300 people there. they were giving us food and all that stuff. but i sorry, it was very busy. and one month nobody could -- came -- nobody came to us and asked us anything. >> reporter: the wisdom is that sear januaries, iraqs and afghans are the ones to get priority. but many say it doesn't work like that in practice. afghans and pakistanis have told thousands they tried to go to germany too seek asylum only to find the authorities offering preferential treatment to syrians based on that knowledge a growing nu

we have reports on the italy-slovenia border. >> northern italy has been entirely by passed by the refugee who is were heading south to north, or right to left on this picture past the mountains in slovenia. >> they have limited treatments while they wait to see what the authorities make of them. not perfect but some here have already got to the supposed promise land of germany and found it impossible to penetrate so they turned around and came back to italy. >> when i went to germany i could see 300 people, they were giving us food and all that stuff. it was very busy. >> syrians, iraqis, and afghans are the ones to get priority in the asylum queue, but many say it does not work like that in practice. they have told us that they try to go to germany to seek asylum only to find the authorities there offering preferential treatment of syrians, and a growing number are deciding to turning left to slovenia rather than going straight on and seeking asylum in italy instead. in some villages they complain there are as many afghans as there are italians. the aid groups are lobbing authorities to

we have seen many, many thousands of people coming across the mediterranean, coming to italy. does that make it harder or easier? >> hard no. >> in what way? >> simple because we came here, there are many here there is no work here. >> do people talk about wanting to go home? >> yes. many people wanted to go back home. many people wanted to go back home. >> but? >> but the condition that worse. >> but most remain stuck. holding out hope of obtaining some sort of official status that will allow them to become visible and to be given a shot to realize a treatment for which they have risked so much. >> life for those deemed economic migrants may be about to get much harder. denmark and sweden implemented strict border controls early this month. and the balkan states of macedonia, serbia , croatia and sloaf slovenia, to identify and quickly deport those not considered war refugees, for migrants like jacob the current backlash against migrants ignores the real source of the problem. >> in my country there is a war, i will die, i must run away. this war must stop. just stop. immigra

her ancestors came over on the mayflower, while he came himself from italy.oth are people of america. american farmer, american farmer. the people of america. housewife, businessman, weaver, blacksmith, americans. a german doctor, a swedish mailman, a polish fireman, and irish cop. americans. we are the people of america. a mixture of the people of the world. america was discovered by the people of the world. explorers of many nations charted the land and opened it to their people. columbus of italy, balboa, and ponce de leon of spain. sir walter raleigh of england. henry hudson, and other brave exploring men, who sailed there ships into unknown waters, and found a land of america -- the land of america. and the land was settled by the people of the world, from spain, from france, from holland, from england. from england, many settled on the east coast, where they grew in numbers and came to consider america their home. but styles changed in 100 years, in 100 years and ideas change. , the children of the settlers became dissatisfied. they began to talk of fre

scarlett: is italy's economy heading for a turnaround? it's finest minister thinks so due to a decline in public debt this year. in an exclusive conversation with bloomberg's editor in chief, he explains why he is standing behind us protection. i am confident in that prediction and the commission with a very recent winter forecast. as testified to the fact that we gdp ratio inwer 2016. the point is this is a turnaround. turnaround of the dynamics of debt which is been growing for eight years now. and, given real growth and possibly given a bit more inflation that is beyond the control, we will see dynamics of the debt accelerating downward. this will change the perception of the markets. levels, somen the people look at the amount can say that is a tiny amount to come down. how important do you think the momentum is? >> i think it is very important. what messes up about that is sustainability and the direction that is taking rather than absolute level. also, on absolute level story, let me add those numbers ignore what i expect to be the

now there are hundreds trying to proof their value to italy.n thens the volunteers teach them italian. they cook their own food. have limited freedoms while they wait to see what the authorities make of them. not perfect but many have gotten to the supposed promised land of germany, and found it impossible to penetrate, so they turned around and came back to italy. >> when i came to italy i saw 300 people there who was giving us food and all that stuff. but i saw that it was very busy. in one month nobody could came to us. >> perceived wisdom is that syrians, iraqis and afghans are the ones to get priority in this asylum queue, but they say it doesn't work that way in practice. >> they try to seek asylum only to find authorities offering preferential treatment to syrians. many are choosing to turn left at slovenia and seeking asylum in italy instead. in some villages they complain there as many afghans as there are italians. so the aid groups are lobbing authorities to spread them out. >> and it would provide better chance of integration, learn

our own italian stallion, guy adami, attesting to some of italy's finest brews. that's right after the break. >> that's fantastic. ♪ >> welcome back to "fast money." starbucks is taking the plunge into the italian market saying it will open its first cafe in the city of milan by early next year, but can starbucks survive in a place where coffee is nearly its own religion? we wanted to find out so that means it's time for a taste test. we've got espresso from two different cafes from new york city's little italy and plus a shot of espresso from starbucks, mr. guy adami here who is of italian descent will take a sip of all three. >> half italian and hiflsy krillian, mel, here we go. >> okay, okay. >> you need a palate cleanser. >> starbucks, ferrara's, cafe aroma. >> slow down. >> w-r-o-n-g. >> this one is ferrara, this one is starbucks and this is caffe roma. >> you got one right. >> to be fair. i go doesn't regularly drink coffee. >> bailey wick. >> not like a chicken sandwich or hamburger. >> is guy still italian after that failing or starbucks actually going to

italy. starbucks has 23,000 cafes in 67 different countries but has stayed out of the italian market. plans to open its first coffee house in milan next year. >>> for more on this let's speak to a man no knows all about italians and their coffee. francisco, creacte famous for hs program. thank you so much for joining us on al jazeera. starbucks have obviously thought about this for quite a while. what do you think, is it going to be asuccess, will italians go for starbucks? >> honestly i'm so happy that starbucks finally come in the mother of espresso. italy. i think it can be very successful because italy, it's ready to discover a new thing about coffee. because for many years, the coffee was a product of the '50s age, '60s age. now we need to improve, to do something different. starbucks can do that, introduce new things about coffee. >> do you think a good thing to introduce is for example the frappuchino? >> the espresso culture is very strong in italy. but the new generation is more rea

the starbucks founder visited italy in the 19-80s... and that's where he got the idea to serve espresso drinks , in the u-s. the first italian starbucks will 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 and hollywood's biggest night... just wrapped up a few hours ago. and this morning... we have a look at all the big *winners from the academy awards. including one actor... who is *definitely feeling like "king of the world." 3 the award *everyone is taking about today. "leonardo dicaprio" won the oscar for best actor, for his role in "the revenant." this was his *sixth nomination... and only his *first win. the "revanant" too) "alejandro inarritu." 3 3 newcomer "brie larson" won best actress for the drama "room." and best picture of the year went to "spotlight"... a drama about sex abuse in the catholic church. but the movie that won the *most oscars was "mad max-fury road." it took home *six golden statues. 3 still ahead: the other big story from the oscars... the host. the controversial comments... that had the crowd on the edge of their seat. 3 plus: a vice pr

there are honest and good politicians in italy. it's not all like berlusconi. berlusconi is typical of no one. he's unique. this is a guy who could look at barack obama and go on national televisionand say , obama, he is young, he's handsome and he has a year round tag and when i sent you berlusconi that's racist he says no, it was a compliment. i would take two or three months to get a can like that so berlusconi lives in his own bubble. he's a very colorful, controversial figure. >> how did he stay in power in italy? >> he marketed himself like coca-cola or marlboro and uses television empire. remember he controlled 50 percent of the italian television market. use hisstars , he uses power and uses marketing skills. and he promised everything. he was like a doll in the way he expressed himself and very simple almost older terms and yet the italians ate it up. there's no other figure in italian street as influential as berlusconi in the last century except for mussolini. >> when americans fill the name silvio berlusconi, what comes to mind is bummed about that.

gabrielle: meanwhile, president obama met with italy's president at the white house today. they discussed the conflict in libya, and syrian refugees. president obama says italy plays a critical role in the humanitarian crisis, and training police forces to push back against isis. >> the bonds between italy and the united states could not be closer, and this gave us an opportunity to not only reaffirm friendship between the united states and italy, but also, the extraordinary strategic cooperation on a wide range of very challenging issues. gabrielle: the two leaders also addressed the economic and trade relationship between the trans-atlantic partners. italy's president is expected to visit houston and new york later this week. nigel: zika request. the obama administration is billion to help fight and prevent the mosquito-borne virus. gabrielle: aixa diaz has more from our exclusive washington newsroom. aixa: the white house says most of the money would go to the department of health and human services. in all, the administration is asking congress for $1.8 billion for zika

the situation has led to fear that is italy could become the next e.u. country headed for a banking crisis. >> italian banks are europe's weak links. there are worries that italy could spark another crisis in the eurozone. reporter: the european union agreed to a deal that will enable the italian government to guarantee these nonperforming loans so that banks can sell them to private buyers such as hedge funds. it's a move that, if successful, could restore investor confidence and speed you want country's feeble economic recovery. jamie: to the united states with good news for google's self-driving car. >> one of those things we've been following. american sode safety regulators have said the artificial intelligence system developed by google could be legally considered the car's driver. the current rules state that a car isn't road ready unless it has a driver at the wheel, but in the internet giant, the u.s. national highway traffic safety administration says it could interpret driver as meaning the self-driving system, but the major goost to book and

they are worried that italy could spark another crisis in the eurozone.eporter: the european union agreed to a deal that would enable the government to guarantee these nonperforming loans, so that banks would sell them to private buyers, such as that, ifds -- a move successful, could help restore investor confidence and speed up the country cost feeble economic recovery --country's -- the country's feeble economic recovery. kate: time warner dropped -- it's cable channels saw week some supreme growth -- its cable channels saw weak subscription growth. argentina has hired new lawyers as it tries to settle a 15-year debt battle with a group of us-based creditors. issident mauricio macri hoping for a breakthrough in the long-running stalemate that forced the nation into default in 2014. a few creditors have refused to accept the restructuring deal on loans held since 2001. japanese brewer a saudi -- brewe asahi has offered to buy part of the sab miller group. combine 30% of the world's brewers and is still being scrutinized by antitrust regulators. finally,

and starbucks looks to conquer italy. jill wagner has that and more on the new york stock exchange. >>> stocks in asia fell after no new announcement was announced this week. >>> stocks here in wall street open today following their second strong week in a row. all three indices finished 1.5% higher or more. the dow gained 245 points, the s&p gained 30 points for the week, the nasdaq finished the week 85 points higher. >>> at the box office, "dead pool" continues to dominate. the comic book adaptation week out. the third highest grossing film behind "american sniper" and "passion of christ." >>> starbucks is opening in italy. the first starbucks in italy will open in milan in early 2017. starbucks is already in europe. italy is expected to be particularly tough. coffee is an important part of italian life with many local shops competing to sell expresso and cappuccinos. >>> it is reported that apple will call its new four-inch iphone the iphone se. the iphone se will look identical to the iphone 5 except for its curved ed

coming to italy very, very carefully. you may have seen this already. they're opening their first store in 2017. they have some very, very strong convictions in italy about their coffee. some people say almost even religious convictions. it doesn't work if i go to italy and you ask for a frapho, you know, cappo massive huge bucket of coffee. they like their little espressos, they drink it with culture and style. the ceo and chairman of starbucks who obviously knows this, he has said we're going to try with great humility and respect to share what we've been doing and what we've learned. and he does also go on to say that they've designed the first store with painstaking detail, and with great respect for the italian people. so, if nothing else the tourists might be lured in with the free wi-fi offer, louis. >> that's right louisa bojesen live from london. thanks so much. starbucks in italy. i look forward to drinking one there. time now for sports. we begin with the nba's hottest team as the sports world is still buzzing

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and, women's soccer clubs in italy score against the mafia. despite freezing temperatures and dangerous conditions, refugees continue to arrive in europe in the thousands. many start their journeys across icy waters in flimsy rafts in turkey. they may end up in overcrowded camps without basic amenities in lesbos, one of the greek islands bearing the brunt of the migrant crisis. here, the official eu border protection agency, frontex, is struggling to co-ordinate rescue efforts between the two countries. troubled by stories of the refugees' plight, a group of lifeguards left spain to volunteer in greece. leaving behind their jobs on the glitzy atlantic beaches, they now face daily challenges they never imagined. >> xabi aramburu knows that more rubber dinghies will arrive today. the northern tip of lesbos is just six nautical miles from the turkish coast. hundreds of people have already drowned trying to reach the island. that's why aramburu and his coworkers are keeping watch. they're lifeguards with the spanish volunteer organization proactiv

italy is expected to be particularly tough. coffee is an important part of italian life with many local shops competing to sell expresso and cappuccinos. >>> it is reported that apple will call its new four-inch iphone the iphone se. the iphone se will look identical to the iphone 5 except for its curved edges. buzzfeed said it will be introduced in events march 21st. >> elon musk engines were firing when an on-board computer shut them down. the issue is rising temperatures and liquid oxygen fuel. two attempts to launch the rocket was called off last week. no word on when spacex will try again. >> but you know they will. jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange, thanks a lot, jill. >>> coming up, dancing the night we will take you to the hottest >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. >>> hollywood's biggest night wouldn't be quite as big without the after-parties. teri okita drew this far from unpleasant assignment. good morning, teri. >> reporter: i'm telling you, i get all of the good as

italy is expected to be particularly tough. coffee is an important part of italian life with many local shops competing to sell expresso and cappuccinos. >>> it is reported that apple will call its new four-inch iphone the iphone se. the iphone se will look identical to the iphone 5 except for its curved edges. buzzfeed said it will be introduced in events march 21st. >> elon musk engines were firing when an on-board computer shut them down. the issue is rising temperatures and liquid oxygen fuel. two attempts to launch the rocket was called off last week. no word on when spacex will try again. >> but you know they will. jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange, thanks a lot, jill. >>> coming up, dancing the night we will take you to the hottest post-oscar parties, as the ceremony. when the engines failed on the plane i was flying, i knew what to do to save my passengers. but when my father sank into depression, i didn't know how to help him. when he ultimately shot himself, he left our family devastated. don't let this ha

chocolate wasn't made like this anywhere in italy before he came along. daniele brought the business idea back with him after studying abroad in the u.s. and holland. now his chocolate business is running so well that others are trying to copy his successful model. >> of course, you can copy me. you have to invest a lot of energy and experiment a lot. i started with two chocolate moulds like this. now we have hundreds. two kilos of cocoa and one kilo of sweetener were my first ingredients. today, we process tons of the stuff. and everything was built up from scratch. >> daniele now employs three people -- they, too, are university graduates. with the right business idea, italian artisans are showing it's possible to achieve job satisfaction and make a decent living by working with your hands. >> perfetto! michelle: perfetto indeed. that's it for today. thank you for watching. get in touch anytime with your thoughts and comments. in the meantime it's goodbye from me and the whole team. see you next time.

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it is called bellissimo italy. >> it is a produced sponsor of the exhibit. our lisa petrillo has the sneak peek. >> this is gucci -- bucci there. >> yes. it is fantastic. milan sign design. and -- design. >> i see the v for valentino. >> it is dedicated to the high rise of fashion this italy. the showcase is entitled bellissimo. garments including high fashion gowns and lit up the events of that era. >> this is the editor and co-curator of the exhibit. >> this is a very important for the first time. it is showing a part of italian history and fashion that people don't know. >> that remarkable period was not only evident in fashion but also in art. cinema. photography and, of course jewelry. north america. >> it transformed itself. and especially in this period of italian history. where design, color. and glamour coming to the fore. and they transformed itself into the glamorous. magnificent jeweler as we know it today. they are on display and this is priceless pieces worn by movie collection -- cabachon collection. >> this is by gina lollabrigida. >> she was

starbucks has no shops in italy but that will change. they will open its first italian store in milan in early 2017. starbucks is already in europe but it hasn't been as successful there as in other markets. italy could be a challenge coffee is a big part of italian life and a lot of local shops can -- compete . we will see how it goes. >>we will see how the italians look at our coffee from the pacific northwest; right? >> actually, it is interesting because it was the ceo of starbucks -- when he first went to italy in the 80s and he saw their espresso drinks, that is how he got the idea to create starbucks in the united states. interesting run. >>> another big part of the oscars is the fashion. the academy awards red carpet turned into a runway as hollywood's biggest names clammed up for the oscars in the latest designs. daniel nottingham has fashion highlights from the red carpet. >> reporter: brie larson, sofia vergara and kate blanchet owned the red carpet in shades of blue at the 80th academy awards./years best supporting actress wi

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. >> italy is home to two-thirds of the world's cultural treasures, trouble is the country is too broke to keep its historic rooms, churches and monuments from crumbling to dust. >> but now, some of this most treasured and endangered landmarks are being saved not by a government but by a more respected institution: the fashion business. >> what is possible for us to do for the country, we need to do >> when pope benedict xvi came to the familia he consecrated the church as a basilica. >> not since 1883 when it was first envisioned by antoni gaudi had it been seen in all of its glory. >> he wanted to write the whole of the history in the catholic faith in one building. i mean, how crazy and how extraordinary and how ambitious that idea is? >> cbs money watch pup date brought to you by: >> glor: good evening. apple and f.b.i. take their encryption battle to congress on tuesday. a new push today for f.a.a. to set limits on how cramped airline seats can be. and warren buffett said this weekend berkshire-hathaway added $15.4 billion to its net worth i'm jeff glor, cbs news. there is a danger

italy is up to its neck in debt, taxes go unpaid, corruption in rife. but now, some of its most treasured and endangered landmarks are being saved-- not by the government, but by a more respected italian institution, the fashion business. as morley safer reported in 2014, it's stepped in to rescue some of italy's most iconic sites-- among them, the very symbol of its rich, violent and inventive history, the colosseum in rome. >> morley safer: with its stunning, timeless sights, it's justifiably called "the eternal city"-- a holy place to billions; a vast landscape of the sacred and profane; an architectural delight, especially when viewed at sunset. and smack in the middle is the colosseum, the greatest surviving wonder of the ancient world, a memorial to the rise, decline and fall of imperial >> kimberly bowes: we think it seats about 50,000 people. but this number depends on how wide you think the roman behind was. if you think that they had big behinds, then you calculate less; small behinds, you calculate more. >> safer: backsides aside, professor k