kristina: and we contacted the people here.e, they didn't believe us at first, so like, estonians want to grow tea? like, that doesn't sound very logical or real. but when we got here, then they were like, ok, you're serious. thomas: i was quite successful in this corporate business, but i didn't have a feeling that i'm actually creating something. there were those excel tables, those meetings, power-point presentations and so on and so on, but i didn't have the feeling that i actually made something that would, well, leave a footprint in this world. reporter: here where europe meets asia, the moist, sub-tropical climate and acidic soil are ideal for growing tea. kristina and thomas spent months clearing the old fields and putting in the tea plants. they decided to make it a purely organic enterprise, with no chemicals, giving quality priority over quantity. they take care of every phase themselves, from drying and rolling the leaves to packaging and shipping the tea. so the revenues go straight back to the farm. kristina and t

kristina? should you be having a dialogue?an, look, the russians are saying, "america is our principal negotiating partner. "that's what these talks have been about." should you talk to them? i think absolutely we should talk to them. that's what we've been doing the past week in the three different forums where we've had talks. the only way that we can come to an agreement and address the concerns that russia says it has is to talk about it. we think that's, in fact, the appropriate way to do it, and we hope that we continue the dialogue and have a discussion about the concerns and come to some sort of agreement rather than turn to aggression and no talking. deputy prime minister, i mean, you have been involved in the talks ukraine has at the organisation for security cooperation europe, because you are members of that — as is russia, for example. i mean, do you think it's right that you should be in these dialogue forums when you say that they have invaded ukraine and putting a gun to your head? first of all was the cross—cu

_ kristina kvien, why don't you kick off on that one.is caused by us—russian rivalry, at least from our perspective. we are trying to integrate more with europe. we already are in an incredibly strong alliance with nato, we work in the osce together, and we also work closely, especially on trade and environmental regulation, with the eu. so we are, we want to be allies, we want to be together. and i wouldn't say that we — and we would like ukraine to join us, by the way. and if russia chose tojoin it, fine, russia canjoin too. but i would say we are not trying to make it about us and them, we want it to be europe and the us, and russia is the one trying to pull that away and break up the alliance. and do you see it, as olha is asking there, that this global instability has been with us for a long time and may continue for a long time? that's up to russia. i think, if i can step in, there is a huge gap between, we're not about talking eu or nato or us, orjust any other, it is something where the collective west has got the extremely good

kristina kvien is the charge d?'s the acting d'affaires, that's the acting ambassador for washington, here in kyiv. carl bildt is a former swedish prime minister and one of europe's leading statesmen, and professor sergey radchenko is a russian—born political scientist based in europe. that is our panel. welcome to you all. give them a round of applause. applause. and remember you too can join the conversation, it's #bbcglobalquestions. now, we're going to take a couple of questions to kick off with. first from olha. is the build—up of russian troops on the ukrainian borders, - in your opinion, an attempt to get the world's attention _ or is there a real danger behind it? and a similar sort of question? yes, indeed. my question is, why should the west care so much about ukraine - and what russia may do to it? deputy prime minister of ukraine olha stefanishyna take that one first. why should the west care about ukraine? well, i think the answer is as simple as it is because ukraine is part of the west. ukraine is at

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i want to bring in carlos curbelo, and kristina grier. a big thanks to both of you for being with me this morning. the biden-harris ticket sold itself on getting this pandemic under control. there's this new poll out just a week shy of the president's one-year mark. it shows his approval rating right now, 33%. disapproval, 53%. as you can see there, his approval has been sort of steadily ticking down while his disapproval has been steadily increasing. the pandemic, it's easier said than done fighting it, but this administration is it doing enough to tell the american people that there is hope, that the end is in sight? >> you know, craig, i thought your line of questioning was absolutely fantastic. because there are a few things that are going on simultaneously. one, the biden administration and i would argue that democrats in general, really do struggle with articulating their vision and what they are doing to the american public. i know that the biden administration is taking this seriously. i know that they're working with local leader

in cryptos, spacs, meme stocks, and more we have reporters on each of those groups beginning with kristina partsinevelos on the momentum names often associated with cathie wood >> we have to talk about the downward momentum for my growth stocks kelly mentioned the nasdaq teetered below the critical level of 14,000 and past the two-day moving average will it get worse before it gets better netflix plunging disney, the worst dow performer, and roku falling between 5% and 7% for these stocks. music streaming -- spotify down 4% apple faring a little bit better than the best. but peloton falling to its lowest level since march 2020 with the ceo writing quote we need to evaluate our organization structure and size of our team. not good news for employees. but upgraded to a price of 40 dwl by stifel. we know the arc etf is never spared it is experiencing huge outflows that are putting more pressure on the etf, trading pretty much 50% lower than from a year ago some of its core hold, like zoom, teledoc tesla getting hard you can see it on the screen right now. cathie wood trying to stay optimistic

let's get to kristina partsinevelos.ter they news for us >> i don't so perhaps i should pass it back to you virginia governor glenn youngkin wants to make sure parents decide whether kids wear masks in school. he is asking his state's supreme court to dismiss a challenge to his order allowing parts to opt out of school mandates for the kids >>> where storms are expected to hit next, tonight at 7:00 eastern. >>> in illinois, an amtrak train has been stopped in its tracks after a freight train derailed there are no reports of injuries but residents are being asked to avoid the area >>> at the vatican, pope francis is promising justice for victims of clergy abuse. this a day after a report found his predecessor, pope benedict, failed to act in four cases of abuse by clergy when he was the archbishop of munich pop francis says the church is still seeking its way forward in handling abuse cases sorry, kelly, couldn't do it couldn't lighten the mood. >> we feared still we appreciate it, kristina kristina partsinevelos >>> next

kristina partsinevelos, why isn't gold doing what gold does?xplain that for you, but let's talk about where gold is going, so amid all this market whiplash, there's one asset holding up we talked about it, gold it's helping some gold miners like barrett gold, and we can bring up a few on the screen over the past five business days like you mentioned, futures are only up .5% at the moment. it's been the highest level since only november. we have passed this key technical level of 1850, and the next resistant zone will be 1865, but what is pushing up the gold ever so slightly, like you mentioned? we did see bullish momentum in the spider gold etf on friday. it posted its biggest inflow net ever that was a positive. what are the market drivers for gold the federal reserve meeting along with alaundry list of geopolitical risks they expect it to hold value, the inflation, and you have a hedge, but analysts at td ameritrade saying not so fast. they pointed out distorted options activity and much of the demand coming in right now is from china ahead o

we are going to move now to kristina partsinevelos and the new esg investing and why doing good is not to doing well explain, please, kristina partsinevelos. >> well, socially responsible investing is synonymous with high quality management and improved returns all while doing good that's driving a surge of money into esg funds over the past three years but study after study shows esg investing may not be linked to improved performance. a review found, quote, the financial performance of esg investing has been indistinguishable from conventional investing, yet managers can charge more even if funds mimic indexese. >> you can get similar returns without looking at the esg information. simply by looking at investment styles based on financial ratios, you can get a very similar result >> the 20 largest esg funds like vanguard's social index fund, were largely allocated to information technology with efl bet in 12 of the 20 largest funds highlighting concentrated risk in one sector of the economy and almost zero in energy making fund allocation one of the key drivers behind the recent outp

kristina shalhoup introduces us to the athletes who made the cut. >> this past week the u.s.championships were full of heartbreak. and triumph. >> but for 16 skaters, the honor went beyond bronze, silver or gold, extended all the way to red, white and blue the colors they'll be wearing on behalf of the united states in beijing in a matter of weeks. >> 3 women were chosen in the ladies singles category, starting with mariah bell. a big welcome plays for. >> bell. >> this will be bell's first olympic games and has a 25 year-old. she'll be the oldest of the 3 ladies competing from the usa. she cruised to an olympic dead after an inspiring this past week. i decided that this was something that i. >> completely what's capable of. and i wasn't going to let this dream slip away. and i just, you know, really leaned into my support system. you know, i'm so grateful for all the highs, all the lows. i wouldn't change a thing that will be accompanied by karen chen who has made the olympic team for the second time. >> and alyssa lou, another olympic rookie lou had to withdraw from the u.s

more than 10000 had been recovered. kristina talks to us from germany after voluntarily returning 27 figurines, that have been with her for decades. not missing anything but again, this is him. i don't feel sad because if i die tomorrow, my children will have this problem and they will end up in a rubbish down, which is my biggest fear. the daughter on the quote to phil's the same sample has promised comments iraq and thought our last were convinced that all of the artifacts from every country should be given back to them. not just mexico for more than a 100 years they've been stolen. these are the pieces christine inherited from her husband, who got them as a gift from a met can student many years ago. many the recovered treasures had a circuitous route abroad, and it's tough to get them back using litigation. instead, the mits can governments relied on diplomacy, goodwill. we've been very successful in receiving voluntary returns of these pieces because people really want those pieces to go back to their arm. or we just met because long been a paradise for archaeologists. and colle

's one seats and the 2019 election . recognize that they did say because because the response is kristina is promised to get it done. and so on and, and the sort of fits from 3 that may have been pushed by the policy in 2019. but i think the issue that tory and be a grappling with is that it's not enough to have support inside the budget. you need to touch bases in the end. and the basis seemed to become disillusioned, particularly over these parties, but to some extent. but the hand in your bid over his chaotic image over the arguments you've been having with the divers miserably dominic cummings downing street looks rather chaotic and disorganized. and i think both as they like that they think, you know, government should be, should be better on it. and, and that's really the underlying issue here. what are you telling you, john, about the public smooth and what they want to see happen? so they're not saying that the bars, johnson or a certain popularity rating is below that theresa and theresa pay was, was very unpopular towards the end of time in office because she was failing to deli

top diplomat in kyiv, kristina kvien. >> let me underscore that russian soldiers sent to ukraine at the behest of the kremlin will face fierce resistance. >> schifrin: in parliament, british prime minister boris johnson warned a new ukraine war would be as deadly as any in europe since world war ii. >> ukrainians have every moral and legal right to defend their country, and i believe their resistance would be dogged and tenacious, and the bloodshed comparable to the first war in chechnya or bosnia, mr. speaker, or any other conflict that europe has endured since 1945. >> schifrin: but ukraine's present says he does not believe invasion is imminent, and he released a video today urging the country to remain calm. >> ( translated ): protect your body from viruses, your brain from lies, your heart from panic. >> schifrin: in washington today, for the first time, president biden warned he would endorse sanctions against vladimir putin. >> would you ever see yourself personally sanctioning him if he did invade ukraine? >> yes. >> you would? >> i would see that. >> woodruff: in the day's othe

point out, at thistume of year, chinese new year's buyers of jewelry is a big force behind the metal kristina, thanks >> thanks for watching "power lunch. where is the market? it's come back >> let's see what happens in the closing hour the "closing bell" starts right now. >>> yes, he we go. kelly and tyler, thank you welcome to "closing bell." i'm sara eisen if you thought the market would calm down after yesterday's stunning comeback, think again the major averages making another remarkable turn with the dow now up more than 200 points. it was down 818 at the lows of the day. >> stunning reversal yesterday, almost as stunning today. i'm wilfred frost. good froome. let's look at what's driving the action earnings season wrapping up with ge, american express, and j&j after reporting before the bell. after the close, we get numbers from microsoft and texas instruments. can't wait for those the fed kicking off its two-day meeting as investors look for clues on policy and the economy. earlier, the imf cut its global forecast in part because of rising inflation concerns. and tech is still feeling

. >>> we've got an earnings alert on western digital kristina partsinevelos has the numbers for us >>shares of western digital are down about 12% right now. the data storage company did beat on revenues sxurnings, but the quarterly revenue guidance came in below estimates. it also sees adjusted eps of $1.50 to $1.88 for q3 which is much lower than the street anticipated. the company also warned of supply chain headwinds to continue in the near term for the firm, and in a separate release, the company announced a new cfo who will resume the role on february 7th or assume the role he previously worked add dialogue semi-conductor. you can see shares of western digital now down about 11%, almost 12% back to you. >> kristina, thank you >> visa shares going the other way, popping right now after reporting earnings that beat on the top and bottom lines quarterly revenue topping $7 billion for the first time payment volume strong, up 20%. joining us now, david holt, has a $270 price target on the stock. you like it, david and the commentary in the release is bullish like it and commentary say

kristina >> you've got gold attempting a win for the first time in four sessions or as a td securitiesst wrote today, quote, gold still has game the precious metal hit a high of just north of 1,843 bucks. that's driving up the gold miner's etf. already surfacing its 30-day average. all of those 12 components are up well over 10% including harmony gold and a few silver players too. but precious metals are seeing interest that pretty much goes beyond just an inflation hedge you've got stronger demand coming out of china. a softer u.s. dollar which makes gold cheaper to buy, higher oil prices that add to that inflationary trend and lastly some geopolitical troubles in russia and the united arab emirates, all reasons drivers for the yellow metals safe haven appeal today and that's almost 2% swing higher >>> still to come, the nasdaq having an up and down session but remains around 10% below its recent highs we'll ask tech investor eric jackson if he thinks the worst of the selling is over here's a check of bonds yields the 10-year briefly hit 1.9%, it then pulled back it's at 1.83 as we st

acting ambassador to ukraine kristina kvien insisting the ukrainian army is ready. >> the ukrainiansre ready and capable of defending their country, and we will be there to help them. >> reporter: so we're now waiting for this official, written response to the kremlin security's demands to be delivered from the biden administration to the russians. but we already know that it's unlikely to give them everything that they've asked for and i think the question this morning, michael, is, will it be enough to stave off the conflict? >> that's a big question indeed, ian, thank you. we know you'll be covering it for us. >>> we turn to that crucial decision in the next few hours that could impact everything from your 401(k) to your grocery bill. our chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis is on wall street with the very latest for us. good morning, rebecca. >> reporter: good morning to you, michael, and that crucial decision is coming from the federal reserve. traders here on wall street believe that the fed will signal that interest rate hikes are on the horizon in order to cool this in

. >> kristina farrell thank you so much for your time. new york emergency services. bringing in former fire chief downey, crews were down i think in three minutes first response, still, 19 people dead, 13 others with life-threatening injuries. what does it tell you about the nature of this fire and the smoke that it caused? >> well, i mean clearly it was a well-i well-involved apartment, a lot of fire when the crews arrived, you know, based on the time of year, the building is sealed up, trying to keep the heat in and keep the residents warm and so the smoke, there's nowhere for the smoke to travel out of the building so it travelled through those windowless hall ways and those areas where it could extend up higher into the building. these highrise fires are personnel intensive, requiring a lot of people to affect rescue and fire suppression. >> yeah, i mean the scale of the response and the after from the fdny i think the mayor said some were operating without oxygen at some point in a very dangerous situation to save lives. i think one of the questions people aren'

their cumulative effect over time is indistinguishable from collective punishment, joining me is kristinaow things were going on the ground. tell me what it is that you found while were you there, what it was that you are hearing about now and how bad the humanitarian crisis is getting. >> so when i got back, you know, it was pretty clear that what we've seen since the taliban seized power was a very sudden and rapid unraveling of the country's economy. overnight you had billions of dollars of aid disappear. from all parts of the country we were seeing massive lines outside of banks as people were trying to get access to this savings and were unable to to because there was a massive shortage of cash. day laborers had lost their jobs. farmers were already facing one of the worst droughts in decades. so by late october, november, december, you were seeing mothers and grandmothers bringing in kids who were already severely malnourished because they had hadn't a proper meal at that point. and those are folks who would usually had things to get them through the winter. so they're bringing kids

kristina partsinevelos has the details. >> reporter: you saw it ease off a little bit after the company announced david zinzler who will be the executive vice president and chief financial officer. he holds pretty much over 20 years of experience in the semiconductor space but is pretty much a cfo switcher ooh ziesner was head of micron, but a quick search online shows his biohas been taken down from micron's site. micron says its chief business officer and executive vp will serve as interim cfo while the company searches for a new cfo meanwhile, david zinzner will take on the role of finance head at intel starting january 17th until though, today was one of the bite spots on the nasdaq 100, but it is still 20% from the 52-week high melissa. >> thank you tam, what do you make of this move >> i don't know that it is a market-changing move again, intel was actually in the green during the blood bath earlier in the day before this news was announced clearly when you consider the drivers for intel over the next three or four years, it is a massive capex program. when it comes to the c-suite

bobbi kristina allah. whether another dry day out there behind me, though you can see mount tam a few high clouds actually drifting overhead, so we'll hold onto some cloud cover for tonight. more sunshine over the next few days and temperatures in fact will be a trending up. we could be talking about a few neighborhoods approaching the 70 degree mark later in the week. take a look at the maps right now. last rainfall as we take a look at our january calendar if you days ago, that was january. 7th friday, january 7th so, of course, last week was dry this week will be dry, and even into the next week, it looks like it could be dry as well. some of the forecast models have been hinting at maybe some changes later this month into early february. so if you looking out for that and updating you if that were to develop, those changes were to develop. here's the satellite to where you can't see if you high clouds drifting overhead. the main storm track is up here up in the pacific northwest, they actually actually

more than 10000 had been recovered. kristina talks to us from germany after voluntarily returning 27 figurines, that have been with her for decades. no miss yet underneath it, but again, this is you may, i don't feel sad because if i die tomorrow, my children won't have this problem and they won't end up in a rubbish down, which is my biggest fear. the daughter on the call to feels the same sample has almost convince you. okay. so the last were convinced that all of the artifacts from every country should be given back to them. not just mexico for more than a 100 years they've been stolen. these are the pieces christina, inherited from her husband, who got them as a gift from a mexican student many years ago. many of the recovered treasures had a circuitous route abroad, and it's tough to get them back using litigation. instead, the mexican government relied on diplomacy good will. we've been very successful in receiving voluntary returns of the spaces because people really want those pieces to go back to their um are we guess mets cuz long been a paradise for archaeologists. and col

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months but it is making a comeback right now along with the rest of the market let's get straight to kristinaartsinevelos for a look at how chip and tech companies are performing, seeing some buying >> right into 28 minutes left, and we have the nasdaq coming off the earlier lows, but we were teetering at the eight-month low. you had some of the major tech players lower, microsoft, and they were some of the biggest drags on the that dac100 you have mega cap tech player microas microsoft as well trading lower today. it's not as bad now, just about 1% lower, but still a heavyweight when it comes to the dow and nasdaq and semiconductors also not spared micron, qualcomm, lam research, all selling. look at that reversal. you're seeing qualcomm up now 2% lam research the same thing, micron teetering in the positive territory. nvidia was one of the biggest losers it was the third largest point impact on the nasdaq and tracking for its worst month since july 2008. you can see it's a little bit of an uptick but still trending in negative territory, and amd, one of the maz dac's biggest decliners to st

but, yes, nelson and kristina and, yes, kristen clark who is running for the rights division. then look at academics. we look at the backgrounds of keegan or even amy coney barrett coming from academia. we need to talk more about melissa murray and michelle alexander and so many others. this is a moment to really reflect on the black women who have toiled and reached the height of the legal provision. but because of let strictions, because of the sexism, the fact that black women have been shutout of our judiciary for so long, they're now part of the conversation. so the white house is being clear a judge is not a prerequisite. we need to take a minute and stem back. the vacancy was announced a few dawes ago and look at the broad range of people that have to be part of this conversation before we start narrowing in on just a couple. >> yeah. this is something you and i talked about. you brought up this point about lack of public defenders. so you just heard the long list that chris laid out there. nelson who left the naacp legal defense fund. take a listen when she was on our

and kristina karamo in michigan who made uncorroborated claims.rs include mike lindell and a former executive at overstock.com, both of whom have filed election denial campaigns. that is the lead story in the new york times if you want to read at their hearing for the next 10 minutes on this open forum, we will hear from martin, lincoln park, michigan, independent line. martin in michigan, good morning. caller: it is an open forum and i believe president biden should be charged with discrimination of some kind because when you go to fill out an application for a job anywhere it goes through this whole thing of race and creed and caller and all of this stuff -- color and all of this stuff and i think you should give everybody a fair shot. host: angela in roanoke, virginia, democrats line. caller: as far as election of a president or anything, i believe america should start a fourth political party. we have democrats, republicans, and independents. we need to go to a foundational list party and get back to the roots our country was founded upon and

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