>> well, that is the bugle from the u.s -- uss main. >> what made you choose the bugle to the uss maine to include in the book? >> well, many people do not now know about the spanish american war of 1898 but it was important in terms of american foreign policy. at that time, america was exercising its muscle, and it was getting used to being a world power or aspiring to be a world power. it was looking for an empire, looking for colonies, looking for competing against the european powers to show we too, americans, were a force in the world. the -- there was a revolution going on in cuba the cubans were fighting the spanish for independence, and there were people pro and con, and americans liked the fact there was a revolution going on because they didn't -- they wanted spain out of america, and we thought we had a lot of investment in cuba wanted to trade with cuba, and we sort of would be good if cuba was more open to u.s. influence and exchange. there was pro-spanish riots in havana, in january, and so teddy roosevelt and others sent the uss maine to havana harbor in february, and the

so cannot survive told the diplomats but the main factors strategy two thousand fifty. it is the document which will help the country to enter the top thirty leaders in global development i want to emphasize that sending the ultimate goal is very important for our country this caused him to the top thirty developed countries of the world's first of all cars extend one's own salmon experience of countries which have already become the world leaders in the period from two thousand to two thousand and six tonnes citizens made sixty one million business and tore strips around the world. thousands of our young people receive education abroad. therefore it is logical because extends people want to have decent living conditions quality education health and social services and professional employment in our country star. i asked. long term objectives of the strategy we adopted a new concept of foreign policy into two thousand twenty. its main message is openness of cars extend the president has a variety of topics such as cars expense parties in the development of the country a

these main roads are okay. a little slush on georgia avenue here. the problems that you're going to see are on the side roads. i want you to take a look at the video we shot this morning on those side roads here in silver spring. specifically rowan and woodside parkway. also dale is very slushy which is kind of off right where we are right now. we start at the bottom of dale. and it's not too bad. just a little light slush. you go up the hill and it gets even worse. that's pretty much the story on all of these side roads. i do want to make a note that the ride on buses are working today. right over to my left on georgia avenue, they're picking some people up actually. so they're moving okay. that's maybe why some of these pedestrians are walking up closer to there because the snow drifts are pushed to the side making it difficult for pedestrians to walk on the sidewalk here. on your morning commute today, be extra cautious on these main roads and look for pedestrians when you're out here because be mindful some of the sidewalks aren't clear for them

you can see you have got most of the main lanes cleared. however, in certain areas, especially on the secondry, it may be down to one lane where most of the people or drivers have been traveling. so keep that in mind. brings, overpasses and offramps are still an issue this morning. we interest wires down in laurel, maryland. that is going to be along aviation avenue. be prepared for delays. we also have bay bridge warnings in effect. no restrictions, however they are going to ask you to slow down. things are great on the pelt way with the exception of one incident. a breakdown near route 5. keep that in mind. that is on the left side. stay to the right. mostly minor incidents at this time. back over to you. >> coming up, a side of a storm that you haven't seen yet. we'll show you 12 hours of snow in just 30 seconds. of course you have got to see this time lapse. >> i love these. >> 36 degrees out there. kind of >> welcome back. a landmark decision to tell you about. this these do with same-sex marriages. >> this is exactly right. virginia i

this is going to be a big weekend of snow for the folks in maine. great for the ski resorts and they're loving this. but for everybody else, they're done, they're ready to -- they're ready to see the tulle pz a tulle tulips come up. >> i would imagine people there are getting tired of this, even in maine, this winter has just been relentless. >> lost her in my ear. >> oh, okay. >> we lost ron mott, but thank you for that report. we'll see you this. stay warm out there. let's bring in the weather channel's alex wilson. what do we have in store for the rest of this year as ron mott was just saying, people are definitely tired of all this stuff. >> some of the areas where they're used to seeing the snow, they're saying i'm over it, make it stop. and at least for parts of maine we have a lot more headed their way. right now you can still see we have rain or snow falling into parts of new england, up into parts of vermont, new hampshire, and through sections of maine. more is on the way. here is the storm system for tonight. snow from pittsburgh, eastwar

but despite he was quick to blame the main opposition bjp. or is it about us. so the goal was to detonate it was his. by the nominating moses. some of the coded on the causes. i don't know what you've always good to see. the by the end of life be it his wish in may city island city. be it. amid the hustle of mt. auto. some did today. so i am not in the movie is lit in the sun to go and use of the designated fijian teachers and teachings of these top teams in the tree he's out of the schemes by all and it's going to do what it takes us to find a mentor died before his sword and eyes. they don't live in utah was expelled from poplar be seen by the discipline taken before dawn to go and make the promises made in the election manifesto on oct nineteen forty eight hours been a team that he had the support of four hundred business leaders. that comment. but i am about to be a man in our old buddy you're looking for without him giving technical problems had been given a say one of the day when i read all this column the court how worn out shoes people to the anti corr

there are three main bidders according to people familiar with the talks. none of this is confirmed but it does look like there are three main bidders. fosun group from china, spice global from singapore and from here in berlin axel springer. fosun group already has a mission ship with forbes. the spice group is looking and axel springer publishes the russian version of forbes. they all have an interest here. suedn't forbes also being

main streets good. get there and that's the biggest problem because the side streets are still a huge concern. delia goncalves is live with a look at some unplowed side streets in northwest d.c. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, as you mentioned main streets looking really good down to the pavement at 16th street off aspen. since we've been here for about an four half or so, we have fortunately seen plows go through this side street on aspen. this is a two-lane road that's really just narrowed down to one lane. because take came look. if you can pan down, paul. all of this snow here, we have about 6 inches wide from curb to the middle of the street essentially where this snow has drifted. you have these piles of snow just kind of -- just piled up on the side. certainly drivers have to be aware. they now have to take really wide turns and take turns alternating going into the street because your lanes have narrowed significantly. but we've traveled throughout the city and we started t

that main squares of key of c. is in three months meanwhile barack obama as the ukrainian government should treat peaceful protesters as he said appropriately is it still the case. well i guess that barack obama or at least his advisers. movies from from radio recordings from ukraine and from the streets of ukraine just to see the militant opposition activists running away with weapons and so on and so it's it's just ridiculous to say about the patel about peaceful opposition now in kiev because as we see now there's no one representing the peaceful opposition taking part in the in the in the you know what is happening now on the streets of kiev on the streets of kiev we now have the minute under a position which would be called in every civilized country. terrorist kind of terrorism opposition and opposition supporting our local methods opposition taking care that police man and even the peaceful let's say peaceful population and he had been solved as had been had tagged by those that say peaceful opposition from

and listen in the main square.in the background is the opposition leader who has been speaking for the better part of a half hour and telling the people we must defend this area. you see this line of fires right? when you were in the commercial break they widened out so we could get a better look, and i pulled occupy a street view. this is the big statue we were seeing in the background. this is an underground mall here. this is the main shopping street. so these fires appear to be set right here. this is ukraine ya hotel, and this main street is where the protesters are. milling in this area, and all through here is where these fires are. so we presume that the police are coming from the ukrainian hotel from this area, trying to get through here. this where is the fire wall is, and you can see the protesters on the wall -- look at this guy who is fueling the flames with whatever it is they can find. it's our understanding a lot of the tents they were sleeping in, in this square, have now been thrown in. you can se

the main backbone routes of the root system of the main structural, architectural scaffolding of the root system from which the lateral roots and all the finer roots emerge. they can be shallow going out of the topsoil or they can be deep. surprisingly, this is the kind of thing that, in retrospect, is on had -- is odd that it had not been done before. --ds that had shallow roots plants that had shallow roots were much big -- better at picking up the roots in the topsoil. pets with deep roots are much better at picking up water trade there is a trade-off here. at the cost of reduced water acquisition, renewed drought tolerance. we had a student show that in the field in honduras. significant growth advantage under low phosphorus. deep-rooted plants, you have increased drought tolerance. in honduras and other countries, they have with drought and low salt fertility. >> other selected combine both systems near to the surface? >> we think we have discovered a trait that would help us get shallow and deep. we are working on a couple more. the ways we can combine topsoil foraging. this is

from georgia to maine, travelers were stranded.e, i have to get out of here. >> reporter: even this philadelphia ambulance was no match for the icy roads. still, some people decided to brave winter's barrage outdoors. >> we have no coffee pot at home and we need coffee, so -- and these guys wanted to come along. >> reporter: the nation's capital became a virtual ski resort as the beltway businesses shut down. iconic art museum steps were transformed into a sledding course. >> here we go! >> reporter: but for everyone enjoying the winter weather, there were others cursing it. 425,000 people in ten states are still without power. many of the hardest hit are in georgia, like tiara gibbs, whose home burnt down after the electricity went out. >> this is our only -- everything we had. >> reporter: even as this storm tapers off, another is waiting in the wings. one pennsylvania plow operator compared his job to a dog chasing its tail, working around the clock with no end to winter anywhere in sight. john and marci, i have to tell you, any

every bachelorette agrees, we all make a great main squeeze ♪ it's the main squeeze orchestra ♪ . ♪ ♪a.com. have a great weekend. see you monday.squeeze orchestra.com. have a great weekend. see you monday.mainsqueezeorche. have a great weekend. see you monday. ♪ ♪ mmemmemaaaaaaaaó >>> this morning on "world news now," killer storms. another nasty blow to the east right now, another punch from the storm of historic proportions that left millions of people from georgia to maine in misery. >> set free, afghanistan releases dangerous prisoners, in a move that could force the u.s. to rethink military strategy. >> dream come true. a couple married for 13 years, finally get to hold hands this valentine's day. it is a remarkable story of a medical advance and true love. >> and big reveal. giving the world the first glimpse of three "sports illustrated" swim suites modes . illustrated" swim suites modes . >> good morning on this valentine's day. i'm marci gonzalez in for diana perez. >> i'm john muller, happy valentine's day, everyone. >> the historic storm that has been plaguin

essential communications service the minister also announced the results of last year and outline the main passed for two thousand fourteen more than two hundred and fifty thousand people found a job as a part of the employment roadmap twenty twenty state program over the past twelve months the average monthly wage exceeded one hundred eight thousand seat which is seven point five percent higher compared with the previous year. it's when the forecast recruitment each for two thousand fifteen three two thousand seventeen juniors future. moreover state support will be focused on the village's development in order to improve the efficiency of the woman roadmap twenty twenty program introduction of the new model wages for civil servants from july first two thousand fifteen is among the main task is stalking me know. on tuesday in the pocket and that if a system of civil servants shall depend on the level of education skills and qualifications grades unfortunately our current system that was introduced in two thousand paul doesn't venture career the moment today the government of lebanon is uni

stream press is giving us the right time of day. >> given the main stream media's track record over the past decade, many americans are dubious when it comes to reporting on intelligence matters. a law was passed in 1996 prohibiting the use of journalists or assets by the intelligence agencies and congress couldn't have seen a world of a tech barren and the c.i.a. contract hanging over them like a cloud. >> i have to be frank when i read the petition, have been reading the washington post, we have been second to nobody in the world reporting on critical stories having to do with the c.i.a. just last month i wrote a very large story called c.i.a. covert action in columbia and post out on front in wry writing about the national security agency and the documents that edward snowden released and we have continued to be very aggressive in that, despite the critical nature of the politics around that. >> the revelations from snowden and the nsa show how deep and wide that the surveillance is going and our petition urging full disclosure about the ties, this begins to pull on the threads.

it aims to have been admitted to the city's main hospital. this time asking the sudden upswing in attacks since the box city government initiates it these thoughts that the codified. the nurse said that lindsay and i should go one on testing that many of them would be the prominence even candidate if the gas main opposition the consent of bhakti. however the us state department has maintained that there is no change its policy of the meeting but not least lifting the ban on with the screenshot. the phone and she can dollars for the us ambassador and she nicknamed a movie for the first time behind the anticipated meeting with posting on was today kicked off with eu is denied them a gauge on the part the leader of the cell phone is connected to it. in the two thousand to three jobs i it's seen as a softening of the many thousands danced to was just a movie. it's not clear that the visa issue was brought up at the meeting. with what is evident is the long at crossfit in beach the talks were conducted according to leading us into thinking you did

i think this is one of the main achievements of this democratic transition in tunisia.elong to a party with islamic reference. this is one of our convictions and one of our goals, to prove that islam and democracy can meet, can reconcile, and can work together. i think what the president said today is very important. in a way, he said that by reconciling islam and democracy, we can say that democracy is for all people, all cultures, all religions, and this is good news for everybody. beings constitution is hailed as one of the most progressive in the arab world. how will it impact the everyday life of tunisians? >> impacting everyday life i think does not only depend on good constitutional text or on progressive text, it will depend essentially on how to implement this text, how to transform or translate them into laws. getto appropriate, how to -- assimilate the content of the constitution by different categories of tunisians, use -- workers, citizens in rural areas, urban areas -- and transform them. it is a process that we are to do now, that we start now. >> what ar

strictly for maine and we are going to see possibly up to a foot of snow in maine. it is going to be quite a mess-up there. two to four inches is what's we're thinking overall around the new york city area. as you get up towards boston, especially east of boft's, could see six to ten inches and maybe a foot or more including the i-95 corridor. we're going to see a warm-up, as we were talking about. that jet stream will take a shift. that's going to bring the temperatures up gradually throughout the week. especially for the south. atlanta, yes, you are in the 60s by monday. it gets bet around better by tuesday and wednesday. new orleans, 71 degrees, and eastern places like dallas, fred, will be in the 70s, in the next couple of days. so this has been, ah, we deserve it. right? >> i know nap is kind of back to normal, sort of, kind of for february. isn't it? >> closer to average than the other side we've been the past couple of days. >> goodness. everyone gets an a-plus for being a sport and hanging tough through it all. thanks, jennifer. appreciate that. >>> want to

at thethe main themes show, it is how people farm around the mediterranean.e will take a look now at the situation in greece where unemployment -- many greeks are looking for alternatives to return to the land. >> this morning, it is working. it is not a professional wine made her -- winemaker but hopes to become one. she has been unemployed for the past five months. at the age of 48, she is preparing to create a change. like many others, she is starting with free agriculture. it has not been easy. >> i can hardly believe i am working. it is rewarding. i was offered several. -- jobs for 500 years. .ithout any guarantee it is very hard. i like the lance. i thought to myself this was a viable solution. >> one and three people in greece is out of work. the few sectors creating jobs. returning to the land is not the choice of some people. family land. his >> most grapes -- most greeks have a village. this is the case with my family. my life would be less hard in the countryside and maybe i can ask where my products. even in greece -- >> this close down last year.

the main material. i rose on each continent and sitting with three cents the eye using street and has been chosen to tour england in. the it is. she said concentration is the key. it isn't unusual for an auction to spend ten minutes or more with releasing amount. in the distance of the target is twenty eight. using these priests once the current events. a place to learn to can hit the target even with all its quirks. additional improvements and the news in the various forms of crime focus concentration and string. oh noo noo known. eye the show significant progress in implementing continent to continent for bronte road pp. the ocean down to the most appropriate for him. our amps up troops on foreign currency benefit to stand up. it's

was today's main event his one thousand eight hundred metre sprint is. the right has urged the camels to gallop as fast as they can if you want. it was the maximum speed these animals is forty five kilometers per hour. the first camel crosses the finish line in a few minutes the second and then the third is not among the witness something's gone wrong. out. of them because they haven't austin's horses gone and there aren't that afford to work and they come in and get my company the. most kemel also seems a little upset. i don't know how many of you know. what you can do everything else or. tomorrow sees the festival highlight the desert marathon the race in which was last year's winner. that is going to. know about the. rhythm of the. marathon day nothing else is happening at the festival everyone is focused on this key race. there were forty six runs last year now they're at twenty eight but competition will still be intense many of the right as a former champions who know the taste of victory. image has never won the marathon but his camel is ready for

passenger plane complex piece of kit main parts include leading edge flaps brakes spoilers. and trailing edge flaps originally made from minium the number of components made from compass it's vary from model to model but he's always on the if we're talking about twenty one all these parts will be made from composites materials but in addition the wing skins. will also be made to create a black wing. well if we're talking about the situation today the proportion of compass at materials is something in the order of twelve percent for all planes . planes like the super jet but for the m s twenty one which will have a cold as it weighing the ratio will be a lot higher of course. each wing plane components starts off life on a roll of president impregnated cloth prepared like many the prepaid must be stored in a cool dry place to prevent it from going off when the time comes each layer of the components is put out by the automated cultist razor sharp knife a bit like cutting shapes also. some parts contain up to thirty layers of preprinted so that each stumps with a unique id to

that's the main flu virus circulating this season. when h1n1 first appeared in 2009, it infected up to 80 million peoe around the world. so i headed to the san francisco department of public health to talk with dr. cora hoover about h1n1 and why getting vaccinated makes good sense, even if you're young and healthy. >> we've been hearing a lot about h1n1. what is it? >> one of the things that's unique about h1n1 is that it is known to cause more serious disease in young and middle-aged adults as compared with some of the other seasonal flu strains. >> do you know why that is? >> i don't think the reasons are well understood. brian? hi, brian. >> reporter: fortunately, the flu vaccine currently being administered has proven effective against h1n1. this potent flu bug was a big motivator for 33-year-old corey pershing. >> have a seat. you're here for a flu shot today? >> yes. what i've heard about the h1n1 swine flu, it's mainly people who have been dying from it -- it's scary to think about with two small kids. >> okay, thank you. >> ha

six pm to midnight the styling the main news of the day from across the globe i just bought some fake is the expression of assistant to reports. but did take the ladies. flight from paris this year probe into what the word. read here. and. eye lou. and and. and. i can. to me. it is. it is. is this. in this. it is. what's the world's biggest story each day. exclusive to any team that works. to top story line is today's most intriguing topic as told by nhc premier global content partners back to back in english. it's what they mean washington six enlightenment you at party acting in your story continues here seventeen with me. thanks to a doting a that i can take that stealing is just too new and it makes the networks to work on in each seat. he wrote continue to share with your friends on facebook and twitter the top story on the m a c networks. the x two weeks the russian resort city of sochi will be the main sports capital of the world from the ether to the twenty third of february. athletes from eighty countries will compete in i need to metals and fifteen sports the sultan as a bia

one of the company's main products is this sizable exhausted. i'm fifty years old on pecial thomas lawrie engines on the company has come a long way from easy money speed dating is almost twenty years ago. it stopped off in ninety five when two engineers develops an improved exhaust for the zil fyfield once it was officially founded three years later becoming the official supply for the cottage you said it's open to touch in two thousand and two in two thousand and five it became the main stripe of a sense of a dedicated production facility for commas in two thousand and ten the company became a resident of a law in two thousand and twelve. we designed this system together with the engine manufacturer the engine and the exhaust ga system are one unit if this unit works well you will be able to meet your zero four and your zero five standards you're one of. the five three currently occupies an area five thousand meter square all the machinery and headset and this has facility has been custom designed and made to meet a specific requirements once

and the main event. ready, set, up. ♪ ♪ let's face it.t who likes a bunch of guys in hoods coming in your general direction? i don't. frankly, it creeps me out. time for a drink, perhaps. this is tabernacle, as best as i can understand it, an eastern jesus and mary themed drinking establishment where between drinks one can ponder the agony of christ. but with some sausages. is it like this all year? >> the whole year. you have incense all year. eastern music all year. >> is this a week for quiet contemplation and worship or is this a party week or both? >> both of them. >> throughout the course of the week, over 40-odd processions will creep slowly from these streets. there are different brotherhoods, each with their own sacred colors, crests, insignia and so on. it's their medallions of particular christ images that adorn the bar. and frankly, they're kind of bumming me out. maybe it's just me, but when i'm getting a nice late morning buzz, i don't particularly want jesus looking down at me from, like, everywhere. >> how drunk can you ge

but in other countries the the the main corruption which so to do with political corruption that's the kind of conflicts of interests that are in the dealings that politicians have with business but how can they be effective here i mean if on the one hand the our commission to investigate corruption but then on the other the high the corruption don't really exist within the european institutions well the commission says that it is a self assessment would not be credible. we don't think that's the case we think any government should have the capacity to assess corruption risks in its own institutions luckily transparency international is conducting its own assessment of integrity problems integrity risks in the e.u. institutions and will be publishing that shortly and un report pulling no punches over britain's bedroom tax saying the levy on spare rooms is pushing the country's most vulnerable citizens into further financial uncertainty knee uncertainty and made a serious housing shortage. but before we get to that u.s. secretary of state kerry's reportedly admitted washington suffering

agency for the regulation of macha monopolies the top spot in an awkward dock during the meaning the main measures of proving that their policy is causing issues of improving the quality of regulated services and strengthening control over the activities of matchup and the police or discussed but apple's bottom also represented to the president of the images of growth of investments of monopolies and show the result of the industry modernization additional investments were treated to a lower depreciation and reduction of losses. i was two times less often as a mind to get some instruction such as to ensure a tight control over the intended use of funds which are received by monopolies as a result of paris increase its own and continue to employ a call to the instructions we realize complex plans to introduce new mechanisms of their formation on water and in the future. we have a new comprehensive plan to modernize the heating system you must mow the lawn for assaulting awesome i also received a mare of boston are among the elite of them get the best it doesn't get reported on the results

both the main and hov lanes cleared end to end. we'll take a live look over on the american legion bridge. i just got off the phone with maryland state highway. they tell us that they know some of the ramps are still icy. they're headed out there to treat them with salt and they're trying to clear the shoulders as well, the ice and snow off on to the shoulders so you should be good to go within the next hour or so. i'll keep you posted. >> thanks a lot, monika. >>> these are some of the measures people are doing to try to protect their loved ones. >> extreme but more than a month after a massive chemical leak in west virginia, people still distressed over their water. we talked to one woman who welcomed the snowstorm. >> how does it taste? >> i like it. >> reporter: 20 minutes ago this water was white, fluffy snow. >> survival mode. it's basically what it is. when a water crisis happens, we went into survival mode and you do what you got to do to survive. >> reporter: a chemical leak contaminated the drinking water for nearly 300,0

this is the main lock but we have an eye and you can see it in whatever is to say. i mean i knew it they will the oldie announced from the government's i are waiting. the two dollars and one east of real person to whom the author entrepreneur here in france and ask them who says we don't know the difference between entrepreneurs and not be business means listing rules of the internet. written by the max. when you win. and the notes and we know it's a lopsided. relationship when we start talking about e commerce in the internet and its coming into town were starting these free trade negotiations between europe and the united states. that's a huge part of it. it can cause bone on to. marilyn incredible cross country who invented the ferry quorum of surveillance technology was invented here in paris and french university and then basically the american media fuss going on in the one to continue on their mobiles the bench team so there is something to pay for services to the tv issue where there is the queen has gone and it is not the official history when it is definit

it was found out that the main problem because expense top managers. it's the lack of highly qualified professionals. the poll involve the participation of more than five hundred editors in chief executives of local and international companies operating as accent as well as local market experts and human resources majority of ceos complained that a lot of companies try to outbid each other for qualified professionals darkest it turned out to be the second the key problem among top managers the starfish number will go up go to the teachings of the posts of people are dead before the second biggest nights in a bureaucratic issues are handled by governmental bodies. it is not always the case that these issues are resolved quickly or they don't always know what to react to them this will work for the months of its official list that you seek god and that is technically you have it. the skills of successful ceos include high level of professional expertise in the industry and professionally establish that the patient followed by managerial skills. some of y

people and no infringe the rights of people of any religions race language or nationality should be the main focus of our activities. these are the base of everything i strictly controlling any shock and told to dust we will overcome any difficulties we experience the collapse of the soviet union. we were in such a condition as ukraine has now quit and think others without wages and without pensions. i spoke to people and we came out of the situation according to the president today context and like any other state should be especially careful and vigilant in the recent ankle widespread concern is no exception. due to the report of the election competing i'll collapse of the three second tier banks has extensive it since it began to withdraw money and close the deposit accounts as a result the president himself had to intervene and explain to the that there are no bankrupt banks among the domestic. with that. we should not allow any jumps which end of the most mentally providing a gradual improvement in the wealth of our people in developing national economy. recent events have shown that in

and so tell us wha>> woodruff: s what were the main findings. >> the main finding is that if students have strong high school records, good grades in high school, there are odds in college is very good even with a quite wide range of testing. of the 123,000 students in our studied, we had approximately 30% had not submitted there tests or had not had them used for admissions decisions. the difference between the gpa's in college turned out to be five 100ths of a gpa point. the difference in graduation rates turned out to be six tenths of 1%. by any statistical standard those are trivial differences. >> woodruff: it's commonly been accepted though for many years that these tests help in determining whether students should be accepted at college. what do you think these results should say to colleges that are today insisting that students send in submit their test results. >> i think that colleges will probably doing some hopefully analysis of their own predirksz college by college much. this is a national study so it looks across institutional types. of the hundred and 23,000 students