p.m. eastern this sunday on booktv. and "the tyrrany of experts", william easterly provides data that shows the best way to end global poverty is to preserve individual freedoms and prevent unchecked state powers. look for these books and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv.org. >> i think there are some myths out there. they think it's some are actively preserved product and it's really not. and it's no different than the types of sulfites that you use in making wines. so i wouldn't call it a healthy product, but i would call it something that is a tasty treat. >> as you see, cherries and the various stages. even though we put them in water, they still have wine in the fruit. so they go through an extensive washing in the process of making maraschino is really basically taking that fruit in the brine and soaking it in a stronger sugar with a stronger solution. and part of that dental, you will see the color intensity picked up. so you can see here is some fruit that is very early in the pro

p.m. eastern, at 10:30 eastern, sunny hostin hosts making the case.at america's biggest court cases and the legal view. tune in to both of these new shows tonight every minute night at 10:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern. that's it for me. thank very much for watching. at 5:00 p.m. eastern on the latest involving the mystery surrounding that flight. how could a boeing 777 and all the people on board simply disappear? we will go indepth. "the situation room" 5:00 p.m. eastern later today. thanks very much for watching. newsroom starts right now. >> thank you for joining us for this special edition of newsroom in for brooke baldwin. a mystery remains unsolved. how can a huge airliner like this one carry people and simply vanish. was it terrorism or a freak accident. we are devoting an hour to this investigation with aviation experts and reporters bringing you every angle of this mystery up to the minute and learning more about the two passengers who boarded the jet with stolen passports. cnn just learned that an iranian man performed the tickets for

p.m. eastern time.chool. >> it's important enough to remind all of us that everybody has to be in the game. there are 57 million children around the world who don't get to go to school. and many of them are girls. >> ttys first major role for the australian prime minister since leaving politics. i spoke to her about being the first woman who has led australia as prime minister.

eastern time. catch the full conversation tomorrow on "bloomberg west" 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern time.ll ahead, entries and horowitz cofounder ben horowitz. -- andreessen borowitz cofounder ben horowitz. ♪ >> you are watching "bloomberg west." in for emilyhman chang. let's get to your top headlines. neweted searching for a chief information officer after the data breach exposed personal information of tens of millions of customers. fe new executive will replace jacob, who has just resigned. wireless tops its rivals in network performance, according to a new study. in a six-month review of reliability, speed, data and call quality, verizon scored 90 out of 100. at&t was second. sprint and t-mobile way behind with scores in the 60's. facebook stepping up enforcement of posts talking about gun sales. facebook says it will delete posts when users declare a willingness to break the law, transporting a gun across state lines. facebook will also send messages to people posting about selling guns, reminding them to follow the law. a successful company in silicon valley, chances are andreessen

p.m. eastern time today.scheduled to land in beijing but the chinese say they have had no contact with this plane. earlier today a spokesperson for the airline said we have no idea where the plane is right now. the plane was carrying 227 passengers, along with two infants and 12 crew members. the airline says their thoughts and prayers are with the families of the passengers. they are calling next of kin although they do not know exactly what happened to the aircraft although the signs are not good. two hours into the flight contact was lost. they said they had several hours worth of fuel, the seven hours would have passed earlier tonight, they say they have no idea where the plane was. joining us by phone while we await the news conference. john scott, a pilot. john, your thoughts? >> well, you know, i'm just thinking about some of the major aircraft crashes that we've covered over the years, megyn. and you know, this could be anything. but when you think back, air france 447 went down over the atlantic ocea

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p.m. eastern -- 6:45 p.m. eastern, peter star. then at 8, military history. t 9, "after words" is paul taylor. he discusses "the next measuring." then at 10, "slavery's exiles." and we wrap up tonight's prime time programming at 11 eastern with diane jacobs whose book, "dear abigail," tells the story of abigail adams ander sisters. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> next on booktv, daniel stashower recalls the plot to assassinate abraham lincoln. the plot was discovered by detective allen pinkerton as lincoln stopped in the city enroute to washington, d.c.. this is about 40 minutes. >> thank you. [applause] thank you for coming out. it's a real pleasure to be here in illinois especially, because this is literally where the wheels of this story started turning. both figuratively and literally. the book is the story, to a large extent, of allen pinkerton, the famous detective of the 19th century, who got his start just about a half hour to the north of here in dundee, illinois. and it also features a lawyer by the name of abraham lincoln who i also

p.m. eastern on c-span3. in his weekly address, president obama talks about rewarding women for hard work and raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. governor rick snyder has the republican address. he talks about creating an environment for job growth and gives examples of states that accomplish this task. >> hi, everybody. i visited a community college in florida this week where i spoke with students about what we need to do to make sure our economy rewards the hard work of every american. more specifically, i spoke about making sure our economy rewards the hard work of women. about half of our workforce and more than half of our college graduates. more women are now the family's main breadwinner than ever before. in a lot of ways, the economy has done -- not caught up to this reality. earned $.77 for every dollar a man does and too many women face outdated workplace holds back our families and our entire economy. a woman deserves to earn equal pay for equal work and paid leave that lets you tak

p.m. eastern on c-span next, theup communicators would republican presented of joe barton. after that, the security council meeting. an event recognizing the fifth anniversary of the tea party movement. >> c-span, grated by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you by a public service by your television provider. >> revisited of joe barton -- representative joe barton joins us this week on "the communicators" to talk about some of the telecommunications issues facing congress and the fcc. congressman, if we could start with a couple the issues in the last week or so. i want to get your thoughts on the comcast and time warner cable merger and whether or not congress will end up playing a role in that. >> we haven't had a chance to study it that much. i think we will have a hearing on it. on the surface of it, i would think that congress would be generally receptive. we will look into local issues where there is a market dominance disproportionate shared concentration. i think overall we would tend to be receptive. >> tom wheeler's comments regarding the net n

p.m. eastern on c-span 2. next, q&a with rel on herginia post book followed by question time with british prime minister david cameron and the future of afghanistan with the state department special representative for the region. ♪ >> this week on "q&a," bloomberg columnist and author virginia postrel discusses her book, "the power of glamour: longing and the art of visual persuasion." >> virginia postrel, author of "the power of glamour," in history, from your perspective, which political figure is the most glamorous? >> wow, that is a really hard question. alexander the great is a

p.m. eastern, bulls, bears and black swans. the three key wards in investing today.res matter to your money. that's coming up at 2:00 p.m. eastern. first, "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> so glad to have you with us. i'm christie paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. it is 10:00 in the east, 7:00 on the west coast. you are in the "cnn newsroom." we are beginning this morning with breaking news out of russia. we have a live look here for you at pictures from the russian parliament. it is just unanimously approved, president vladimir putin's request to send russian forces into ukraine. >> want to get the latest from cnn's frederick pleitgen in moscow. fred, what are you hearing? >> reporter: very significant vote that happened there in the upper house of russian parliament. the vote as you said was

p.m. eastern and tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on the fox news channel. >> very good. general motors recalling another 1.6 million vehicles. we're going to tell you which ones made the list. this time, and why plus we'll talk to consumer expert about why the company keeps having so many problems. >> and we'll have a live report on the ukraine crisis as russian troops continue to mass on the country's eastern border, stoking fears of an all out invasion. >> we believe that the best way to find -- resolve any crisis, through the diplomatic and political channels short word ths a tall order. up your game. up the ante. and if you stumble, you get back up. up isn't easy, and we ought to know. we're in the business of up. everyday delta flies a quarter of million people while investing billions improving everything from booking to baggage claim. we're raising the bar on flying and tomorrow we will up it yet again. [ matt ] the only thing better than the smell of fresh-cut grass is the smell of perfectly level, fresh-cut grass. that yellow seat's my favorite chair. [ kathleen

p.m. eastern. on the next "washington journal," fred kempe reviews president obama's trip abroad. tony carrk discusses monday's deadline to sign up for insurance under the affordable care act. tea party express cofounder russo talks about the current state of the tea party. and former un ambassador discusses the u.n.'s role with russia. as always, we would take her calls and you can join the conversation via facebook and twitter. " washington journal," live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you today as a public service by your television provider. >> david cohen is the executive vice president of the comcast corporation. he is our guest this week on "the communicators." when it comes to the comcast -time warner cable proposed merger, what's the biggest hurdle that you see facing comcast? >guest: what a surprise we shoud start with that question. obviously, we are going to have a serious governmental review of the transaction. but i'll be honest with you, i think the transaction is a lot less scary, a lot

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p.m. eastern. the scene in washington at the supreme court was a smelly one, as supporters and opponents converged with the justices hearing the arguments in two cases combined into one. the hobby lobby case and the other -- the question was whether for-profit corporations can refuse to provide insurance coverage for contraceptives to their workers, based on the religious beliefs of the corporation's owners. this is a look at the scene outside the court. >> we gathered in a prayer andle inside this court, prayed to the supreme judge of the universe. not out here, where they tell us -- that is ok. inside the court. assured -- >> we will bring you the oral argument in that case, coming up tonight, 8:00 eastern. at 4:00 p.m., you can hear it on c-span radio. >> mr. speaker and my colleagues, i rise today out of us, andfor you, all of a concern for this united states house of representatives. it is one that has been involved in the reform movement, for the years i have been hearing congress. those of u

p.m. eastern. only right here on bloomberg.till ahead on "lunch money," a conversation with the brain behind vice media. thethe news outlet won backing of rupert murdoch. the pros and cons of building sports stadiums. we hear both sides of the argument, coming up in sports. ♪ -- of the stadium debate. if you build it, will they come? stadiums can cost taxpayers millions of dollars or billions of dollars, like the jetblue part in florida, where the red sox have their spring training. some argue it is worth the business and it attracts. phil from the university of south florida says it is not. he spoke with mike mckee. >> we have never found that spring training has to do with the amount of spending that goes on in any location. we see teams moving around and you can look at a county and see whether or not the team comes to the county, do their sales go up. the team leaves the county, do their sales go down? we have never found real evidence. even if the claims of all these people are true, the amount of tax revenue generated by

p.m. eastern, secretary sebelius and the health and human services budget proposal for 2015. administration officials will be back on capitol hill to talk about the budget. the house and senate committees. jack lew, the treasury secretary testifying tomorrow at 10:30 eastern on c-span3, and office of management and budget director burwell, will be before the house budget committee tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> c-span, we bring public affairs events from washington, directly to you. putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings and conferences, and offering complete gavel to gavel coverage of the u.s. house. all as a public service of private industry. we are c-span. created by the cable tv industry 35 years ago and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. watch us in h.d., like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> the house gavels in in just under 10 minutes. eight bills under suspension today, including one to delay national flood insurance program premium increases. we'll have live coverage at 2:00 p.m. east

p.m. eastern time on fox business network. if you don't have it. >> demand it? >> i don't know. i forgot the second part of that. he once killed a terrorist by blinking him to death. in exto me, mike baker, former cia operative and founder of diligence, diligence hair pray and diligence brick a brack. for all of your coffee, hairspray and brick a brack needs, they are already scattered over a body of water. >> a block. the lede. that's the first story. hey, greg, do you have an extra mat? >> so sweet. he will prene on a screen. it is day 830,sex 339 >> have to push that button. trait russ swine edward snowden will make an appearance at the interactive festival next week. change the name. organizers say snowden, if that's his real name, who fled into the arms of his bff, vladimir putin after permanently harming our national security will appear via raw moat -- via remote about spying on the tech community. uh ready could together conference website, attendees will hear directly on his beliefs on what the tech community must do to secure the private data of the billions of people

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p.m. eastern. you can watch live coverage of the house on c-span and the senate on c-span2.is a timber town. you would not know what to look at it today. the timber qualities are almost completely removed. but bend was a timber town to begin with. at the height of the timber industry, if you were to drop 1928, you would have smelled the mills. you would have smelled the sawdust. you would have gotten it on your clothing. whistles hear the mill from the two giant mills on the river. it would have permeated everything. it would have been 10 minutes in the downtown core where all the shops were. even see the smoke. you would have heard the whistles. you would know right away you were in the middle of temper town, usa. >> next week, they look at the history and life of bend, oregon. >> joining us on "newsmakers," congressman steve scalise the chair of the republican study committee. thank you for being with us. joining us with the questioning is burgess everett who covers congress for "politico" and susan ferrechio, chief political correspondent for "the examiner." i want to tal

p.m. eastern, joshua disiets describes president lincoln's secretaries. then at 8, learn the story of the subway system from doug most. at 9 p.m., annie jacobsen details operation paper clip. and at 10 p.m., "afte

p.m. eastern. that is a look at the top stories this hour.overnor of new jersey, chris christie, holding a press conference at the statehouse in trenton. as you know, the governor has been plagued by that trent -- controversy dubbed bridge gate. let's go to that conference. one thing was clear from the beginning. i told them to find the truth, no matter where it led. i had to turn over every rock that we can get to in order to get to the bottom of what happened, and let me know what the truth was. they conducted over 70 interviews, reviewed over 250,000 documents and had access to both personal and business devices, e-mails, text of my current and former senior staffers, of the lieutenant governor, and me. consistent with the call i made in january, we made the report public as soon as we received it. i want to thank randy and his team of former federal prosecutors and other members for the extraordinary amount of work they did in a relatively short window of time. as for the recommendations, i fully embrace the reforms as it pertains to my o

p.m. eastern. eastern. they debate about the length medicare cuts to doctors. at 5:30 p.m. eastern they will vote on that and a judicial nomination. after the votes senators plan to consider extending long-term unemployment insurance. the house is not in session today. they return to more to consider aid to ukraine and sanctions on russia. live senate coverage on c-span2. the house on c-span. >> april is sexual assault awareness month in the u.s. army. last week, army secretary john mchugh and army chief of staff general ray odierno spoke about this year's theme, a voice unheard is an army if you. over the next month army leaders will focus on raising awareness of sexual violence and educate leaders on how to prevent it. this is about half an hour. >> thank you, sir. ladies and gentlemen, you may take your seats. at the time i'd like to welcome to the podium dr. christine altendorf, director of the army's sexual harassment and assault response and prevention office for a few opening remarks. dr. altendorf. >> good morning. it's my pleasure to welcome each wanted you to the c

p.m. eastern.nd it's janet yellen's first news conference as fed chair which feels at t 2:30. investors expect the fed to continue its bond buying program. several officials have suggested scrapping the threshold of describing general changes in the jobs market inflation that could trigger a rate hike. we'll get more from adam on that. we just heard that the carlsberg court, as i understand it, has approved the esm rules, the esm is in line with the constitution. so any potential market threat from that has been taken away. the esm has been ruled in line with the german constitution. there we go. the man reading out that ruling is sitting down taking his hat off. a quick word on that. this should be the end of it. >> the man with the hat has now once just kicked it upstairs. just get on with business. >> yeah. they were never really going to -- >> if they had, it would have been disastrous. but it's like courts don't usually go too far against public opinion. >> the fed, what should they do with th

p.m. eastern, 4:00 p.m. specific right here on al jazeera america that's our show for today, thank you for joining us. to explain how helping others makes you more successful. looking for a job? you aren't alone. there are roughly three people applying to fill the position. and they are looking to get on the path to success by any means necessary. but what if

p.m. eastern on c-span 2. a criminalt have investigation role. we have an enforcement role. we enforce the federal securities laws to make sure wall street abides by the rules. we also write the rules, by the way, for wall street. we do not have the criminal authority. we have the power to bring civil action, civil fraud action and negligence actions against those who violate the federal securities laws. we cannot send them right to jail, but we can assess civil penalties. is not asof penalties high as we would like it to be. commitrequire those who wrongdoing stooges scorch their ill-gotten gains. have the power to bar somebody from the securities industry so they cannot live another day to defraud again. >> mary jo white, tonight at 8:00 on c-span q&a. >> the three elements of the package are a sense of exceptionality. you can get that from a lot of different sources. a feeling that you are special. is theond element ofosite and that is a dash insecurity to offset that exceptionality. the feeling you have not done quite enough yet. the third element is impulse control or s

p.m. eastern on c-span. also c-span radio will air the argument today at 4 p.m. easte eastern. >> probably when you look at the threats we faced, when you look at things like improvise nuclear devices, we know that no one jurisdiction would ever have the capability to respond. we'll have to bring resources from across the nation. and looking at various threats, several which are tears of days, some of which are natural hazards, we started adding up the numbers, casualties, fatalities, injuries, search and rescue, immediate recovery needs. and looking at that we begin identifying critical capabilities and gaps. so part of this was to address the funding not only hoping that by jurisdiction by jurisdiction it adds up to national capability, but driving some of the risks and threats as an overall national response. and how do you build that capability and direct the funding? grant funding based upon the division between the states. the other has to be competitive so we can see in some areas of this country where maybe sponsorship of one state or one committee to prov

p.m. eastern. we will be watching. brian sweeney, thank you. >> i appreciate it. >>> right now senator mccain is speaking on the senate floor about the crises in the ukraine. we will monitor and keep you posted. it's got 1080p video, three times zoom, and a twenty-megapixel sensor. it's got the brightest display, so i can see what i'm shooting -- even outdoors, and 4 mics that capture incredible sound. plus, it has apps like vine -- and free cloud storage. my new lumia icon is so great, even our wipeouts look amazing. ♪ honestly, i want to see you be brave ♪ ♪ predibut, manufacturings a prettin the united states do. means advanced technology. we learned that technology allows us to be craft oriented. no one's losing their job. there's no beer robot that has suddenly chased them out. the technology is actually creating new jobs. siemens designed and built the right tools and resources to get the job done. >>> we have a lot of conversations in our "reid report" news room and today we carefully weighed which stories are h

p.m. eastern. officials are saying we expect a substantial increase in the number of people they've been able to identify. it is grim going here. >> hence my warning at the start about how difficult it is to report on this. disturbing facts out there, updated numbers from you, as well. very sad. thank you. we'll check back with you. >>> fox extreme weather alert. wet and windy conditions on tap for much of the country this weekend. the south bracing for severe storms while parts of the midwest could see even more snow. janice,ing it looks like spring will never get here. >> in some areas, yes. more snow across the midwest, ohio river valley and interior sections of the northeast towards new england. we've got a mish-mash of weather here. extreme storms possible in parts of central florida. we have a tornado watch in effect until 5:00 p.m. local time. we have several severe thunderstorm warnings around orlando up towards south of daytona beach, with large hail and very damaging winds possible as wel

p.m. eastern time. and despite all of the tough talk from the west, russia is solidifying it's hold on crimea. one expert says president vladimir putin's ego may be making this a difficult situation. >> ukrainian cabinet ministers sent to crimea for talks has not been allowed to get off their plane. earlier today pro russian military forces took over two military bases. we have more on the rising tensions in crimea. >> reporter: all of the moat item is with russia now. militiamen force their way into the headquarters of the ukrainian navy in sevastopol. there is no resistence and the base is overrun without a shot being fired. it's out with the old, in with the new. russia is in charge. it's forces on the ground increasingly bold in making that point. you rainan soldiers inside wonder how long the russians are prepared to wait outside before forcing their way in. ukrainian soldiers told us they feel abandoned by their government. they wouldn't talk on camera so i spoke to a retired officer who is being

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p.m. eastern, i have never seen anything like this.e sit down for the first time with the hitmen hired to talk to "20/20." their secret is they are undercover federal agents. you will find out who's hiring them, suburban soccer moms, husbands with intricate plots to kill their why's, children looking to kill her parents that what one of -- but what none of them know is that cameras are rolling annual watch it all tonight as is -- as it unravels. >> you are talking about who these people were, what was it like talking to them? they were officers posing as hit men. do they feel this is a secret world? >> they come forward to talk with us but you will be inside the hollywood makeup room. to artist takes three hours make them up because they are working these cases now. new hair and nose and cheeks and then they come forward and sit down with us and they reveal all, what it is they do, how they question these people, how they make sure they really want to kill someone that they used to love and then you see the video for yourself, the shoc

p.m. eastern. until then part of today's washington journal. >> joining us from our new york studio is a new msnbc host, joy reid. tell us about your show. >> guest: well we are at 2:00 p.m. eastern monday through friday, and we are -- i like to call of a combination of policy, politics, and culture in that order. we tried obviously do the news of the day. we have to let people know what's happening, but we have to do some analysis. and then we have a little fun ever so often. there's a lot of stuff happening in the culture says he won this show just started, february 24 if. the media are cool but your show when it came on was joy reid says her new msnbc show won't be one hour of what republicans socked. [laughter] >> guest: yes. i was asked a question by the writer, atomic christopher. i read just going to go after republicans every day? no. what we want to do is have a conversation. there are a lot of issues upon which there is great disappointment, the conservative movement, what the republican

p.m. eastern. hello, i'm richard gisberg, and you are at "the listening poet." ukraine gets a domestic government. the obama administration observes the right to cease phone records. new rules will make it harder. gay rights, the debate in the media. reasons to be fearful of a smartphone. that's the web video. into we saw it in the aftermath of the arab spring. with a new government, media outlets that backed the previous administration are having to reposition themselves and have been left with explaining, on the day the viktor yanukovych fell, a young journalist went on inter, accusing the network of deceiving viewers and dividing ukrainian. it was a crystallising media moment. over three months of protest there were complaints of the way the story was downplayed either through censorship by the government or because the ukrainian media self sen sword, because owners were tied to the government. now that viktor yanukovych fell, where does it leave those loyal to him. how do they regain the credibility lost own the viktor yanukovych. we start in kiev. >> it was

p.m. eastern.'ll send you back to 'forbes on fox". >>> the world is on edge as russia uses its military might in the ukraine. on the same day this week, china announced increase in budget, president obama announces he wants to slash defense spending here. is that wise? >> no, it's not wise. we're talk about dramatic cuts in defense spending. it's not driving the debt crisis in the united states. entitlements are. we're got north korea, iran improving the range of their missles. our defense is a force for stability and peace. people always equate it to china. china -- china's the enron of government bookkeeping. they mask their defense spending saying it is space spending. >> with all this stuff going on, the world very dangerous stuff, wouldn't it be a terrible time to slash defense spending? >> i don't think so. the reality is we spend more on defense than the rest of the world combined. they talk about reducing the burden of government, but they are promoting very big government and global depend

p.m. eastern, a panel discussion on the monuments men followed by an hour-long viewer discussion with mr. edsall from last week. at 9:00 p.m., "after words" with gabriel sherman, author of the loudest voice in the room. then at 10:00 p.m. james barrett describes artificial intelligence and the end of the human era. and we wrap up tonight programming at 10:45 p.m. eastern with paul kengor who wrote "eleven principles of a reagan conservative." that all happens tonight on booktv. >> less than 2% of members came from the working class. they eventually wound up in congress are at the flashing forward to the present day, the average member of congress spent less than 2% of their career in service industry jobs. and so this is one thing that really hasn't changed. lots of different aspects of the political aspect. big money in politics, the decline of unions, while all of this is happening, there is one of the constants in 100 years or so. >> we are trying to represent the worker and so i think. >> i'm glad you brownness up. the question that i talk about in this book is really that it doesn't m

p.m. eastern. first, "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> so glad to have you with us. i'm christie paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. it is 10:00 in the east, 7:00 on the west coast. you are in the "cnn newsroom." we are beginning this morning with breaking news out of russia. we have a live look here for you at pictures from the russian parliament. it is just unanimously approved, president vladimir putin's request to send russian forces into ukraine. >> want to get the latest from cnn's frederick pleitgen in moscow. fred, what are you hearing? >> reporter: very significant vote that happened there in the upper house of russian parliament. the vote as you said was unanimous, 89 of them for for the motion, zero against. the big question now, vladimir putin has the authority to send russian forces into ukraine. the big question now is, is this something they have done in retrospect or are the russians going to start sending forces right now. as you know, there have been reports in the past i would say

p.m. eastern time hour. melissa francis taking you through the next hour. melissa: absolutely. going on, cheryl. we have a big show starting with a throwdown, featuring one and only charlie gasparino, watch him go head-to-head over the 200 million-dollars salary of pimco's bill geese. tough day for tesla. a huge ruling shuts down sales in new jersey. the stock is taking a beating. we'll go live to a tesla location for reaction and debate. some passengers from one of the doomed carnival cruises are suing the company for $5,000 a year for life. what? are you have you heard about this one? we're all over it. because even when they say it's not it is always about money. melissa: so before we get to our throwdown we want to check herbalife which is huge story. trading has resumed but you

p.m. eastern hour against baylor.y that. >>> looking for a little west coast action, ucla takes on florida, 9:45 eastern. fun fact. florida, knocked ucla out of the tournament three times in the past four years. st state takes on top dog arizona. cheryl: go arizona. all right. microsoft ceo satya nadella making headlines today. it wasn't too long ago that former ceo alan mulally was rumored to take over that role. still to come, jeff flock talks with ford executive chairman bill ford what the future holds for mr. mulally and the automaker in general. ♪ i've always had to keep my eye on her... but i didn't always watch out for myself. with so much noise about health care, i tuned it all out. with unitedhealthcare, i get information that matters... my individual health profile, not random statistics. they even reward me for addressing my health risks. so i'm doing fine... but she's still gonna give me a heart attack. innovations that work for you. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. so our business can be on at&

p.m. eastern. i hope you join us.raine. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> this is piers morgan live. you are looking live at kiev where shortly before dawn, a memorial to protesters gunned down there last month and there's word that they're trying to construct a so-called off ramp to get vladimir putin

p.m. eastern. join all my colleagues right here breaking it down for you.ca, from los angeles. robert set m me up. i mean, you don't give your girlfriend of 2 years a little velvet box for her birthday and not have it be an engagement ring. oh, amy. i don't have any chocolate, but bite the heads off these animal crackers. thanks. so, what was in the box? oh, one of those beautiful pearl, we're-never-getting-married necklaces. you know, you just got to give it time. you and robert will get married eventually. no. we talked about it. you know, when he asked why i threw the velvet box at his head. and he told me, "i still don't know what i want. it's not you, it's me." oh, god. "it's not you, it's me." that's on the guys' greatest hits album. so, i broke up with him. you--again? on your birthday? why not? i came into this world alone. oh, amy... oh, sweetie... no. it's my fault. i keep falling for the wrong guys. this is my pattern. well, your pattern used to be falling for guys who were gay. they didn't start out gay. they became gay after going out with me.

p.m. eastern and we will host a special report on flight 370.d his expert panel will answer many more of your questions. much more coverage coming up and it's official now. russia's president signs the paper officially annexing crimea to the russian federation with as many as 20,000 troops on the border with ukraine, it was more of a moralality. will putin want more? >> much more on the mystery of flight 370. the two sides in the fight for the future of ukraine with pens. moments after the russian parliament passed the treaty, a necking crimea. vladimir putin signed it and they take ownership. in response, they signed a trade agreement with the european union. it was a dispute over closer ties that led to the current crisis. the crisis is growing more tense as russia tightens the grip. they show forces breaking through a gate of a ukrainian military base. no reports of shots fired. joining us now, he is in crimea. how much of these new developments are adding to an already rather tense situation? >> in many ways like a done deal like it has for

p.m. eastern and 4:00 p.m. pacific. that's it, that's our show for today. i'm ali velshi. have a great weekend. >> join us on consider this... >> president jimmy carter joins antonio mora >> my administartion has a very strong human rights element. >> his perspective on the conflicts facing the world in the state of america. on al jazeera america real reporting that brings you the world. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> welcome to aljazeera america. "the stream." >> lisa fletcher is out on a well earned vacation, and we have my man subbing in as cohost and digital d.j. in the show. and when we

p.m. eastern on c-span three. >> next, the future of u.s.-afghanistan relations. speakers include former special representative for afghanistan marc grossman. this is hosted by the u.s. institute of peace. this panel is one hour and 10 minutes. welcome on behalf of u.s. ip. i would like to thank all of you for coming, and our distinguished guests. we also want to thank our panelists for this first panel which is titled "the united states and afghanistan, the longview. view.the long -- the longview." given policy relations of late, there is lots of focus on the security transition and the upcoming political transition in 2014 in particular. i do think in terms of the current discourse in washington, talking about life beyond 2014 is taking a long view. i think that one of the objectives for today is to try to look at future relations between the u.s. and pakistan beyond 2014. there is a longer-term interest in this relationship. i think it is also important that we have a balanced and realistic view in this relationship. that was -- just what we heard from ambassad

p.m. eastern and 4:00 p.m. pacific. that's it , that's our show for today. i'm ali velshi. have a great weekend. >> >> it's now been two weeks since that malaysia airlines jet vanished without a trace. where the search is centered now, and why it won't include one of the u.s. navy's most sophisticated planes. >> u.n. monitors headed to ukraine. >> michigan's same-sex ban knocked down after called

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