look, dubai. probably the most shocking was to see these ancient river beds where when you take a coast to coast trip in the united states, you see the deserts you but every desert on earth looks like this now. they're pumping up fossil water from the deep river beds. some of these are still active by the way, there are farms all through here that have already failed because they dug down to the fossil water. they grew farms here. they shipped it -- the city this was associated with is somewhere off the image. as that fossil water ran dry they went further away from the city, deeper down in the aquifer to grow new farms and part of it. those farms are farther and farther away from the cities they serve and they're going to run out of fossil water. that was a shock to see. aha, i was shocked by a number of things including that sound. [laughter] that was a test. my father had told me stories from sky lab about he had always seen the fires in the amazon and people were clear-cutting it. i hadn't tho

in terms of dubai taking the top spot, it is an example of restricting growth at one airport and embrace it at another? >> absolutely. if you lookt dubai, it's unconstrained 24-hour operation, a couple runways. if you look, by comparison at heathrow curfew scarce flying very large aircraft. every time they get a take off and landing, 30% more seats than heathrow. it's the time progressing and london losing place as a global hub, i'm afraid. >> touching on that we talk about governments around the world. governments that get aviation and embrace it. while we have the dillydallying in london, another airport for london. in the meantime we are losing the spot. also, the uk economy loses out, doesn't it? >> absolutely. it's well known, about 1 million passengers translate to 1,000 pieces of employment and the secondary that goes around the airport as well. we are losing out. we are losing financial companies and the city is going to lose out. the big companies, the global businesses are going to relocate elsewhere. >> let's switch gears and talk about the air linger. for people who follow this kind of industry when one group of airl

you're looking at fireworks now in dubai. people come by and bear gifts. usually the gifts are food or drink. look who i found. andy andy scholes from cnn. what did you bring me? >> a happened grend grenade. >> aren't you working? >> i worked this morning. >> what have you seen? >> a lot of ohio state and alabama fans. they have basically taken over the french quarter. >> who is going to win? lsu? or they're not in it. >> i think alabama is going to win. >> how many have you had? >> this is the only one i've had. and i got you one, too. >> i cannot do this until we're -- >> i'll let you finish the show. >> happy new year to you. we have about ten minutes before it's new years at the central time zone. i want to go up now to brooke baldwin who's up with what else do you have on the roof, but a fiddler. who do you have? >> i've got a gal. she's pretty impressive. this is amanda shaw who is up here, knows a thing or two about new orleans. when we roll into this city, i feel like we've done it pretty well the last couple of years. first of all, happy almost new

the kit jakarta, look at dubai. there is a better path for you and the children to still be proper muslims and followers of islam and by the way take a step further and look what the united states did for germany and look what it did for japan, look what it did for korea. that kind of a voice immediately undermining the ideology and frankly the ignorance the taliban was espousing was the tynes of u.s. soldiers. the other piece i have become passionate about is girls education peer we need to take that out of this kind of feel-good humanitarian realm and put it squarely on the national security round. it is a national security issue. no ideology can suppress 50% of its population and oprah's 50% of its population. i think the more we put brave leaders like la la la -- the nobel peace prize the nobel peace committee doesn't get a lot of right things right in my opinion but they got that one right. if you think i'm brave for our soldiers are brave that little girl is brave and those are the types of women leaders we nee

dubai. you're looking at center stage for a new year's fireworks display that just wowed the audiences below. >> much of the west will be ringing in the new year with freezing temperatures, snow and wind. >>> these bitter cold are creating hazardous conditions just east of los angeles firefighters rescuing more than 100 drivers trapped in the snow. this year's rose bowl parade is going to be the coldest in its 126 year history. >>> winds beached several ships off catalina island off the california coast. two people were killed including a harbor patrol officer who jumped into the water tuesday night when his boat nearly crashed into the rocks. >>> back at home get ready to bundle up. >> first alert meteorologist erica grow says get ready for bitter cold temps tonight and into the new year. >> that's right. as cold as it was early this morning, it's going to be even colder tomorrow morning when we wake up. you are about to set out, maybe you want to watch the fireworks, make sure that you have all your winter layers. we have had quite a tumble in temperatures. when you're consistently cold, i

dubai. the video actually looked to me like some kind of "star wars" footage. looks like the laser beams shooting out. but i guess this is what that really looks like in real life. >> giving it that glow. >> there you go. >> here's the second video. >> wait! >> look at that. >> he kicked the water bottle off the dummy's head through the spinning blade. >> yeah. >> i love this. this is hot. this is awesome. >> look at his swagger. >> he's like yeah. >> well yeah. >> do you know this fellow? do you have his number? >> to me it looks like the guy needs to eat a steak or something. he looks a little mall nourished, hasn't eaten in a few weeks. but, you know whatever. >> i think somebody's a little jelly. >> the skills are real. >> moving on to video number three. >> oh, my gosh. >> weird. >> whoa! >> now this is weird. see, i've seen videos like this before. i can't explain them. >> guys, this is giving us perspective, too. you always say hey, we need more perspective. you can see the city below. you can see that they're trying to zoom in. >> you can't see anything

dubai. >>> well, the damage looks like an earthquake hit. but a ski resort is blaming this on frat brothers. the serious consequences after a raging weekend of partying. >> superhero meets star power. the oscar winner helping bring batkid to the big >>> this makes animal house look tame. three michigan fraternities are accused of trashing two ski resorts last weekend. tonight and inside look at the wild parties that caused tens of thousands of damage. >> we had a group visiting and excessive partying, too much fun and created a disturbance and damage for the resort. food, beer, alcohol, all over the floor on the walls, carpet damage, a lot of ceiling tiles broken down, some furniture damage. >> reporter: crews are still cleaning up a path of destruction leavitt at treetops resort from the sigma alpha mu fraternity. they say police had to escort the students out after they wreaked havoc in these rooms and hallways. like here, the ceiling tiles were ripped down and destroyed. >> they had a couple of floors of rooms and there was enough damage

look at that. in dubai revellers say a record-breaking l.e.d. display light up the tallest tower in the world. no less than 70,000 l.e.d. were used to make it one giant beacon. and then in london this was the scene there. thousands thousands gathering along the banks of river thames. tons of pyrotechnics were launched from the famous london eye ferris wheel. nearly 2 million people see in the new year in rio at colb pa cabana beach. rio hosts one of the biggest parties in the world. fireworks were laurjed using 11 barges moores off the beach. new york city proving its reputation as the city that never sleeps. >> previously on "in god we trust". >> my name is eleanor, and for the last 25 years i was bernie madoff's secretary. >> the main team on the 17th floor were fully aware of what was going on. >> what nobody imagined was that bernie was stealing every nickel, that he wasn't trading anything. >> i said "60 million"? he said, "no... umm, 60 with a 'b'". >> sir, why did you do it? >> they lived this incredible life...

and money to spend and perhaps looking to take some of their profits. dubaiand economy, unlike awful dobby -- i'll dobby -- abu dh abi, not reliance on oil and gas in terms of production and witnessing across the board a bit of a selloff and the gulf economy to oil money has been hit harder. >> to why so much. elliott gotkine on the troubles in the middle east. -- thank you so much. >> i think dubai is good for the oil price and given it is exposed to the rest of the region and that's where a lot of the money comes from. and we will see how it plays off. let's put all of this into expects if -- perspective. good morning to you. is it a happy new year if you're in the equity markets? >> that it is, that will be fine opportunity. >> aware. [laughter] >> enough to put things into perspective. we still have an environment where things are pretty liquidity. 2015 will be a year where we have take the fear factors whenever we have the unfolding of what would've had the multispeed economy down to phase three of market development, the crisis. once you have that in mi

look at how good those celebrations were around the world. the new year's celebrations. very beautiful, very glassy display of fireworks by the australians. and in dubai - that's dubai, that's the world's tallest tower, elum nated by l.e.d. lights. moving up to london now. there's london. that's the london eye. very beautiful display. brazil - let's have a look at brazil - there we are, off copacabana beach, the fireworks launched from barges. and, finally, a bit of new york. >> from stage to screen oscar nominated actor ethan hawk >> the theatre has always bee my first love... >> separating art & politics >> if you have an agenda with people... you sometimes don't see the truth >> and the lifelong influence of his mother >> she was worried i was gonna be a spoiled brat and not see how complicated the world was >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >>> is a retrial ordered in the case of three al jazeera journalists jailed in egypt. ♪ >> in doha we have the latest. a stampede at a new year's celebration in shay hang on. a

if you want a peptnthouse, look at this. 57 floors above the arabian desert in downtown dubai boasting 180 degree views and banknies a few minutes walk from the wardorld's largesest mall for sale by a royal family of a neighboring country. get the full behind the scenes tour on the website at powerlunch powerlunch.cnbc.com. >>> stocks fluctuating today, but time will tell if we finish in the green. utilityies utilities, consumer discretionary discretionary, and materials lead the way, everything in the green other than energy. we're back in two. >>> welcome back. in this hour of power, oil falls with west texas interimmediate crude dipping for the first time in six years. raytheon at session lows after forecast 2015 was blooe street forecasts, and hershey slides after reporting less than expect expected fourth quarter earnings blaming the strong dollar rising cocoa and dairy prices for that. if you missed the big stories in the last hour go to powerlunch.cnbc.com. there we are. >> if you had not known, it is super bowl weekend. next meet the individual who is paid to be the body double

you look at cargos in the fourth quarter leaving the middle east. dubai cargos heading into asia. the numbers were quite large. so they're there. however, i do think what's going on here is much more akin to what's going on in the capital markets in the sense that we need to force action. in terms of thinking about action, you got to keep the capital out. way i could think about the funt mental story, that's going to shift the tightness of the crude curve. it's not going to drive you back to the hundred dollar range because that story is much more of a capital market story and cost deflation and efficiencies. we have to have prices to keep production from coming back into the market. >> thanks so much for your time today. greatly appreciate it. >> thank you. >> coming up, the ceo of genetic testing company 23 and me joins us. she just, in inked a deal with pfizer. and can the unloved stocks keep him in the lead? and activists lead the pharma industry. coming up the ceo brent suanders exclusive right here. how much higher can it go? we'll ask him next. if you're r, legalzoom has yo

look. >>> a tv developed by japanese engineers. more than 40 companies with organizations from europe and asia. are showcasing their latest technologies in dubai. these include wireless cameras and video techniques. they're exhibiting an 8k*tec 'nique capable of resolution 16 times higher than current tv's. it's the first time an 8ktv has been displayed in the middle east. >> it's natural for the eye to experience it. it's really really amazing. >> visitors seem captivated by the clarity of the images and sound as they watched soccer games and traditional japanese events. that's the latest in business for this hour. here's another check on markets. >>> the future of yemen hangs in the balance after insurgents seizes the presidential palace. government leaders are calling it a coup. they storms the palace in private residence. multiple media outlets say two people have been killed. the associated press quotes government sources as saying, he was not wounded but his whereabouts are unknown. armed insurgents seized a state run tv station on monday. they surrounded the prime minister's residence. the extremist group has claimed responsibility for

dubai april 15th. >>> markets are closed today in observance of martin luther king day. stocks finished higher on friday. >>> facebook is looking to higher 100 new employees that's a 14% increase in its current number of workers. >> the patriots will take on the defending champions sea hawks in super bowl 49. when the patriots demolished the colts 45-7. after the game, nfl told there's a possibility that the patriots deflated footballs used in the game. one ball was tested. no comment from the nfl. deflating the football makes it easier to throw and catch in bad weather. >>> the sea hawks came from behind a win in overtime, 28-22. russell wilson threw a 35-yard pass for an amazing come back. the packers bobbled an on side kick. wilson shook off four interceptions and got his redemption in overtime. >> i think my favorite when they thought they were going to kick the field goal that's when they got the turn around. >> 4:49 we're watch watching out for black ice this morning. mobile 6 is out there this morning, going down the parkway toward city hall looking out for black ice and they are taking it slowly. david murphy has the fo

dubai. that's the statue of liberty. there's the eiffel tower. lookt other searches in the past and what they found. the lusitania was about three times as deep. they were able to locate that. the space shuttle "challenger" in the 1980s parts of it were found at 1,200 feet. that took a lot of soink there. but then you go down much deeper where there's no light at tall "the titanic" at 12,500 would be way down here. if you go to the air france crash over the atlantic they found wreckage on the surface there in five days but it took two years to locate the bulk of the wreckage down here. and malaysia air they are looking down here at 16,000 feet among canyons and mountains in complete darkness and very severe cold. so by comparison much easier what they're trying to do right now because of the weather and the always-present uncertainty under water. easier doesn't even easy. >> yeah. that is true. tom foreman, thank you for that. >>> back with me to talk about search for missing flight 8501 cnn aviation analysts les, to you first, do you agree with what

dubai. the ball is not the only thing dropping tonight. so are the temperatures. abc 7 meteorologist steve rudin is here. >> high pressureover head with cold skies. take a look at these temperatures. we are already below freezing in much of the area. reagan national now at 31. only 20 at dulles. manassas 19. mainly clear skies. lots of sunshine waking up early tomorrow morning, a 7:27 sunrise. look at the morning temperatures, in the teens in the suburbs to around 25 degrees inside the beltway. coming up in a few minutes, we will talk about what to expect the rest of the week and into the upcoming weekend. you may need your umbrella sooner rather than later. more on that in a few minutes. >> folks, we want to remind you there are lots of safe ways to get home this new year's eve. metro will be up and running until 2:00 a.m. to help folks return from celebrations. tomorrow buses and trains will be operating on a sunday schedule. uber is expecting this night to be its busiest ever. because of the high demand, surge pricing is in effect. you can expect fares to be highest between 12:30 and 2:30. sober rights is offering free rides home tonight between 10:00 p.m

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. >> we will take a look at the impact of the oil-rich emirates in the gcc. we are live to dubaip next. ♪ ♪ >> welcome back to "countdown" and let's go to the oil markets. after declining in 2014, crude has expanded its decline, and what it could mean for the economics of the middle east at this year, and we aren't toyed by a standard bank economist from dubai. i know you say that lower prices are not going to be a drastic challenge for the gcc, the gulf corporation countries. however you come to that conclusion? >> indeed. we do not think that this is the end of the gcc growth story. we are likely to see positive growth rates coming out from the gcc this year. it is going to be quite an interesting year. the least to say that our gcc economic outlook is tied to our loyal outlook, and we do think that we are entering a volatile and quite erratic first quarter four oil crisis in 2015. now, when opec at its last meeting in november 2014, they said their next one would be in june 2015, and this was sending a clear message to the market that opec should not be expected to be cutting

look at this. this is the tallest manmade structure in the world of dubai, there is the statue of liberty, there's get a mental picture of what we're talking about. the lucitania in world war i, about 2 d2,700 feet when it was found. if you go to the france disaster that was some 13,000 feet out there, and of course the current search going on right now for the malaysia air flight that's at 16,000 feet there's no light. these are all much harder in theory than this but that doesn't make this easy. it might make it easier but not easy and there's still no guarantee of success. >> so much work to be done and as you said no guarantee of success. tom foreman, thank you. i want to bring in aviation consultant and retired lieutenant colonel ken christensen. we also have sea operations special ilsist timothy taylor and gary gather. david, i want to ask you the first question here. you helped successfully narrow the search zone to locate air france 447. we just saw tom explaining that and just how deep the water was there. but this new probable search area for flight 8501 we're talking 2,000 square miles

points out, when you look at the weather report there were other people flying. 32,000 feet and there were five other planes affected by the storm and one an emirates plane going to dubai. and they got there safety. so does this suggest this was pilot error? >> i'm not going there. i'm not going down that road until we know more about it. what it suggests is -- an incident happened that the flight deck couldn't cope with. now that is obvious. the plane fell out of the air. >> whether it is mechanical or lack of training we don't know. >> right. we don't know that area. i've looked at the weather report and again it doesn't matter whether you get it face-to-face they knew what the weather was. and any way, there is a weather radar on the aircraft. can he see x number of mile as head of what the -- miles ahead of what the weather will be like. i think kansas crucial between indonesia, airasia and the parent company airasia in malaysia. and i've said it is a reputable main run airline. whether indonesia airasia was sort of not as tight on certain things as it should have been -- because the really significant point is running a plane when you haven't got permission. >> an

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dubai as a hub for the world as well. >> can i ask you about your home market? what do you think the priority should be for the region? >> obviously we look to the international community. to the -- and allowing the reconstruction of gaza after the devastating war. that requires israel primarily to lift all of its restrictions which crippled the palestinian economy even before the war. i need to clarify that the palace dean economy has been -- palace economy has been -- most countries -- palestinian economy has been -- palestinians are not allowed to even use 3g mobile. this is one example. the bank is obviously in a prime position to help support economic development in gaza and the west bank. we do that through our vast network of branches. we have 55 branches all over the country. 2.5 million of assets. we are very strong on lending to small and micro is mrs.. it's part of our financial inclusion strategy. one thing i want to highlight is our focus the last five years on women markets and access to finance for women. >> ok. >> in the middle east. sorry. >> i know you made an effort in employing women. i heard you blaming israel for del

dubai where they have the most incredible thing. my pilot said this is an honor. i said it is not an honor, they are smart. you look at lax, kennedy airport, and our airports generally. you look at our crumbling roadways. i will give you an example. this is not part of what i was going to say, but i ride down the highways and someone makes the guard rails. the ones that go like this. they are bent, rested, and horrible. have you ever seen more than 20 feet that is not corroded event, or crushes in the heat. they of the doing this for 25 years. why doesn't someone stop them and get something that works. someone made a lot of money on that. they don't know what is happening. we have to make our country great. we have to rebuild our country. we have a long way to go. we are in such serious trouble because we know so much money. we know it to the chinese. we know it -- we owe it to the chinese. we owe it to other countries. no american company comes to bid. north korea. when they have a problem we go and protect them. why aren't they paying us. in this case, television and south korea. why aren't they doing something t