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melinda gates is working on? i think rwanda is one of the only countries when you have more work -- where you have more women than men in the government and that is because it was mandated by law. stephanie: if you think about the nordic countries, public companies need to have a certain amount of women on their boards. that is where we are seeing change. in the united states, we are not seeing much change yet. if you ran a small business and you had to give your employees one year's worth of eternity leave, that is really complicated. so the idea that everyone needs to address it and rules need to be changed, companies need to be doing it. olivia: we are looking forward to that interview. that is coming up on "market makers" at 10:00 a.m. tom: we have some real moves on dollar strength and euro weakness. this has become a huge deal, the major distinction of the last 24 hours is we finally have significant yen week this.

that is according to the bill and melinda gates foundation.re is still a lot of work to do on women's issues. melinda gates: i don't think we are there yet in terms of really empowering women. it is all types of work. until we have far more women as ceos and far more women in congress in all of those different ways, i don't think we are even close to where we need to be. francine: it depends very much on where you are born as a woman. euro area finance ministers are piling the pressure on greece. they're questioning great commitments -- greek commitments on delivering. guy: last night, the ministers were gathering. they did not just talk about greece, but they did talk about greece. what did they say? >> there was a lot of drama with greece. a lot of pressure applied by the eu finance ministers. there was not much concrete progress in brussels. they agreed to start the technical discussions on the greek reform by wednesday in brussels. whether greece can receive the next 7 billion euros that they are scheduled to receive as soon as this month.

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she will be in the times square theater with chelsea and melinda gates. she will be urged to break her silence to use personal e-mail to conduct state business. >> i would like her to come forward and say what the situation is because she is the pre-eminent political figure right now. she is the leading candidate whether republican for democrat to be the next president. i think that she needs to step up and come out and stayay what the situation is. >> senator feinstein says if clinton does not address it now, it will hurt her. >>> what a turnout in selma alabama for bloody sunday. thousands stood to remember the protest with police and protesters to bring about the 1965 voting rights act. the weekend ended with a march across the edmund pettus bridge. right to vote is now under siege. >> without adequate political power and representation people of color continue to be margin marginalized and stigmatized. >> on saturday president obama and first family led a way across the edmund pettus bridge. >>> testimony resumes on the boston marathon bomber accuser

week as part of our no ceilings project at the clinton foundation i will be joining chelsea and melinda gates to unveil a sweeping report full of evidence about how women and girls have opportunities to participate fully they lift up , not just themselves but their families, their economies and their entire society. we know that women moving into the workforce in large numbers helped america's economic growth over the past 40 years. the average family in our country would be earning $14,000 less, and our gross domestic product would be about $2 trillion smaller if those women hadn't gotten jobs and paychecks. but unfortunately today there are too many policies and pressures. they make it harder for the parents, men and women alike to , work while also raising a family. many don't have access to sick days or paid medical leave. it's hard to find the quality affordable child care. work schedules are too often far from predictable or flexible and sometimes simply unfair taking advantage of the low wage workers. and it is still an outrage that so many women are paid less than men for the same wor

earlier today, secretary clinton, her daughter chelsea and melinda gates. all eyes were focused on hillary clinton but she did not speak out on the e-mail. brianna keilar was there watching what was going on. we're now being told, you're learning that the former secretary is planning to address this e-mail controversy as early as this week, is that right? >> that's what we're learning. we've heard from sources who are familiar with her plans and familiar with the thinking of her team that they have come to realize that it's untenable for her not to address this. the controversy continues. it continued enforce over the weekend. it's still very much the talk. she was on stage three times so far. i believe this event is still going on. she was on stage three times, once for an introduction once to talk about girls being involved in engineering and matt and another time to talk about climate change. no mention of the e-mails so far today. we're told by a source that her team considered this as a possible event for her to address this issue that is very much dog

week as part of our no ceilings project at the clinton foundation i will be joining chelsea and melinda gates to unveil a sweeping report full of evidence about how women and girls have opportunities to participate fully they lift up , not just themselves but their families, their economies and their entire society. we know that women moving into the workforce in large numbers helped america's economic growth over the past 40 years. the average family in our country would be earning $14,000 less, and our gross domestic product would be about $2 trillion smaller if those women hadn't gotten jobs and paychecks. but unfortunately today there are too many policies and pressures. they make it harder for the parents, men and women alike to , work while also raising a family. many don't have access to sick days or paid medical leave. it's hard to find the quality affordable child care. work schedules are too often far from predictable or flexible and sometimes simply unfair taking advantage of the low wage workers. and it is still an outrage that so many women are paid less than men for the same wor

hillary clinton along with her daughter chelsea and melinda gates are all together in new york today for a clinton event on general equality. it is an opportunity to address the unfolding e-mail controversy during her time as secretary of state. but so far she only offered a 26-word tweet on the subject. don champion has more. >> reporter: hillary clinton has yet to publicly answer questions about her use of private e-mail for official business while secretary of state. >> the silence is going to hurt her. >> reporter: republicans are using the likely presidential candidate's silence to attack her. the head of the committee investigating the wednesday attack says clinton has not been forthcoming with all of her e-mails relating to libya. >> there are gaps of months and months and months. if you think to that iconic picture of her on a c-17 flying to libya, she has sunglasses on and her handheld device in her hand, we have no e-mails from that day. that fact we have no e-mails from that trip. >> 300 e-mails have been turned over so far and democrats point out that clinton trip to liby

no ceilings report from the clinton foundation and the bill and melinda gates foundation. thank you for joining us. >> good morning. >> what does this report reveal about the progress on women? >> it shows a lot of progress and major gains. it also shows there's still gaps and major gaps in our progress. there isn't improvement and it shows a need for goals world wide but we also have a lot of work to do. >> in terms of the timing of this report coming out, how frequently does something like this come out and what's the protocol for developing the research on it? >> it's a very important time line. it's 20 years since the fourth world conference on women that the united nations had in 1995. it measures the gains in that 20 years. there was a plan of action developed 20 years ago for all the member nations, about 189 nations that participated in we call the beijing conference because it occurred there. it had 14,000 people. a huge effort and had all these goals. what the gates foundation and the clinton foundation and the clinton foundation did was that they measured the ga

coming up next, hillary clinton teaming up with melinda gates, taking aim at the glass.get more women in leadership positions. that is ahead on "street smart." ♪ alix: at the united nations conference on women today, hillary clinton, chelsea clinton, and millon negates were releasing a report card on the state of gender -- and melinda gates were releasing a report part of the state of gender equality. currently, fewer than 30% of the worlds lawmakers are women. the finding tracked the 20 years since clinton laid out a plan for gender equality in a conference in beijing. here with me is the founder and ceo of cornerstone capital, focus on sustainable finance. she served as an advisor to the global -- the clinton global initiative. it is the remarkable that twice as many women hold office compared to 20 years ago. double is good, but that is really not great. >> the progress on structural issues like this can be slow. because we are talking about the nick issues, just like with infrastructure education, health care. invest early on to think long-term. alix: 5% of ceos in t

event featuring former secretary of state hillary clinton along with her daughter chelsea and melinda gates. they'll speak on a report on the status of women in the two decades since that high-profile u.n. conference back in 1995. it was at that conference in beijing clinton famously said "women's rights are human rights." clintons remarks today come as the firestorm continues to rage over her use of private e-mails while in office. critics are saying even louder that she needs to speak up. democrat senator, one of them a senator, says clinton needs to step up and explain her reasoning. and nbc's tracie potts is on capitol hill with a look at the fallout. >> reporter: at this hour the big question barbara, whether hillary clinton is going to address this publicly for the first time beyond the tweet urging the state department to make her e-mails public. she hasn't said anything hasn't issued a statement, and now even her supporters are saying she needs to get out there and start explaining things. why she use add personal e-mail address, only a personal e-mail address, and not her state.gov

she will be at a times square theater with chelsea and melinda gates for a women's rights event. one of her biggest supporters, senator feinstein urging her to explain why she used a personal e-mail address conducting state business. >> i would like her to come forward and say what the situation is because she is the political figure right now. she is the leading candidate, whether republican or democrat for the next president. i think she needs to step up and come out and state exactly what the situation is. >> senator feinstein says if clinton does not address the scandal now, it will hurt her. >>> a huge turnout to mark the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday. thousands stood as one to remember the violent confrontation of police and protesters to bring about the 1965 voting rights act. the weekend wrapped up with the march across the edmund pettus bridge. eric holder spoke to the crowd that despite the progress the right to vote is under siege. >> without adequate representation and political power, people of color continue to be marginalized and stigmatize stigmatized and deni

they couldn't do it yesterday because of melinda gates. they were thinking how do we not step on -- to be fair people have been working on today at the u.n. and yesterday for years. there are a lot of other people involved. i think there is a sensitivity to that. no the important thing is she came out, took responsibility for it. i think again we're left wshgs you know, colin powell said, i didn't turn over anything because i didn't have anything. do we trust him? believe him? jeb bush has said here's what i've turned over. i've made the decision what i'm turning over. do we trust him? hillary clinton said do you trust her. >> i fundamentally disagree that the voter was taking attention to this. it's everywhere. voters are going to pay attention. and trust is an issue. it's not just about the economy or national security. they want to trust their public officials. right now they have a very low sense of trust in leaders in washington. that's why i think as far as why this took so long, i think voters wonder whether or not she had something

today she and her daughter and melinda gates will unveil an initiative to increase women's rights aroundhat's become controversial and fodder for "saturday night live." >> good evening. hello. hello. i'm hillary clinton. tonight i'm speaking to you not as secretary of state or as a senator or as a first lady but as a relatable woman on a couch. hello. >> that's funny, right? sources tell cnn that clinton will likely address the e-mail scandal at some time this week but the e-mails may not be her biggest problem. clinton will have to struggle with appearance of hypocrisy concerning donations to her family's foundation. to date it's accepted money from saudi arabia the united arab emirates kuwait, oman qatar al algeria and brunei. >> they built a great university with nyu open to people around the world and they have helped us support the work that this foundation does. do i agree with all of the foreign policy of saudi arabia? no. i think it's impressive that the recent king who just died built the first co-educational institution in saudi arabia and they have more women than men in colle

bill gates, co-chairman of the bill and melinda gates foundation, founder of microsoft. ben affleck, founder of the eastern congo initiative and actor. you are doing great work. john megrue, chairman of the apacs and chairman of the born-free africa and working with the u.n. dealing with the mother to child aids transmission. and james stavridis from tufts university. he wore the uniform and i look forward to your view as a military commander about this account. and scott ford is chief executive officer of westrock group and i had the pleasure to see what scott has done in rwanda regarding the coffee market. all of you are welcome and i will let the first statement be by senator leahy. senator leahy: i think what is probably the most important is that we hear from the people who are here. we talk about diplomacy, development and national security. it's really relevant. probably more so than any time since world war ii. we know what our military can do -- limits to what our military can do and we have this huge economic and military power, but we ought to be showing the r

partnered with 350.org to launch a petition calling on two philanthropic groups the bill and melinda , gates foundation and the wellcome trust -- to end their heavy investment in fossil fuels. the guardian's editor-in-chief, alan rusbridger, wrote -- "the argument for a campaign to divest from the world's most polluting companies is becoming an overwhelming one, on both moral and financial grounds." rusbridger said the guardian would also lobby its own parent company, guardian media group, to divest from fossil fuels. in news from iraq, u.s. officials say iran has sent weapons to help oust isil from the city of tikrit. u.s. officials told "the new york times" iran has deployed advanced rockets and missiles to help shiite militias and iraqi forces fighting the militants. the report comes as president obama acknowledged to vice news isil rose out of the u.s. invasion of iraq. >> isil is a direct outgrowth of al qaeda that grew out of our invasion, which is an example of unintended consequences, which is why we should generally aim before we shoot. we have a 60 country coalition. we will slowly

. >> hillary clinton with melinda gates and daughter, chelsea moments ago at the women's equality event the politics at home get tougher for the front-runner, should she choose to run, i don't think there's much doubt about that. joining me now for our daily fix, chris cilissa. ruth, it's 20 years since the beijing women's conference where she gave her landmark speech. i was there. i'm not sure if that was one of your trips as well but you were covering her as first lady when she went up against the foreign policy establishment and the white house and did that speech to great criticism and applause from around the world. 20 years later, she's trying to make the case of women's equality, but it is potentially being overshadowed by this e-mail controversy. >> at least for right now it's being overshadowed by the e-mail controversy. i read a quote from somebody in the paper this morning suggesting that it wasn't what she said about women's rights being human rights and vice versa, about it not being a big deal. that is wrong, as you know as well as anybody. it was a very big deal at the ti

she got to catch up with the melinda gates discussing the foundation and ownership initiative -- partnershiprticularly mothers recognize the value in vaccinating their children, but that women in america seem to god what deadly diseases can mean for a community -- to have forgot and what deadly diseases can mean for a community. stephanie: women's health has improved exponentially over the past 20 years in part because of the gates foundation. i had to ask her what's in the world does she think about this movement that is uprising of parents who are saying they do not want to vaccinate their kids and not just for the kids at risk, but their entire community? >> i meet women all over the world who value vaccines. they walked three hours in the heat with a baby on their back to get that vaccination for their child because they know the difference it will make in the community. it is a life-and-death emergency rate it is crazy that in the united states we're forgotten what those diseases are like and we would allow them to come back because parents do not want to ask in a third children. stepha

and talking about the full participation report from the clinton foundation, and the bill and melinda gatesoundation looking back 20 years. one of those former secretary of state, madeleine albright, who discussed the progress of women. here is what she had to say. [video clip] >> there has been progress. and there are more women and high-level positions, and more women kind of scattered through both the government as well as the private sector. but i think there is a long way to go. whether it is pay, as we have talked about, or the number of positions really open to women. so i do think that this continues to be a work in progress. there has been progress, but not enough. host: that is madeleine albright from her conversation with "usa today." let's move on to a couple of callers. the independent line. caller: good morning. ms. smeal, i don't know if you are aware of this. i am glad women in this country have the law to cover these women in the u.s. and obviously, you are helping a lot of people outside this country. but i hope that you will note that the native americans are not protecte

mark: the top story is melinda gates speaking on gender equality and saying that the u.s.he told bloomberg that she does not think we are close to where we need to be. >> we have a woman for president and we need more women in congress. i think we could see policy changes. i do not know a presidential candidate can do it on their own. you need the commitment of all branches and the government. mark: the police say they are investigating a threat. it threatens to contaminate formula unless they stopped using pesticide. tests of 40000. attempting to fly around the world. the flight from abreu. b -- abu dahbi took 13 hours. the trip will take five months. the car this year joined apple and connecting vehicles. they have been researching. anna: after heavy losses, back into profits. it is owned by richard branson and posted rough it's. -- posted profits, thanks to a collaboration with delta. joining us now is the ceo, craig . thanks for talking to. congratulations on returning to profit. let's talk about the relationship with delta. they are big investors and you have a cool o

in celebration of national women's day, stephanie ruhle spoke with melinda gates about creating opportunitieshink we are there yet in terms of really empowering women in all types of work there at the various sectors in the united states until we have lots of different styles of women and far more women as ceos and far more women in congress. i don't think we are even close to where we need to be. alix: stocks closing sharply in the red, all 10 sectors closing lower. julie hyman is at the breaking news desk digging deeper. we saw a pickup toward the downside. julie: really gaining momentum. we are hearing from jeff dunlop from double line capital. looks like he is giving one of his calls talking about what's going on in europe. we've seen some big action in the dollar rising to multi-year highs. he thinks the dollar will continue to rise and bond yields are likely to continue to fall. he says european quantitative easing will create more negative yields which is something we have seen already and limited sovereign bonds will keep a lid on rates. he says in the united states, it's more likely

week as part of our no ceiling project at the clinton foundation i will be joining chelsea and melinda gates to unveil a sweeping report full of evidence about how women and girls have opportunities to dissipate. they lift up not just themselves but their families, their economies and their entire society. we know that women moving into the workforce in large numbers help america's economic growth over the past 40 years. they would be earning less and our gross domestic product would be about $2 trillion smaller if those women hadn't gotten jobs and paychecks. but unfortunately today there are too many policies and pressures. but it makes it harder for the parents and men and women alike to work while also raising a family. it's hard to find the quality affordable child care. they are often too far from predictable or flexible and sometimes simply unfair taking advantage of the low wage workers and so many women are paid less than men for the same work. its problems for families and the entire economy. let's be honest our families look different than they did decades ago, and so do our jobs.

on infectious diseases, the country has 320 million americans and at least match what bill and melinda gates are doing, but it also -- we know we have some problems with development, with partnering large contractor n.g.o.'s that might take a lot of money. i'm worried if we don't see what we want to see and with the cuts in the house and senate budgets, we are going to have difficulties. we have to look at what actually makes life better for the people we're dealing with, but also for our own country. i like going into countries where the small country, we find one of our programs is actually about the only medical team that's ever been there where they worked on land mines or the school that now has books instead of a one book for everybody. these are things that show us best as america. but i worked with senator graham over the years. he has been chairman and i have been chairman. we tried to make this as nonpartisan a bill as possible and we'll continue to do that. he's a good friend. he understands this program as well as any member of the senate, either party i served with. senator grah

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on infectious diseases, the country has 320 million americans and at least match what bill and melinda gates are doing, but it also -- we know we have some problems with development, with funding large contractor n.g.o.'s that might take a lot of money. i'm worried if we don't see what we want to see and with the cuts in the house and senate budgets, we are going to have difficulties. we have to look at what actually makes life better for the people we're dealing with, but also for our own country. i like going into countries where the small country, we find one of our programs is actually about the only medical team that's ever been there where they worked on land mines or the school that now has books instead of a one book for everybody. these are things that show us best as america. but i worked with senator graham over the years. he has been chairman and i have been chairman. we tried to make this as nonpartisan a bill as possible and we'll continue to do that. he's a good friend. he understands this program as well as any member of the senate, either party i served with. senator graham:

. >> that was melinda gates speaking.ndatory minimum maternity leave of 16 weeks paid leave. and upon run receiving six months of full pay for 30 hour weeks. joining us now is the president of vodafone americas. this a progressive thing to do. how did you decide to do this? >> well, first of all diversity is very important to us at vodafone. we have about 35,000 women employed globally. but only 21% of those women are senior leaders. so retention is everything for us. and so therefore if you think about it for those women that go back to work after maternity leave and that leave vodafone 60% of those women leave in the first year. so it's really important for us to keep them. >> when did this start -- what was this impetus? was there a conversation you had? was it something somebody said? was there an economic analysis you did? >> two points for us. one was the work kpmg did for us. and companies like ours that trade globally have operations in many countries, can save about $19 billion a year by retaining the talent. we

it was melinda gates, anna wintour, or oprah winfrey? >> oprah?> well, what's nice to see, even the big girls fail sometimes. >> it's right. stay with it and you get there. >> over to you. >> this is young gentleman is from richard, he calls me ma'am, it was nice. how many american women have been in space. 14, 32 or 45. >> i'll go with 14. >> but he's darn cute and he's going to love this album. >> you know i was surprised by the answer. the correct answer, 45. >> 45 women have been in space. american women. and it's 59 women in total overall. and what i really love is 2013 nasa actually had it's first class of even men even women who were in the space program. >> that's interesting. >> 2013. so maybe the rest of us can do it from now on. >> time for one more. >> lovely lady from quebec. who was the first woman to be inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. aretha franklin etta james, or janice johnson? >> no cheating. >> janice johnson. >> she wanted the cd. this is good. this is good. got what she came from. the correct answer, aretha fran

separating this from starbucks, the starbucks race together foundation not unlike the bill and melinda gatese commerce that a customer expects to have with starbucks. >> got it. >> i also think the town has are important. >> they did partner with "usa today" a big insert with fascinating graphics about race in this country says tg are tv a arer it was a risk and it sounds like you think it's a win overall, so martha thanks a lot. congrats on the new book as well. >>> coming up next retrotech. it's cool again, folks. haven't you heard? walkman, polaroids, the boom box. these old-school devices could also point in the direction for tech of the future. we'll tell you why, next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ great rates for great rides. geico motorcycle see how much you could save. it's happening. today, more and more people with type 2 diabetes are learning about long-acting levemir® an injectable insulin that can give you blood sugar control for up to 24 hours. and levemir® helps lower your a1c. levemir® comes in flextouch® the only prefilled insulin pen with no push-button extension. levemir® lasts 42

bill gates and his wife melinda are funding the self-cooling devices. doctors and nurses needed cooler protective suit because the existing hazmat suits became too hot to wear after 15 minutes. more than a thousand suits have been used in africa since last fall. >>> north korea banned foreign runners from competing in an international marathon scheduled to be held next month because of the fear of the deadly ebola virus. north korea is thousands of miles from the center of the ebola outbreak and reported no cases of the virus. still, its borders have remained closed to foreign tourists for fear that the virus might spread. >>> and new research suggests more students would eat fruits and veggies in their school cafeterias if the meals were tastier and even prepared by a chef. researchers studied elementary and middle school students. they say careful placement of healthy options and having a chef enhance the way school meals are prepared led to a jump in students choosing to eat healthier foods. the changes took about seven months to work and would sugge

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