back to you. >> look forward to it, rumi. moving on, executives at japan's leading oil refiners say an acquisition in a smaller rival as part of a merger plan is going to take longer than expected. the officials cite a delay by the fair trade commission, they say they will take a segment from next month or later. the idemitsu executives say they need time to vet another merger of the oil wholesalers, the executives are set on completing the deal in april. but the founding family is opposed to the merger. the managers say they'll keep trying to get the family's consent, but it's still unclear whether the companies will be able to merge as proposed in april next year. >>> many japanese railway buffs were feeling nostalgic after -- offer fans of the train the chance to relive some of the experience. it's cabin like rooms will be equipped with beds and other equipment from the old carriages. a superfast bullet train service has since replaced the overnight train that connected the cities. the facility run by east japan railway is

good morning, rumi, happy friday, tell us about what you're seeing over there. >> reporter: as you said there, some of that positive sentiment has definitely faded, i'll come to the open legals in a second. but follow the opec meeting and the concerns of deutsch bank also going through the market. nikkei down 1.5% just in the first few minutes of trading, and the topix is down 1.3%. we're seeing a reversal of that this morning. this friday morning. that followed a preliminary agreement by opec members to limit their daily output in their meeting in algeria, the benchmark crude oil futures stayed strong even one day after the deal. however that sentiment quickly faded as fears about deutsch bank caused ripples across the market, it's shares fell to a railro record low, saying hedge funds withdrew from the lender. many are concerned about how it may affect european banks, bank stocks closed sharply lower as we noticed on u.s. and european forces. >> we are seeing the yen rise again against other currencies, give us an updap on what's going on. >> u.s. currency hit an overnight high agains

good morning, rumi, tell us how japanese stocks are opening. >> actually energy shares led most of the advances and also for a fourth day in a row, apple shares rose helping a lot of component makers will focus on those and the tech sector. but let's look at how the nikkei and the topix are kicking off. just a reminder, the nikkei actually closed at a three-week low on thursday, largely on the back of a stronger yen. monday will be a public holiday here in japan, so we may see more volatility today as we pretty much witnessed so far this week. now i want to focus on apple component makers, apple, again, the world's most valuable tech company. advancing i said for a fourth day in a row, we're going to be focusing on component makers here in japan, many of which make products that go into a lot of different apple products. now on to energy shares, again, we have seen a bit of a flip there as well. energy shares leading the advance on the s&p 500. west texas intermediate rose, a major pipeline carrying refined oil to the u.s. east coast was found to have a leak. so that's the spike that c

rumi been we'll talk about the cuts in the next half hour. go to cbs denver.com.>>> let's go to outer space at the space station. astronauts jeff williams and katie rubin's are the ones out there. they will venture out to of several hd video cameras outside the international space station. right now they are trying to harness something in right there. we will keep you updated on the progress. >>> they need a helmet camera. they spent a lot of time. here's what is coming up next. >>> morning healthwatch, pot use is up in the united states. according to a study out. a government survey finds use rose from 10.4% of adults and 2002 to 13.3% in 2014. the results makes sense since more states are legalizing marijuana like colorado. the steady shows fewer people perceive pot is harmful. a new federal report reveals years since we legalized the drug. rocky mount high intensity drug trafficking area study called data from drug usage of highway safety surveys and the police investigations. traffic deaths and er visits went up at least 48% while populat

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her music is about much more than the lyrics derived from the poetry of legendary persian poets like rumi and hafez. she considers herself a performing pioneer who is breaking barriers on stage and around the world. [mamak singing in foreign language] [cheering] sandra: do i need to know farsi to "get" you when i'm watchihing your performance? mamak: i hope e no. my intensnsions are for anyone to e able to pick up the feelings and the expressions, rather than the language. i really want to be able to--to connect to--to the people outside of my own culture. sandra: a connection she hopes the next generation of iranian-american artists will work to make even deeper. for "full frame," this is sandra hughes in los angeles. [mamak singing in foreign language] may: and we'll be right back with a look at how digital media is helping to shape cultural stories. well, the 2016 academy awards may go down as the most contentious and controversial ever as calls for greater diversity in hollywood grow louder and louder. now, according to a new university of southern california report on diversity in me