it is harder to get the character like yves saint laurent was.biopic because he had a lot of presence at a lot of problems. part of the stories about the addictions that he was dealing with at the height of his creative powers. >> yes, and it is something that we like to see somewhat of an of the suffering, neurotic, addicted designer or the artist. he really was that character. there are fewer people like this today in the industry. >> thank you very much for joining us today. founder of the luxury brand get. sixersrice pa later, the 21-year-old is found himself in a legal battle with his favorite italian sports car maker. our international correspondent hans nichols joins us from berlin with this story. you are not italian, are you, hans? >> i'm not well-dressed enough to be italian, nor do i have good shoes. we could go on and do an entire bit just on that. i want to talk about a story of what happens when companies try to control and curate their online presence. so many companies are facing this. the story begins with a 15-year-old, his love

laurent says the agreement remained. lavrov said the agreement remained, and if crimea wished to join, russia would not stand in its way. expect crimea to become independent or part of the russian federation? referendum, we have already said we will respect the choice of the makean people, and will clear our position once the outcome of the referendum is known. >> it is pretty clear these last-ditch talks have gotten nowhere. if crimea was to break away from crimea and join russia, the stage is set for new western sanctions against russia, and further deterioration in east-west relations. and immediately, a further worry. an explosion in eastern ukraine last night. russia has no plans to intervene, but the foreign ministry warned russia reserve the right to protect its compatriots, worrying hints of possible things to come. i spoke with the director of the kenan institute at the woodrow wilson center. when russia's foreign minister says there is no common vision between moscow and washington over what is happening in ukr

. >> reporter: french foreign minister laurent fabius announced another consequence. >> translator: we have decided to suspend russia's participation in the group of eight. the other seven countries will unite without russia. >> reporter: u.s. president barack obama and other group of seven leaders will meet next week in the hague to discuss the increasingly tense situation. ukrainian officials say russian forces shot and killed one of their soldiers in crimea on tuesday, and wounded another. the interim prime minister says the conflict is moving from a political to a military one. and he's calling for international dialogue to prevent an escalation. but vladimir putin is showing no signs he wants to talk. and with russian officials openly mocking the current economic sanctions, western leaders may have to take a tougher approach if they want results. craig dale, nhk world. >>> one leader considering how to respond is japan's prime minister. shinzo abe used a diet speech to criticize russia. >> translator: russia's move violates ukraine's national unity, sovereignty, and territorial in

yves st.talk about laurent.on house is part of the same company that owns gucci. >> the legacy for the fashion world was following in the steps of -- continuing to the right women. he was the first to put women in trousers, for example, pretty revolutionary. >> amazing that so many had to think about that -- that somebody had to think about that, that that had to be invented. >> and he was the one who invented it. we have to remember that. created lots of shock at the time, whether it was trousers or or open jackets. and then there's the legacy of her business. the name is the name of his fashion house. how much of the business mind was behind it? >> probably not very much. this is where his partner comes in the picture. like many very successful -- youhouses, unita 2 need to the 2 has working together to make it a success. strugglingch product for legitimacy, we are talking about the beret. >> in the heart of that here in east mountain region is france's very last beret maker. it was invented here by local shep

and french foreign minister laurent fabius said russia has been suspended from the group of eight industrialized nations. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov rejected u.s. and european sanctions as unacceptable. in a phone call, he warned secretary of state john kerry of unspecified consequences. kerry, in turn, warned this afternoon against any further territorial moves by the russians. >> i'm not going to into the details except to say that that would be as egregious as any step that i can think of that could be taken by a country in today's world, particularly by a country like russia where so much is at stake. >> reporter: but no warning appears likely to stay moscow's hand in crimea, at least. the russian parliament is expected to formally ratify the annexation within days. >> ifill: judy takes a closer look at what moscow might do next, right after the news summary. the obama administration has suspended syrian diplomatic operations in the united states. today's announcement essentially closes the syrian embassy in washington, plus consular offices in troy, michigan and houston, texas.

thank you -- >> thank you very much for joining us, laurent vronski. andng up, sanctions discussions between the u.s., russia and the european union over ukraine. we will be looking at how germany's date business is making itself heard. ♪ >> time for today's company news. samsung, a supplier of batteries to apple has agreed to buy thiel industries for about $3.3 billion. the deal expands the reach of sdi's lithium-ion battery business through the chemicals and electronic materials supply chain. deutsche bank is considering whether to refrain from working on china nuclear power groups ipo amid a probe of hiring practices in asia. deutsche bank received a request for information from the u.s. ftc late last year. huawei, china's biggest maker of phone network equipment posted record sales and earnings on demand from wireless carriers. huawei is broadening its product lineup with smart phones, tablets and business computing products. welcome back to "countdown." i am anna edwards. in paris-hour meeting yesterday, u.s. secretary of state john kerry pushed r

well first of all it was done in a very twenty first century way the french foreign minister laurent fabius he tweeted that russia would be suspended from participating in g eight meetings and summits to really ram the point home he said that the g seven as it now is would be meeting as early as this evening without russia he did however say that blood made putin is still invited to visit france in june when a number of other world leaders will be going there as well so we're seeing a lot of stick coming in from russia but also bit of carrot as well which of course the kremlin is interpreting as business as usual the russian president's press secretary spoke a little bit earlier he said that russia's foreign policy hasn't changed despite the very tough rhetoric coming from the g. seven nations moscow continues to work with its foreign partners much in the way it did before but it's clear that the u.s. and the e.u. simply don't see it that way they made it extremely clear in the run up to the crimean referendum that if russia recognized it well then there would be huge repercussions l

a minute later laurent for three. second half - harvard up 16. another dunk blown out, up eight at this point. chambers with a dagger. heed led and wins the ivy league title. >> and a thriller in the big south tournament. quarterfinal action. andre smith, he is your herio, drilling a three pointer. giving the eagles a 62-60 win. winter advances, the eagles looking for a first n.c.a. tournament. that's a look at sports this hour. >> and trying to get time on their side. we'll tell you which company is trying to create energy by saving dual time zones. >> and eboni deon shows you where the heaviest rain will fall and the flood risk lies. >> i certainly l i'll have the details in your national forecast, coming up. >> good morning to you, and welcome back to al jazeera america. ahead a fight for more daylight. first a look at the forecast with meteorologist eboni deon. >> we are going to keep it wet across the pacific north-west. it will not be a wash out for the west coast. we are starting the day with cloud and moisture. along with a cold front tha