for these kids in paraguay it really is a treasure. this is aida, a violinist and a cello player, both students in paraguay. take a look at their instruments. [ speaking in foreign languag ] language ]. >> wow. >> that's his cello, and it is made with recycled items that they found at a landfill. >> so they're made out of gaf g? they don't have enough money for real instruments? >> no. they are poor. they live in an area where a violin is worth more than the hole they live in. >> let's hear. shut up. that is -- that's unbelievable. >> their instructor, his name fabio chavez. as they were ticking through the trash, they found a shell of a violin and decided to restore it, and that's where the idea came from. so then they started just finding random items to create different instruments, and they've gotten these kids from this very poor community to learn how to play these instruments, and even performed. they call themselves recycled orchestra, because that is really who they are. the people in the community have come together to help t

. >>> estados unidos es el nÚmero en la tenencia de amas, en sudamÉrica, uruguay, y panamÁ, y paraguayo paÍs, estÉn en circulaciÓn 3 veces mÁs armas que la cantidad registrada hasta este momento. >>> en mÉxico nadie sabe a ciencia cierta cuÁl fue el costo humano a el trÁfico de armas, la realidad que los muertos se cuentan por miles por la facilidad de compras de armas de uso militar en estados unidos. en mÉxico, edgar muÑÓz, univisiÓn. >>> el presidente chÁvez tuvo una infecciÓn respiratoria, como secuela de la operaciÓn a la que fue sometido en la habana, dijo el ministro de educaciÓn villegas, dijo que se para intentar Ó ayer, fue controlada, y chÁvez esta en condiciÓn estable. estÁ practicamente todo listo para darle el Último adiÓs a jenni rivera, el servicio para conmemorar su vida se llevarÁ a cabo en el teatro gibson. juan carlos habla de los preparativos del homenaje pÓstumo a la diva de la banda. >>> quÉ tal, pasaron 9 dÍas desde la tragedia que cobrÓ la vida de jenni rivera, y sigue llegando la gente, para expresarle muestras de cariÑo, hoy estuvieron interpretando canciones

finally, an uplifting story in paraguay where musicians are using history as constructed from recycledaterials. pull them from a rubbish dump around their home. mo t to our web site. >> let's take you to our main news -- congressional officials believe the united states state house of representatives will not vote tonight on a deal to avoid the implementation of a tax rises and spending cuts due to come into effect at midnight. fireworks celebrating numerous capital from the world at the start of the new year. foreign combat troops will pull out of a afghanistan in 2014, leaving afghan soldiers to fill the gap. afghanistan may not be able to look after themselves without foreign help. >> if there is progress, it has come with a price. the 44 soldiers were killed in so-called insider attacks or shot by rote afghans they're helping to train. it is out of this captain died, playing football here on remembrancer sunday. he was the last british fatality of 2012. >> it affect you personally and are never to raise about that. we will always grief for walter but we will not drop what we're doi

across south america and you can see some very big showers going up to paraguay and into bolivia and also peru. we would like to see heavy rain during the course of sunday. the main concentration remained in northwestern part of brazil going toward ecuador. as you come southward of argentina, it is one are to showers likely. we might see some rain pushing up from the southwest during the latter part of the day. highs in santiago a route 29 degrees. in the caribbean is looking like a fine picture. we should see some showers coming into the northern coast. elsewhere in we've got scattered showers. further north is looking fine was sunny weather and highs of 23 degrees. in north america, at temperatures around 32 degrees. we have to weather systems moving in. this should make some really we go to our top stories. egyptians have less than two hours for the second and final round on a referendum on the constitution. the president'smahmoud mekki announced he was resigning. a senior minister and seven others have been killed in a suicide bomber attack in pakistan. the taliban is claiming re

the bank will exit regions like pakistan and paraguay that haven't been profitable. 1,900 jobs will come from its institutional client's group. they'll start to reassess coverage of certain sectors and geographies in that group. it will close offices underutilized, revisit its branch strategy in metro areas including those in the u.s. this is a broad overhaul of strategy. we have some 350 of those layoffs, too, taking place in citi's so-called bad bank citi holdings. the cfo said the bank will move swiftly to sell those assets but they still face two problems -- valuation of businesses and financing for these buyers that are interested. the financing caused them to remain directly exposed to a lot of the bat businesses like mortgages. they're trying to get out of them as quickly as possible but we expect they'll face further write-down wlz they do that. that's a big strategy for this year as well. >> kayla, thank you. >>> let's talk more about this with editor in chief at american banker. the new ceo is taking a broad brush approach to this. he's moved quickly and guys on the floor who t

from paraguay, and orchestra of young musicians from islam have been touring south america using instrumentsucted entirely from recycled materials. they pulled them from the rubbish dumps around their homes. you can get more on our web sites bbc.com on those stories and many more. the spanish tenor coming go has performed in front of 20,000 people to raise money and awareness for youth orchestra in the violence-plagued city of acapulco. ♪ he was joined by 320 young performers were in july the orchestra was for a risk children between 8-18 years of age. most of the youngsters have little or no music express before joining. a quick update from the central african republic or rebels seized much of the country have renewed their threat to enter the capital. the president says he's ready to form a national anti-government after the coalition launched a rebellion earlier this month. >> the headlines here on bbc world news. politicians in washington are facing another day of intense negotiations. they have got to reach a deal to prevent damaging tax rises and spending cuts. hillary clinton is in th

gallup poll founded if the happiest people in the world are in sunny climates like panama and paragu paraguayu.s. was 33 on list of happy nations. >>> the youtube video of what appears to be an eagle appearing to swoop down and grab a child is a hoax. it was created by four animation students at a school in montreal. they got us all. >>> now for a check of your morning morning markets. the dow opens at 13,251 after falling 98 points yesterday. the s&p and the nasdaq each lost 10. overseas, the into ek can i dropped 121 points but the hang seng gained 3. >>> it could be the end often era for the new york stock exchange. news of a deal that would end more than two centuries of independence for the nyse could come as early as today as its parent company hammers out a potential deal to sell itself to rival intercontinental exchange for about $8 billion. >>> gm shares shot up 6% yesterday on news that the u.s. government will sell its remaining stake in the automaker by 2016. >>> demand has skyrocketed for one unique product, bulletproof backpacks. they're lined with a light material that can alle

other happy nations paraguay, el salvador, venezuela and trinidad. it was followed by other latin- american nations. the least happy nation is one of the wealthiest, singapore. >> that's interesting. >> so we're seeing a common theme there, then. >> there is not necessarily a connection between money and happiness. >> the beatles got it right. >>> 4:56. holiday travelers trying to get home but a blizzard is making it tough. >> and a fiery crash in antioch overnight. the search for a second suspect and what started it all. >> we're live at sfo and there's no place like home for the holidays did you can you get there in time? we'll tell you what could complicate your holiday travel. ,,,,,,,,,, secondhand smoke affects everyone's health. it's not just irritating. it can cause heart disease and even death. speak up about secondhand smoke. your health and the health of your family depend on it. silence. weather ad libs s >>> a week after the deadly school shooting the nation takes time to honor the victims with smiles. >>> this is the busiest day of the t

in panama and paraguay, 85 percent of those polled said against all five, putting those countries athe top of the list. we will be right back. >> we are back at 8:45 a.m.. some of the top stores are following right now. the gop-controlled house is moving ahead today on a bill that would keep the bush era taxetax cut is in place for all americans accept those earning more that $1 million a year. the proposal is being called plan b by house speaker john boehner. democrats say that the plan will not pass the senate and the president has already said that he would veto it if it is passed. >> forecasters are warning that the midwest first major snowstorm of the season cookoffs blizzard conditions this morning from kansas to wisconsin. if the conditions could threaten operations at chicago's o'hare airport. but the snow is helpful for some farmers in the midwest. some areas are more than 12 in. below normal precipitation for the year. >> here is a national view of an act of whether chin.ive wn dust and the chicago could reach 50 mi. per hour. flooding is also a possibility with the floodin

for example, the former president of paraguay was ill, he went to brazil, for privacy and probably the knows. >> and, nadia, he's been critical. do most people feel that way? >> very divided between the va vistas and the opposition, but what we know is he's very trit trollicly anti-capitalism and if for the u.s., it's capitalism. he's been very anti-american in that but the country itself is divided. now, will maduro be the same? remains to be seen. he was the ambassador for the united nations. he lived in america for many, many years. does that alter his sensibility? >> do you think that may make him a bit more liberal so to speak in terms of relations? >> one does wonder. and, again, when the end of the chavez era ends, be it now or lat late,er, will things remain the same or bechanged remains to be seen. >> do you think there's be a sense of fear that he said that, that something they happen to him, that the cancer is back in full force? >> it's interesting you say that. he seems to be very emotional. he was crying talking about his cancer. and during his election he said, i have be

so the former president of paraguay, went to peru. >> mainly, the reason he is going to cuba, is forvacy. >> he is such a strong critic of the u.s., do the people there feel the same way. >> he is a very divisive president. the u.s. is the symbol of capitalism, and there are many anti-chavez oppositions. so we have a very divided country. >> and he is suggesting, the vice president, his successor, naming him, do you think the attitude would change. >> well it's interesting, because he was the united nations ambassador. he lived in america for many years, he's a firm advocate, a confidant, his vice president, and his foreign minister. >> and he seemed to get emotional, do you think it means he got news that he will announce down the road? >> we have seen him this emotional before. he was elected in october, and he said he was in complete remission. in april. he had a very moving ceremony. so we have seen that before. certainly there must be something that happened that he heard that will involve surgery. >> i thought that would be a given that the vp is his successor. is he doing it f

in one part of paraguay, it is true. the instruments they are playing are made out of garbage. ♪ these kids are playing instruments maiden tierl from recycled materials. the man who formed the orchestra said he wanted to get children off the streets by teaching music, but nobody had any money. so they turned to the dump. they ended up turning trash into something beautiful. >>> recapping our top stories now, president george h.w. bush is out of

. >>> in paraguay, one person's trash is another person's musical treasure.he orchestra recycle instruments got its start five years ago. a teacher decided how to teach kids the music and they made from trash. i don't know, i thought they sounded good. >> yeah, that is a neat idea and that is good to resibling. >> enough already? >> yeah, i'm done. >> and that is it for our few days and the third in a series and as mentioned, three different storms and that is the snow pack currently and that is taken by the national weather service. remember that? to the north and west of the 95 corridor. >> yeah. >> we have the snow pack and the darker colors you see, the heavier snow amounts. >> and for those of us that haven't seen much snow? >> uh-huh. >> southern maryland into central virginia, go a little further north and west. >> yeah. >> and go visit your friends. >> seems like they have it in abundance. >> pretty cool. >> uh-huh. >> and your headlines, breezy and cold overnight. the storminess from today out of here and as mentioned, the winds are going to pick up

in one part of paraguay it is true.s they are playing are made of garbage. these kids playing instruments maiden tierl from recycled materials. the man who formed the orchestra says he wanted to get children off the streets by teaching music, but nobody had any money for instruments. so they turned to the dump. they ended up turning trash into something beautiful. recapping our top stories now, president george h.w. bush is out

overseas and pakistan and uruguay and paraguay and turkey.re shuttering operations because we're not etting money. we're closing branches here in the united states. there is not a lot of return on investment. will we see more job cuts coming down the road? the answers from insiders is yes, that you will likely see in coming months more layoffs happening at citigroup. again just 4% the workforce is what was announced today in terms of 11,000 job cuts at citigroup, guys. tracy: rotten timing because of the holidays. part of me wants to say, what took you so long? shouldn't we have been doing this all along? why do we just do it. >> corbett took over in october. he has full support of the board. michael o'neill has been known to be very aggressive wringing excess out of other banking operations. so they're possibly going, possibly full bore in 2013. they're taking the excess out of global consumer banking right now. watch it, everything, i think a lot is on the line over there at citi. ashley: fbn's charlie gasparino reporting that morgan stanle

encabezan la lista de los países más felices del mundo, panamá el 85% de las personas son very happy, paraguayes, filipinas también se nos clavó por ahí, luego ecuador y costa rica >>> vaya (aplausos). >>> era la carga de felicidad de costa rica, qué padre. >>> los 10 países menos alegres. >>> singapur. >>> oh. >>> armenia. >>> irak, se entiende, georgia, lituania, madagascar y afganistán, el más triste del mundo. >>> porque son países muy difíciles. >>>ppero cómo ven a los hispanos, osn felices (gritos) >>> me quieren mucho >>> no. >>> hubo sentimientos encontrados. ♪. >>> amigos de despierta américa como ya se los adelantábamos, el invierno hace entrada con fuerza, la primera tormenta invernal causa retrasos en los aeropuertos más importantes del país, maría eugenia payán tiene los detalles >>> si tan solo se tratara de remover la nieve, pero no, el invierno llegó de manera agresiva, sobre todo por las condiciones que draco la primera tormenta invernal de la temporada, ha causado sobre las carreteras, la policía estatal dice que al menos 3 personas perdieron la vida, los accidentes se cuenta

. >>> si de corrupción se trata, varios países de latinoamérica se roban la atención, venezuela, paraguaytadas ♪. >>> ya, desengarrótese, m'ija, se va a morder el dedo. >>> sí me lo mordí. >>> vamos a darle un aplauso a dalilah polanco. >>> cuándo llegaste, mi amor. >>> ayer. >>> y despertó temprano para venir a univisión. >>> claro que sí, yo temprano, siempre. >>> no como las presentadoras de aquí, que quieren llegar 20 minutos antes del programa. >>> vamos a hablar de las novelas, noche a noche te vemos en por ella soy eva ♪. ay, dios mío, interpretando a lucía ,la mejor amiga de lucero. >>>cclaro que sí, es maravilloso, la gente lo ha aceptado mucho, es una amiga muy noble, pero cree que todos son el bueno. >>> sí qué pecado, porque muchas personas somos así. >>> sí. >>> muchos somos así, porque creemos que la gente toda es buena. >>> y usted está buscando al bueno. >>> ay, m'ija, es una búsqueda que qué pecado, pero anoche vimos cómo la guerra entre rebeca se recrudece y un plutarco pillado con las manos en la masa, qué hay que decir en este momento. >>> francisca, dale play >>> ay,