which is what luxembourg serves as a conduit for. so there is--there has been ongoing debate for years in the u.s. about whether to lower the corporate tax rate and get rid of a lot of these deductions and loopholes. the problem is it's very hard to get anybody in washington to agree to do anything that might hurt one or another constituency. and by getting rid of deductions and hoop holes, some companies would be hurt. >> allison fitzgerald, thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me, david. did. >> tonight detroit is saying good buy to bankruptcy. the motor city filed in july of 2013 with more than $18 billion in debt a regard for municipal bankruptcy. detroit still faces big problems with the highest murder rate. many detroit resisting arrest doesn't have had their water supply cut off for not paying bills, and activists are now taking their right to water campaign overseas. they've joined protesters in ireland, who are also fighting government plans to charge for water. the irish government says that the charges are necess

. >> and the eu's latest scandal involves the government of luxembourg and top companies like walt disney, microsoft, and skype. collects welcome to the program. the european union and the united nations are calling for a transparent investigationinto the death of the palestinian authority minister during a west bank protest. he is the first palestinian cabinet members to die during a protest and his death is likely to stoke simmering temp -- tension over jerusalem and the west bank. >> seen here in the brown coat shortly before his death. this footage captures just before is security forces grabbed him and make chokehold. moments do, he keeled over. the altercation took lace after israeli soldiers fired tear gas at demonstrators protesting israeli settlements. he was filming the is really soldiers, accusing them of using excessive force. this is an occupation of terror, he said. some say he was hit in the chest with a tear gas canister. others say he died of exposure to teargas. despite the cause, it is clear who is to blame. >> will do not have to remain silent. we have to bring his kil

the documents also show waldorf pincus benefited from special arrangements with luxembourg. this will increase pressure on jean-claude juncker who is due to be sworn in today as president of the european commission. the u.k. government is due to an us the details of its so-called google tax. chancellor george osborne outlined his plans for a tax on multinational companies' profits that moved overseas. the buddies like google, amazon, and starbucks are expected to be targeted. the government hopes the new tax will generate one billion pounds over the next five years. more on google after the break. that brings us to today's twitter question. is google now a scapegoat for europe's troubles? join that conversation. tweet me. i'll let you die just that. you can tweet francine as well. break, i head into want to bring you what is happening for the equity markets in europe. bit of a black tuesday for the greek market. wednesday not shaping up to be that much better. 3%, but thatown by 3% on a fairly significant fall yesterday. we haven't bounced like the rest of the european equit

we the undersigned members of the security council, australia, chile, france, jordan, lithuania, luxembourg, republic of korea, rwanda, united kingdom, and the united states are deeply concerned about the situation in the democratic people's republic of korea. we are particularly concerned by the scale and gravity of human rights violations detailed in the comprehensive report undertaken by the u.n. human rights council commission of inquiry in the democratic people's republic of korea -- document a contained in document s -- these violations threaten to have a destabilizing impact in the maintenance of international peace and security. therefore, we would like to request the situation in the democratic people's republic of korea be formally placed on the council's agenda without prejudice to the item on nonproliferation in the dpr k. we request a meeting of the security council on the situation in democratic people's republic of korea, pursuant tool number two of the council -- the councils provisional rules of procedure and request a senior official from the u.n. secretariat and a senior

we the undersigned members of the security council, australia, chile, france, jordan, lithuania, luxembourg, republic of korea, rwanda, united kingdom, and the united states are deeply concerned about the situation in the democratic people's republic of korea. we are particularly concerned by the scale and gravity of human rights violations detailed in the comprehensive report undertaken by the u.n. human rights council commission of inquiry in the democratic people's republic of korea -- document a contained in document s -- these violations threaten to have a destabilizing impact in the maintenance of international peace and security. therefore, we would like to request the situation in the democratic people's republic of korea be formally placed on the council's agenda without prejudice to the item on nonproliferation in the dprk. we request a meeting of the security council on the situation in democratic people's republic of korea, pursuant tool number two of the council -- the councils provisional rules of procedure and request a senior official from the u.n. secretariat and a senior o

more than 340 companies have transferred profits to luxembourg using complicated tax arrangements. the clock is on for lending clubs ipo. well above the initial range of $10 to $12. the company begins trading tomorrow morning. our lead. the fbi is bracing sony employees -- briefing sony employees on awareness as more information leaks out after the massive attack. scenes depicting the death of jim cong -- kim jong-un in the movie were personally approved by the ceo of sony himself. other e-mails are giving us a , these of the politics debacle that is the steve jobs movie that sony just sold to universal. and pictures cochairman amy pascal, you have destroyed your relationships with half the town with how you saved on this movie. if you don't think it's true, wait and see. shethe possibility that might steal director david fincher for a movie about cleopatra. " i'm not remotely interested in presiding over a $180 million ao bath that we know will be career defined debacle for both of us. i'm not destroying my career over a minimally talented spoiled brat that thought for 18 of this

i think the representative of luxembourg for that statement. i now give the floor to the representative of jordan. >> thank you, sir, for organizing this important meeting. [indiscernible] assistant secretary-general for human rights on their briefings on the situation in the dprk haveugh most of those who spoken on the floor defend a limited source of information, due to the possibility of investigation and inquiry at the dprk, in order to find a thirdhand of the attacks and that country, however, we find that the picture is very great regarding the situation in the dprk. constitutesn there a menace to the international peace and security. this is abundant clear by the threat to carry out a new nuclear experimental or develop twoballistic missiles or test their launch. all those constitute a grave violation of our security council resolution and the u.n. 's charter, or through the commission of grave and systematic violations of international humanitarian law as human rights, nearly every day. all this also includes the violation of the -- to

he went to a chapel in luxembourg on the edge of the border between belgium and luxembourg, a little chapel. ep was not a roman catholic, he was episcopalian, but he knelt at the chapel and praped to god, as -- prayed to god as if he were a superyear -- superior general and he said i need your help. i need good weather to have the bombers fly again, so we can beat the germans. and he got up from his prayer, it was overheard by his aides who were with him so it was not anything i made up or anybody else made up. and they went back to war. they broke the siege of bastion and the sun came out and the bombers flew and he was the hero of the battle of the bulge. one never knows how something will tush in-- turn into a chri book. and this is something that continued for me. i wrote a fifth book about a wartime christmas because i had written an earlier one about pearl harbor. i don't know if it is on the shelf. it is called long days journey into war was an experiment on my part. i wanted to write about every hour that it was december the 7th, 1941, around the globe. because frankly roosev

ideas, but meanwhile they do nothing about the fact that big companies organized structures in luxembourgthe big families make agreements with the tax authorities. a company can be sold for billions without paying a penny of tax. his companies are hitting the people. >> the government says it is obliged to enforce tough austerity measures to get the budget in line with eu standards. >> french president francois hollande has been standing up for the freeman in europe. he visited the museum of immigration in paris today. let's take a listen. >> the presence of foreigners has always been a source of worry, of fear, of apprehension. especially when they are not only different languages and cultures but also different skin colors and religions. there are always those who have exploited those fears, who use them to justify rejection. >> while immigration is a hot issue and the u.k. in the run-up to next year's elections the support for the u.k. independence party which wants to paul britton out of europe, has fueled the debate. it seems the left labored apart -- the left labour government says

the representatives of australia, chile, the united states america, france, jordan, , theania, luxembourg republic of korea, the united kingdom, great britain, northern ireland and rwanda. in view of the request that this matter be included in the , in view ofagenda the comments made by the representatives of china and australia, i propose to put the provisional agenda to a vote. , i shall put it to a vote now. favor of the adoption of the provisional agenda please raise their hands? thank you. those against? any abstentions? the results of the voting are as follows -- 11 votes in favor, two votes against, and to abstentions. abstentions. the provisional agenda has been adopted. listen to the request of representative of australia, chile with the united states america, france, jordan, lithuania, luxembourg, the republic of korea, the united kingdom, great britain, ireland and rwanda contained in document that a meeting of the council of the agenda item, the korea be in the convened. i shall suspend this meeting and we shall resume after a brief recess to continue consideration of the agen

luxembourg australia korea and rwanda, we congratulate their service over the past two years. i thank you very much, mr. president. >> i think the permanent observer of the observer state of palestine for his statement. i now give the floor to the representative of israel. >> mr. president the palestinians have found every possible opportunity to avoid direct negotiation's with israel. they have engaged in a never ending string of political gains, and now they are parading into this council with a preposterous unilateral or postal. i have -- proposal. i have news for the palestinians. you cannot promote your way to a state. i urge the council to stop indulging the palestinians and put in and -- end to the folly. thank you, mr. president. >> i thank the representative of israel for his statement. the security council has thus concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda. the meeting is adjourned. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyrig

vote played out the country that his voted in favor of the resolution were china, franz russia, luxembourghile argentina and jordan. the two states that voted no, the united states and all stall australia. united nations were among nine stations that abstained from the vote. a report from new york now. >> reporter: just aid votes, not enough for the palestinian to his claim majority support in the security council. the resolution would have set a 2017 deadline for an end to israelii occupation. australia and the united states as expected, voted against. >> regrettably instead of giving voice to the aspirations of both palestinians and israelis this text addresses the concerns of only one side. it's deeply imbalanced and contains many elements that are not conducive to negotiations between the parties including unconstructive deadlines that take no account of israel's legitimate security kentuckys. concerns. >> reporter: five countries abstained including the united kingdom which criticized the lack negotiations but suggested support for most of the context. france and other supporters said

the fund management industry has a heavy presence in luxembourg. there is a lot that would need to be redesigned or such if there was a negative vote, but as i have said many times, we deal with regulators around the world. we operate in many countries, so we can manage whatever the political outcome of that debate is. >> thanks for talking to me. >> the violent clashes between police and pro-democracy protesters in hong kong. police used pepper spray and water horses in -- water hoses in battles with protesters. leaders pledge to escalate the protest. leaders who plan to visit later this month said they have been banned from entering the territory of made continuing clashes. is --y scene, and that entering the territory amid continuing clashes. an ugly scene. >> interesting what he said about the scottish referendum. he said we are more worried about the u.k. election than we ever were about the scottish independence. >> that was the top line at the end. >> coming up, are we about to see a wave of dealmakers in european mobilephone carriers and th

the resolution needed nine votes to pass and only got eight.china, france, russia, luxembourg. the two who voted no was the united states and australia. kristin saloomey reports now from united nations are headquarters in new york. >> reporter: just eight votes not enough for the palestinian state's resolution to pass. australia and the united states as expected voted against. >> regrettably, instead of git giflggiving voice this resolution addresses the concerns of only one side. it is deeply imbalanced. including unconstructive deadlines that take no account of israel's legitimate security concerns. >> reporter: five countries abstained including the united kingdom, expressing support for much of the resolution's content. france and other supporters said it was time for the council to do more. >> after more than 25 yoars of negotiations theyears ofnegotiations the united nations must bear its historical responsibility. >> the ambassador said the security council was failing his people. >> concerning the precarious situation that now prevaims, to address their -- prevails to a

luxembourgchapel in on the edge of the border between belgium and luxembourg, a medieval chapel. he was not a roman catholic. he was episcopalian. but he knelt at the chapel and prayed to god as if god were a superior general. and said, god, i need your help. i need good weather to kill germans. so we cand weather beat the germans. he got up from his prayer. it was overheard by his aides with him. not anything i made up or anyone else made up. they went back to work. they broke the siege of bastogne trade the sun came out, the bomber's flew. thepatton was the hero of battle of the bulge. one never knows how something is going to turn into a christmas book. something that continued for me. look about ath wartime christmas because i had written an earlier one about pearl harbor. i don't know if bob has it on the shelf. "long days journey into war" was trade iiment on my part wanted to write about every hour , becauseer 7, 1941 franklin roosevelt said in his decemberon to congress 11, 1941, is a date that will live in infamy. he did not say day. he said date. the twoonfuse regularly

luxembourg fully supports this recommendation, as it is essential those responsible for unequaled inies contemporary times committed by the dprk be held to account for their acts. we believe the security council should consider the option of targeted sanctions against those most responsible for those crimes against humanity .ommitted in the dprk we also invite the north korean authorities to authorize the visit of the special rapporteur without delay and with respect to the united nations applicable to fact-finding missions. this would be assigned the dprk authorities are sincere in their willingness to cooperate requirements,al given the scale of discrimination suffered by women, given the scale of violation and abuse they are victims of. should actwomen within the scope of their competencies. president, today's meeting, the first of its kind, should not be without a follow-up. item is on the agenda, we encourage the council to regularly be briefed on the .ituation in the dprk the briefings have strengthened our commission it is the duty of the council to closely follow the changing si

and other countries voted in favor of the resolution tuesday night, including china, russia and luxembourg. but the document failed to garner the necessary nine-vote majority. the u.s. and australia voted against it. a state department official said the u.s. strongly opposes the palestinians' request to join the icc, calling it counterproductive. tonight israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu criticized the palestinian move writing in a statement, quote it is the palestinian authority wh unity government with hamas, an avowed terrorist organization that, like isis, perpetrates war crimes that needs to be concerned about the international criminal court in the hague. >> they must approve the war crimes and any palestinian investigation. if they do join the icc, it would also open the door for israel to file countercharges of war crimes committed against israelis. ed? >> thank you, john. >>> the u.s. sent five guantanamo prisoners to kaz kazikstan. the captive status medium to high risk to return to terrorism has not changed, but they're being released to close the controversial prison. r

smashed through the defenses of the american first army on a 45-mile front and was biting deep into luxembourgy which had put the word "blitzkrieg" into our languages, unleashed its desperate offensive. they had picked a time when the wh prevented us from using the air weapon the weapon in which we decisively outweigh them. this film is being shown for the first time. it was captured from a german cameraman. he had taken it so the german home front might gloat over the success of rimstat's attack. in august it was germans who were convoys along the french roads. now it was our convoys, ruined and burning where they'd been overrun. the sweat and iron of detroit in pittsburgh became the wreckage of enemy. we lost more than jeeps and halftracks, shells and tanks and guns. we lost men. 78,000 in dead, wounded and missing. unarmed and defenseless american prisoners, comrades of these men, fell to the machine guns of our enemies. >> fire! >> four weeks later their frozen bodies hands and ankles bound, were found where they fell. these belgian enemies of the third reich too were unarmed and defensele

and the general court in the eu in luxembourg removed hamas from its list of terrorist groups.a strong reaction to that. >> today we witnessed staggering dpafrms of european hypocrisy. in geneva they called for the investigation of israel for war crime while in lex bourg, the european court removed hamas from the list of terrorist organizations. hamas that has committed countless war crimes and terrorist acts. it seems too many in europe where 6 million jews were slaughter slaughtered, learning nothing. >> benjamin netanyahu clearly not happy about that. he's demanding that the eu place hamas back on the terrorist list immediately. >> with u.s. investigators blaming north korea for the sony hacking, there are growing concerns pyongyang might become even more aggressive. north korea is coming out of its official mourning period for the dead leader, kim jong il. and many are concerned the new young leader kim jong un might lash out. >>' he's now unshackled, free to be more aggressive as he comes out of the traditional three-year period of morning for his late father. kim jong un

. >> well, on wednesday, the european code of justice in luxembourg confirmed that it ordered the removal of hamas, sources told al jazeera it's a procedural matter and is for three months only, pending resignation from other european bodies. they are stressing that the e.u. has not declared hamas a terrorist organization. there has been positive rehabilitation from groups, factions in the west bank, the fatah movement, have welcomed this removal for three months. it remains to be seen exactly what will happen three months from now. the resolution for palestinian state hoods up for a vote - what is the update on that? >> well, of course, as well as developments at the united nations in new york, a lot of eyes have been on the european parliament here, which was expected to vote not long from now on a resolution calling for a recognition of palestinian statehood. on tuesday, the various political groups here got around the table and came up with a compromise resolution. let me read a notable part of that to you. the text says - support in principle, recognition of palestinian statehood and

in geneva they call for the investigation of israel for war crimes while in luxembourg the european court removed hamas from the list of terrorist organizations. hamas that has committed countless war crimes and countless terror acts. it seems that too many in europe on whose soil 6 million jews were slaughtered have learned nothing. >> the israeli prime minister's demanding the eu place hamas back on the terrorist list immediately. >>> well, russia's economy certainly right now on the brink of collapse. ahead, new plans that moscow hopes, hopes will lead to a quick recovery. >>> if that recovery takes a while or if things get even worse, how will impact the rest of the world? we'll bring details on that to you after this short break. stay with us. i'm caridee. i've had moderate to severe plaque psoriasis most my life. but that hasn't stopped me from modeling. my doctor told me about stelara®. it helps keep my skin clearer. with only 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses... ... stelara® helps me be in season. stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and increase your risk of inf

here with how to avoid making one, larry luxembourg, a partner at lexington avenue capital managementome to the show, so good to have you here. what do you think is the most common mistake that folks who once had ideal second home make as they're retiring? >> i think one the biggest things, people get too emotional and they don't look at the big picture. they don't look at their total life in retirement. they also don't consider the financial aspects. it is part of their overall financial situation. gerri: i think one people don't do, think about the carrying cost of second home. they are sure priced even though they have a first home. people forget the travel to the house. up keep when you're not there. it can be more expensive taking care of a second home than the first home. >> everything about a house coulds more than you expect. that is something people often forget. gerri: let's talk about snowbird, picking and choosing, trying todown-size. if you're trying to get a smaller home, what do you want to avoid? what are the mistakes you want to make sure you doesn't make? >> one of t

a danish tribunal referred the case to luxembourg. it was asked to decide whether obesity was covered by eu rules. excess weight itself could not be considered a disability. however, it also said that if obesity caused long-term problems, which prevented an individual from taking part in professional life, then that person could be classed as disabled. and that means they would be covered by legislation designed to prevent discrimination. a finding which is likely to have wide-ranging effects for employers. >> this means that when an employer has someone who is disabled through obesity, they'll have to make adjustments to accommodate that person's obesity in the workplace and also protect that obese person from verbal harassment. >> reporter: the situation is still unclear. his case has been sent back to the court in denmark to decide whether or not he himself could be considered disabled. theo leggett, bbc news. >> interesting story. let me just quickly give you a flash of the markets after president putin's been speaking. we've seen

israeli withdrawal from the west bank and east jerusalem with eight countries including france and luxembourg voting for and five abstaining. some say the wind may be at the palestinian's back. join the icc today, a part of 22 agreements abbas signed could open the door for at least allegations or charges of war crimes against israeli officials. in a statement the u.s. state department opposed the move calling it counterproductive. for more on what this all means, we're joined by nbc foreign correspondent ayman. first of all, on the voets votes needed only eight people voted, that means the u.s. did not have the opportunity to veto. but would the u.s. likely have vetoed this resolution had they gotten the nine votes? >> all indications suggest, yes. the u.s. has been very much opposed to any u.n. security council measure that tries to advance palestinian statehood. >> i'm interested in that count. france voting with the palestinians. some interesting countries are the abstention list. nigeria being with them. those who voted against, u.s. and australia, or those who abstained? >> what you're

i give the floor to his excellency the minister for foreign and european affairs of luxembourg. >> mr president, in july of last year, the u.s. administration achieved an agreement on the resumption of direct talks between israelis and palestinians. we all had hoped. to months later, in spite of discussions in the tie was efforts of john kerry, negotiations once again were at an impasse. in the summer of 2014, with the persistent bombing of gaza, the cease-fire concluded it but an end to the clashes but the negotiations to left the gaza blockade are still at an impasse. we also saw dangerous tensions on the esplanade of mosques. the tragic pursuit of settlements, cycles of violence among extremists, was indeed the real risk of a new -- the recent rocket fire in gaza has shown once again the volatility of the situation for lack of a political horizon. the time has come to create this political horizon, the time has come to take bold and concrete measures to achieve sustainable peace. it is obvious to us that the security of the state of israel will depend on the establishment's estate

in fact, tuesday in luxembourg to approve a new generation of low-cost rockets. space, of course, is seen as the next big frontier for business. but launching satellites remains a complicated and expensive process. so can europe keep up? we're going to be talking more and speaking to a space expert on "gmt" in just over an hour's time. we're talking about the plunging price of oil. the european markets are down, but oil price at the moment is below $65 a barrel. you can see brent crude at the bottom of the screen there. $69.43 a barrel. of course, the losers are the oil companies. some of the winners, the big airlines around the world. so there you go. that's it with the business, geeta. >> you can't stand up, can you? for reasons we will explain later. >>> we go to india now, because a video of two sisters confronting a group of men who were allegedly sexually harassing them on a bus has gone viral on social media. it happened on friday, and it was recorded by another passenger with a mobile phone, as you can see. it's not quite clear how the incident began. pol

in geneva they call for the investigation of israel for war crimes while in luxembourg the european courtthe list of terrorist organizations. hamas that is committed countless war crimes and countless terror acts. it seems that too many in europe on whose soil 6 million jews were slaughtered have learned nothing. >> the prime minister demanding hamas is put back on the terrorist list immediately. >>> next here on cnn, two men are accused of faking a medical emergency so they could steal christmas presents. we're going to show you more of the surveillance video of the alleged blot and how it all unraveled. stay with us. introducing... a pm pain reliever that dares to work all the way until... the am. new aleve pm the only one to combine a safe sleep aid plus the 12 hour strength of aleve. come from all walks of life. if you have high blood sugar, ask your doctor about farxiga. it's a different kind of medicine that works by removing some sugar from your body. along with diet and exercise, farxiga helps lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. with one pill a day, farxiga helps low

♪ >> a new report says disney's one of hundreds of companies that benefited from lower taxes in luxembourgrding to a report, and corporations lower their tax will from less than 1% of our profit. also name disney -- documents in the sony .ttack e-mails between the top sony executive and a producer. it was focused on amy and her leadership skills and her ability to focus on producers like this who blasted them. this one focuses on angelina jolie. that was one of the tamer ones i took for you guys. i want to bring in my guest host. we started off this story this week with, they have been attacked and the movie had been pirated. who knew the real drama would be internal office politics. imagine it is pretty unpleasant to be working at sony today. >> yes. it has got to be unpleasant for anyone who runs a company, who sees that they can be the honorable. this is unusual not -- in that it is not just, ok, i am pirating movie. it is going after you personally. a new age of cyber attack. >> the idea is north korean government is doing this. that feels terrifying to me, the idea that a dictatorship

if we were talking about luxembourg, maybe you would not see it when you walk around the streets andound the stores. >> there is a dollar chart here. bob, we will drag you into an economic discussion. sinche as this tattooed on his left arm under his elbow. goingis a dollar policy back, actually a weaker dollar dollar,but there is the the big green circle, do we have a new, nascent, strong dollar? >> what we have is a less weak dollar. of record lowoff levels in 2011, 2012, record low levels that were not consistent with fundamentals, so when we get some sense of normalization of fed policy, i.e. they are not a spending their balance sheet anymore, and we begin to see very accommodative policy elsewhere, and this slight to dollar -- >> isn't that the signal of a fed that has got to get out of front of the debate rather than wait? problemnk so, but the is that they always way too long. a way to long to tighten and a tight and too far, they wait too long to ease come in thi, and ao far. far. and they ease too >> will we always have the world currency? >> as long as i am alive. it is yo

culture to austria, czechoslavkia, poland, france, england, norway, holland, denmark, belgium, luxembourg, yugoslavia, greece and the united states of america. over the shattered homes, over the broken bodies of millions of people that let down their guard. we almost lost this one. it took everything we had. measure the cost in money, there isn't that much money. measure the cost in lives. we can only guess at that figure. it took burning and scalding. drenching. freezing. it took legs. fingers. arms. and it took them by the millions. it cost hours, days and years that will never return. but it took our health, our wealth, our past and our future. it took every last ounce of our courage and guts. now what happens? ♪ >> oh, hell this is where we came in. >> yeah. this is where we came in. >> and chapter four? >> could be -- it can happen again. the next war, that is why you occupy germany, to make that next war impossible. no easy job. in battle you kept your wits about you. don't relax that caution now. the nazi party may be gone, but nazi thinking, nazi training, and nazi trickery remain

know if he will be in an uncomfortable situation because juncker was the former prime minister of luxembourg and the company is defensing itself of allegations against low taxes with multi natural companies operating in europe. they want to go very quick on that story. over to you. >> stephane, thank you so much. >>> while the measures expected to come from george osborne's statement is an announcement from northern ireland. >>> as we've been reporting, goldman sachs is reportedly offering its wealth management clients a chance to invest in uber. fortune magazine says gold man has a new debt offering exclusively for customers who typically have a net worth of more than $10 million. >>> and we want to hear from you, is uber overvalued? is this a name you would consider getting into when it hits the ipo market? join the conversation here on "worldwide exchange." and our personal handles are on the screen now, as well. worldwide@cnbc.com or@krns wex. would you like to have exposure on uber? >> i take the contrarian view and say at some point a competitor will come in and steal market share. >>>

i give the floor to his excellency, the minister for foreign and european affairs of luxembourg. >> mr. president, in july of last year, the u.s. administration achieved an agreement on the resumption of direct talks between israelis and palestinians. we all had hoped. two months later, in spite of discussions in the tie was efforts of john kerry, negotiations once again were at an impasse. in the summer of 2014, with the persistent bombing of gaza, the cease-fire concluded it but an end to the clashes but the negotiations to left the gaza blockade are still at an impasse. we also saw dangerous tensions on the esplanade of mosques. the tragic pursuit of settlements, cycles of violence among extremists, was indeed the real risk of a new -- . the recent rocket fire in gaza has shown once again the volatility of the situation for lack of a political horizon. the time has come to create this political horizon, the time has come to take bold and concrete measures to achieve sustainable peace. it is obvious to us that the security of the state of israel will depend on the establishment's est

. >> this decision from luxembourg on wednesday from the e.u.'second-highest court concerns and appeal by hamas, the palestinian organization against its lifting as a terrorist organization in 2001. the court said that on procedural grounds, it's taken the listing, stressing professionally for three months only and that asset freeze emains on hamas, but found that the original listing was based on factual factual imputationsd from the internet and press. it's a procedural matter, which has been welcomed by hamas and other palestinian representatives. it has severely worried the israeli government, prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said he hopes the decision is reversed. >> a call for palestinian state hood is largely symbolic, but several members have held similar votes. >> bill cosby cleared over molestation charges which allegedly took place at the playboy mansion. prosecutors will not pursue claims made by a woman accusing the comedian of assaulting her at the playboy mansion when she was just 15 years of age. the prosecutor said the statu

in one day, the enemy smashed through the defenses of the front and was fighting deep into luxembourg and belgium. in 24 hours, they changed hands. the german army that put the word blitzkrieg in all languages unleashed the defensive. the weapon in which we outweigh them. this film is being shown for the first time. it was captured from a german cameraman so that the german home front might gloat over the evidence of the success of the atang. -- attack. in august, it was german convoys caught like this on the french roads. now it was our convoys, ruined, burning where they had been overrun. the sweat and iron of detroit and pittsburgh became the wreckage of malady. we lost more than jeeps and half tracks, tires and shells, tanks and guns. we lost men. 78,000 dead, wounded, and missing. unarmed defenseless men fell to the machine gun of our enemies. four weeks later their frozen bodies, hands and ankles bound were found where they fell. these belgian enemies of the third reich, two were unarmed and defenseless. chesterfield rubbed from the american dead and the nazi cameraman reassured