in this mozila case. we have a case where the pressure was to get rid of the ceo because of something six years ago that reflected the same view of barak obama and hillary clinton had. it was shutting down the view point of someone else. >> the new zceo gave money for proposition eight for the traditional family in california which passed by the way. that was his personal vow and probably his religious vows and they forced him out purely based on his first amendment right to express himself and political views. it is their right as a public company to do that. but is that american? is that what we do that you lose your job over political views? >> you would find agreement from an interesting source. andrew sullivan who is liberal and pro gay activist had this to say. >> you don't want to bring the political warfare in the work place. we have to get long with people whoe we disagree with. >> i agree with andrew sullivan. i don't want tim cook to lose his job or others to be forced out. why should we sit ba

several high profile mozila employees weighed in.failed to listen to engage and to be guided by our community. mr. eich stepped down from the board of the mozila foundation. >>> music fans, yes, they may miss out on big concerts this summer hosted by stars like miley cyrus, justin timberlake, robby williams, equity all because of sanctions, sanctions imposed by russia over the u.s. over the crimea crisis. in helsinki, finland, is owned by the russian billionaires and the u.s. has imposed sanctions against them. we have more on that gmt the rest of the day. that's it with business for now. mr. gowing, it's back to you. >> thanks, aaron. here on "bbc world news". well, americans have apollo. the russians have soyuz. every time a european goes into space, it's the public who help. and tim peek is headed to the international space station next year. let's find out more. what does his mission involve? >>> well, major tim peake, join me, why is it important to have a name and a competition for it? >> traditionally every european astronaut

. >>> mountain views mozila announced its ceo is stepping down because of his opposition of same-sexarriage. he came under fire because of a donation towards proposition 8. the company apologized saying they did not stay true to its standards. >>> dow jones down just a fraction and the report on the jobs market drove these declines. >>> weekly claims were up 16,000 to 23,000. tomorrow's monthly report is expected to show workers hired more workers last month. >>> a petroleum company agreed to pay more than $5 billion today. it will pay $5.15 billion to clean up pollutants. it includes dozens of sites across the u.s.. >>> a group of irish middle school students is in san francisco on a special visit of cork, ireland. they came to the academy of sciences today as part of a group called coder dojo. it's to write computer codes and make apps. they gave pointers on how to code. mayor ed lee was also on hand to welcome the students to town. >> we want to take advantage of the fact you are here and you're excited about what they're doing and have a lot of fun. it now reaches over 42 countri

. >> mozila is facing backlash after resignation of ceo for their marriage. that represents fire fox experienced the highest level of negative customer feedback the day after the ceo resigned. the position to remove them does not sit well with customers as a surge of feedback flooded the company's web site. >> the academy of country music awards taking place in las vegas. who were the big winners? >> the academy of country music entertainer of the year is... george strait. >> a sentimental win for george strait. the 61-year-old is retiring from the road after his current year wraps up this year. >> as for who won the most trophies? ♪ keith urban and miranda lambert each tied with three. but blake shelton and friend luke brian stole the show. watch this they are trying to be ellen degeneres oscar selfie. >> honestly, i think we are probably the biggest celebrities in this room. just take it of ourselves. >> you got it on there. ? >> those two co hosted the event last year. >> big hit. >> love blake shelton. >> it is 20 minutes to the top of the hour. think ant