he will be able to re-energize his party he has already pulled out of an alliance with matteo renzi over the backing for a presidential candidate he did not like. familiarity -- his legal was are not behind him. facing charges of paying witnesses along with political corruption in naples. genie: the islamic state has reportedly launched a major offensive to try and capture a kurdish town. targeting the town of ras al-ain. the iraqi army has retaken a town outside tikrit. olivia has details. olivier: cause for celebration as they regain control of al-ain 8, does north of tikrit. a town was retaken by loyalist fighters. it was the next target in the battle to reach tikrit, the hometown of saddam hussein. >> units from the militia, the army, the federal police and tribal fighters have had victories here. >> for over a week iraqi soldiers have been engaged in a major offensive to regain control of the town. their ranks have been reinforced by shiite militias and they are confident they can retake tikrit without the help of the us-led coalition. tikrit is a strategic point on the road to mosu

matteo renzi met with putin. putin said the two agreed on ukraine. >> we were of one mind that the conflicting parties must strictly comply with the agreements reached in minsk on the 12th of february. i am certain that this opens the possibility for a comprehensive settlement and from watching a direct dialogue between kiev donetsk, and luhansk. olivia: the cease-fire agreement has been holding in recent days. the big banks all past their stress tests. all 31 banks have enough capital to survive a financial crisis. it is the first time since the stress tests were launched in 2009 that every firm has passed. goldman sachs barely made the cut. goldman will not be a low to match the dividends and share buybacks it rewarded investors with last year. a fraud involving apple pay. criminals have been typing stolen credit card numbers into apple pay and trying to make purchases. banks require users to know call them before they activate credit cards. both runways at laguardia airport are open this morning after the delt

he hasn't made an appearance since talks with the italian prime minister, matteo renzi, back on march 5. there's been a great deal of gossip about his whereabouts, speculation about his health. the kremlin has put out a schedule for the week. it starts today. putin apparently is set to meet with the president of cars a stand. we are waiting to see if it is going to actually turn out to be a reality. let us know what you think. the very simple twitter question of the day, where do you think vladimir putin is? some say he's got the flu. some say there are other things going on in his life. where do you think he is? let us know. this is what else is on our radar. oil has extended its collapse to the lowest price since march 2009. the fall comes amid speculation record u.s. supply may start to strain storage capacity. the international energy agency predicted u.s. crude tanks may fill up -- the cubs we are seeing are failing to stem the amount of oil flowing. chinese stocks rose today after premier li pledged to take action if economic growth slows too much. li says the government will ta