where does itv fit? where would it be the best fit?s a content play -- menace referenced the amount of studios growing. if itv was just a broadcaster it would be great but not that attractive. but because it is a broadcaster and a producer, it is doubly attractive. i am sure i will and in the arms of a big telco player. they will want to have access to that. >> do american businesses want this? there have been some u.s. forays into u.k. broadcasting. >> there have. there are lots going on behind the scenes. i suspect it is a shift that will grow for the future. meanwhile, let's not forget the management angle. that has been massively successful -- share prices fell but i doubt it will stay forever. >> is it a platform that we go to to watch sports? it won't and advertising -- does sport matter to itv? >> i think it matters but they are finding it hard to buy the rights to exclusive content. they lost most of the footing they had, and we have recently seen inflation taking place in the premier league with the big numbers. yes, they woul

jonathan: you think the destination he could end up at is itv. >> absolutely.larkson, the whole thing is exposure. you can see spinoff shows and from exposure standpoint and you can see advertisers would be interested in. and, it's use towards males. for advertisers, that appeals. jonathan: would it move the dial? ? cannot think and necessarily would move the dial on the numbers. there would be two points you would get, the advertising benefit that you would get and the second would be that it would fit well in expansion into content. if you look at what they have done, they have been building up global content portfolio and we have had the acquisitions. if you had a vehicle that had jeremy clarkson, you have a very attractive global proposition. you think about the amount of countries and clarkson is a global name for better or worse. jonathan: over the last couple of years, we had a discussion about content and it was the last decade. does it still mean that much? >> people follow celebrities. look at youtube stars. realistically, they have millions of follow

itv has a special dividend it's going to deliver. people love what itv is saying at the moment.y are still in the exclusive talks to buy tallper from john duemall the great prolific tv producer from the netherlands behind hits like "the voice." itv up over 6%. back to you. >> thanks a lot. let's get over to dominic chu watching the proceedings at the supreme court this morning. hey, dom. >> that's right. so one of the things we're watching is the battle taking place at least with some of the health care names, hospital names specifically, you look at tenet health care and universal health care, some of the operators up big in today's trade. see from about 4.5 to 7.5% this comes as the supreme court is hearing a case that could decide the fate of the affordable care act, known as obama care. supreme court justice anthony kennedy saying today there is a constitutional problem with the way that challengers of obama care are reading this particular act here. those stocks are helping the s&p health care sector turn positive now for the day. down market but hospital stocks and health

the suspension is the latest controversy involving clarkson as itv reports. >> reporter: on sunday's edition of "top gear," jeremy clarkson was his usual excitable self. >> yes! you're good! >> reporter: the show has made the presenter and the bbc a lot of money. this afternoon, it said in a statement following a fracas with a bbc producer jeremy clarkson has been suspended pending an investigation. no one else has been suspended. "top gear" will not be broadcast this sunday. until now the bbc has stuck by clarkson. last year "top gear's" you crew was forced to flee argentina. the presenter was seen behind the wheel of a car with a number plate which looked a lot like a reminder of the 1982 faulklands conflict. ♪ >> reporter: then there are the frequent accusations of racism. a derogatory term used in burma which saw "top gear" turned off by the broadcasting regulator. >>ini, meanie -- >> reporter: the use of an offensive word during unbroadcast footage. for that the star issued an explanation. >> i realize that in one of the mumbled versions if you listen carefully with the sound tu

alternative areas and business areas where itv is growing is doing well. great news for u.k.plc because it suggests that the consumer is looking on point. >> up very nicely. that's 4%. let's have a quick look where profits are fatter. >> well look if you wanted any news about the u.k. consumer you don't need to look at tv you need that in your hand to do it. profits just soaring. this is a company we all watch ever since that budget which wanted to tax greggs and there was out roar against it. but if you look at the numbers, really positive numbers, opening 80 to 100 stores. coffee sales are up. >> there's one just around the corner. i like it very much. thank you for joining as ever. still to come here on worldwide exchange. rising inflation. a falling currency. that's the dilemna with brazil's bank as it looks set to raise the key interest rate. stay tuned. we'll discuss that next. >>> clearly disappointing. peter sands gives up his bonus after a drop in earnings. >> itv shares rallying after they return 250 million pounds via special dividend. this as g

. >> england's itv joined the families as they traveled through turkey, retracing the girls' last stepsporter: they have never been to istanbul before. this journey has come to mean everything to the anguished families of the three missing girls. most were strangers before the youngsters boarded a flight during half term week. now the families have come to turkey to what they saw, to understand and to explain. the families are here to walk in their loved ones' footsteps. to ask questions of the turkish and eventually perhaps of the girls, too. >> this is our next step basically. trying to get the message out that we followed them all the way out here. we want them to know that we love them. >> i don't recognize my sister you know. the video that we saw. this is just not her. i just want to understand how -- yet answers and get some help. >> reporter: the place they looked first is the coach station where on a snowy february day the girls waited for 18 hours for their bus to the border. by chance they find a man who unknowingly let the girls in. they were smiling as they arrived, and smi

itv news. >>> more people crossing the line next.the -- >> a theme -- >> "blurred line" did it. a jury found that pharrell williams and robin thicke plagiarized from the legendary marvin gaye. it will cost them big. >>> north we'll have anners have had enough of -- new zealanders have had enough of road rage and drivers. >>> great shot of san francisco there. welcome back everyone. >> you recognized it. >> yeah! are you surprised? why are you surprised i recognize things? yes, been around the world, too. welcome back everyone. robin thicke's -- robin thicke's "blurred lines" of the number-one song of 2013. >> when it comes to copyright infringement a jury says the track crossed the line, and now's going to cost the singer millions. ♪ you know you want it i know you want it ♪ ♪ >> okay. that's so you can remember the song pharrell williams wrote and produced it. robin thicke sang it. tuesday a federal jury in los angeles said the song was plagiarized. >> thicke and williams admitted that "blurred lines" was reminiscent of marvin gay's

. >> itv, the broadcaster in the u.k., shares of by almost 5%. 233.90 is the record closed.arnings beat estimates. special dividend as well. it is competent in delivering further strong growth in 2015. different story for ankle -- for henkel. fourth-quarter profit missed estimates. the ruble's drop holding back growth in russia. the ceo saying the economic environment remains challenging volatile, due to the continuing conflict in russia and ukraine. we expect stagnation in europe in 2015. biggest drop in the shares since august of last year. legal and general, we spoke to the ceo earlier. shares, 2.6% lower. earnings for last year rose 10%. they met analyst estimates. it is britain's biggest manager of retirement assets. it continued to grow its annuities business, but shares are near a record. it is the biggest drop since march last year. i think it is a case of, better to travel than to ride. jonathan: mark barton, thank you. time to head east. china's tagus political event of the year kicks off this week as 3000 lawmakers gather for china's national people's congress. fo

rivals to it itv and even netflix here in the u.s. are said to be waiting with open check pooks. >> and that was the end -- checkbooks. >> that was the end of that. >> jeremy clarkson. he was dealt by the bbc that may not be the end of it. police say action may be taken when necessary. >> john terret, thank you. that is it for this broadcast the news continues with antonio mora, next. saudi arabia goes on the offensive in yemen. >> we pray that god almighty will provide support for our soldiers and the brave soldiers of the coalition. >> taking the fight to the houthi rebels. on the run. yemen's president reportedly flees the country. how the conflict affects the u.s. fight against al qaeda in yemen. facing charges. a year after army sergeant bo bergdahl was freed

he is the legal advisor to secretary ridge, the fictitious legals of itv to advisor to tom ridge and here's the liaison between ridge and cheney. if you read the former homeland security secretary tom ridge's book which i picked up he had colleges that there was pressure on him at times to raise alerts and it didn't always feel that the facts merited what he was asked to do. so john prewitt arrives at the white house as soon as the gate again swinging open he felt the usual pain in his stomach and decide. he was about to meet with the vice president who who felt a similar pain in his chest. that there was the bond between these two men. it hurt them hurts them to see each other. [laughter] prewitt arrives in the white house and i describe what that is why can't i have the privilege of entering the white house frequently so i describe what's behind the scenes and now prove it arrives in the vice president's office. the office is smaller than the oval office and more functional. his guests were close to the door. the last baseball of the office the better. they faced each other in a ch

animateded when she spoke to him for quite a while, before making her way down to speak to some of the other itv and nbc execs there. you could tell that she was clearly very interested to be here and the palace issued a statement saying why she was here celebrating the success of "downton abby" which has been a massive global success, shown in something like 250 territories around the world. it's the most non-u.s. nominated program in terms of the emmys which is the preeminent television award show in the united states. it's done phenomenally well in the first five series. the sixth series being filmed at the moment and bogey filmed in front of the duchess of cambridge. no pressure there for the actors who are doing their run through at the moment. she's been in and visitd hair and makeup. she met philip logan who plays mrs. hughes the housekeeper, for fans of the show you will know they met the butler mr. carson n costume design. clearly i would imagine she's having quite a lot of fun wandering around the set. due to leave in about half an hour. >> thanks very much. >>> britain's prime ministe

apple be more successful with some of their other initiatives, like the iwatch obviously, and ipay and itvant for them to increase their non-hardware revenue sources going forward. the dow inclusion, it's kind of meaningless. >> although it sounds bob pisani, like what darren's saying, this dow inclusion should have happened a long time. what do you think about how the blue chips are positioned here? >> first off, the dow industrials have a long history of including stocks after they peaked. and in a sense, that's a good idea. that's not a bad idea. they're not behind the curve. stocks should be adequately seasoned to be in something as influential as the dow jones industrial average. so i don't have anything against them for not including apple up until now. i think it's appropriate, that it should be in the dow industrials. i think the problem we've got right now is there are some particular concerns about slower growth that are going to weigh on the markets. i know the fed went out of their way to try to tell everybody, they're not dramatically downgrading their outlook, but the market

joining us frou from israel itv news correspondent. the polls are open.l, the big message from voters here is that there are plenty of them as of 10:00 this morning. nearly 14% of the israeli electorate had turned out to vote. that is 20% up on 2013 in the last israeli election. i spoke to the opposition leader isaac herzog this morning. he told me that israelis are coming out to vote for change and to vote for a government which is going to bring down the cost of living which has been a central point of his campaign. the incumbent prime minister benjamin netanyahu meanwhile has gone back to his core support, his base and his core issues which are based around the stout defense of israeli security. as you mentioned, in an interview last night he made it clear that on his watch, there will not be the establishment of a palestinian state. he's hoping that a hard line on that will help him get across the line in this vote. >> all right. thank you very much. do you think that's possible? >> well, i don't know. joe klein, if what we've been hearing for the pas