because they do you weigh in at something like over five hundred grams i spoke with jimmy fortunate shanker who chairs the sochi organizing committee and he hoped that when someone does game one of these they will also take away the spirit of russia on a more serious note mr chernyshenko also addressed security concerns and said that the government had taken exceptional steps to guarantee the games would be safe and secure he also talked about the possibility of a lack of snowfall because sochi has experienced a very mild winter but he has said that tons of snow is now being stored under thermal blankets up in the mountains to cover any shortfall essentially the message is sort she is ready and from friday there are only two hundred fifty days to go and three farmer. simply to spoke. and i was take a look at some other stories from around the world and u.s. army soldier will plead guilty to killing sixteen civilians in afghanistan in a deal to avoid the death penalty staff sergeant robert bales will have to go into details of his rampage last year final sentencing is set to be announced in

shanker was also talking a little earlier about. the problems that the sochi games have faced over this last year in particular the security concerns each rest day saying that the government was taking all the measures it could to guarantee that the games would be safe and secure and he also said that despite the warm weather sorties experience in the winter is experienced this year plans are in place to make sure that enough snow is being stored under. blankets up in the mountains tons of the stuff to cover any shortfall so rest assured thanks to the medals thirteen hundred will be produced that will be safe will be a record number they will be produced by a russian jew to the biggest russian jew look without a mass and as i mentioned i think that twelve new sports be included in the sochi calendar this time around which make them the biggest winter olympics in history so the waiting is this is always a milestone when the medals are presented to me get to see what they do look like there's a monsoon in terms of the preparations for

preparations for these games and doing just that to the press a few moments ago is to make sure china shanker he is the man that is in charge of such as organizing committee and basically is responsible for such preparations and what he said there was interesting in itself he talked about concerns over security he said that terrorism he acknowledges is a global problem but said that to govern how take an exceptional steps to guarantee the games will be safe and secure he also addressed concerns about the recent warm climate the source he has experienced it did experience a very warm winter and that led to snow shortages in some parts of the mountain separate. but he now says the. a scheme is underway where they store hundreds of tons of snow under thermal blankets up in those mountains and that should cover any shortfall you also talked about all the sporting venues and my ready they've all hosted international events in the past the tests the construction side of things in terms of roads and rail links will be done by october and then from that point the beautification process will. the mess

during a thousand strong rally demanding the release of former ukrainian premier you may have to miss shanker these ten people have been indicted too much sankoh was sentenced to seven years in prison and twenty left. this was lining dusty with russia tree years. in rhymes all those of workers have rallied against the country's austerity policies calling for urgent labor only forms it is going through the longest recession in decades the new prime minister enrico letta is facing a tough challenge to sort out the punishing measures introduced by the previous government and other urgent the issue is youth unemployment which has soared to almost forty percent. france's president has signed into law the legislation of gay marriage it was the flagship social form of his election campaign a year ago this by majority public support its third month of mass a nationwide protest involving hundreds of thousands of people right now and is suffering the lowest popularity ratings of any recent french president. now well being expected to pay our way as a few more tax dollars are squeezed out of us but not

number of sporting celebrities present for the ceremony another man that will be here as dimitri tuna shanker is the head of the sort she organizing committee he's responsible for making sure all the preparations run smoothly and he has given guarantees again about security at the games saying that the government is taking exceptional steps to make sure they will be safe and secure he also talked about the concerns about snow fall because sochi has experienced a very mild winter this winter but he says that tons of snow is now being stored under the move blankets up in the mountains across now brianna to cover any shortfall so the message is everything is on track they will get off first glimpse of those medals and three farmer. simply just book. coming up is breaking the set with every martin. distraction is one thing the media does very well we all tend to focus on one space issue of the moment and ignore the rest jill those are definitely worth the media attention but let's not ignore the fact that the food people eat around the world is an attack from multiple fronts antibiotics are often

rival serena williams but first the world number two had another sweet encounter with michael graf shanker reports. it turns out that maria sharapova has a sweet tooth which a venture into the candy making business has clearly shown a recent visit to moscow for the russia wide launch of a sugar pobre candy brand wrapped up a successful half year for the commercial project. and sharapova has also managed to emulate that success on the court this year with her recent defense of her stuttgart grand prix title proof things are starting to fall into place she's now back up to second in the w.t. a world rankings behind her nemesis serena williams it's a rivalry that has spanned almost a decade and one that has continued this year sure of the met serena williams both in the semifinal of the doha open in qatar and in the final of the miami open tennis tournament but couldn't break her eleven game losing streak against the towering american which spans back to two thousand and four the competition and the top ten opponents tennis this is really tough and obviously to tremendous year last year she w

net because they do you weigh in something like over five hundred grams i spoke with me for tuna shanker who chairs the sochi organizing committee and he hopes that when someone does win one of these they will also take away the spirit of russia on a more serious note mr chernyshenko also addressed security concerns and said that the government had taken exceptional steps to guarantee the games would be safe and secure he also talked about the possibility of a lack of snowfall because sochi has experienced a very mild winter but he has said that tons of snow is now being stored under thermal blankets up in the mountains to cover any shortfall essentially the message is sort she is ready and from friday there are only two hundred fifty days to go and three farmer. simply to. take over some of the stories from around the world and iraq at least sixteen people have been killed and many more injured in a series of bomb attacks mainly in the capital this follows a recent surge of violence that's push the country further towards all out sectarian war one explosion in baghdad ripped through a p

net because they do you weigh in something like over five hundred grams i spoke with jimmy for tuna shanker he chairs the sochi organizing committee and he hopes that when someone does game one of these they will also take away the spirit of russia on a more serious note mr chernyshenko also addressed security concerns and said that the government had taken exceptional steps to guarantee the games would be safe and secure he also talked about the possibility of a lack of snowfall because sochi has experienced a very mild winter but he has said that tons of snow is now being stored under thermal blankets up in the mountains to cover any shortfall essentially the message is sochi is ready and from friday there are only two hundred fifty days to go and three farmer. simply. news right up so far from washington studios prime interest on a next after the break breaking down the numbers you need to know. the structure is one thing the media does very well we all tend to focus on one spicy issue of the moment and ignore the rest jewels are definitely worth the media attention but let's not ignore

kid is good in math and get a harder matchbook don't make them do baby mass then another is a word shanker in all the facts about favorite movie stars or baseball players that he really likes i am always ask how can i tell what kind of a thinker my child is? and often shows up around seven or eight years old visual thinkers like to do art the mathematical mind likes mathematics and lagos the writers are good writing to you also have visual thinker is likely go then some are all words. then you have auditory others i have said dyslexic student she didn't learn anything through vision because she had a lot of visual processing problems. and sometimes visual images would get distorted. they need to have the different minds working together i can visualize thinking liggett the fukushima and nuclear power plant and they made a mistake no visual thinker would make i cannot design a nuclear reactor but i would have put the emergency cooling equipment for the generators in the basement that was not waterproof. that is what they did. people don't work under water very well. all i have to know about

because they do you weigh in at something like over five hundred grams i spoke with jimmy fortunate shanker who chairs the sochi organizing committee and he hoped that when someone does game one of these they will also take away the spirit of russia on a more serious note mr chernyshenko also addressed security concerns and said that the government had taken exceptional steps to guarantee the games would be safe and secure he also talked about the possibility of a lack of snowfall because sochi has experienced a very mild winter but he has said that tons of snow is now being stored under thermal blankets up in the mountains to cover any shortfall essentially the message is sort she is ready and from friday there are only two hundred fifty days to go and three farmer. simply to. it's world news in brief a further series of bomb attacks in iraq mainly in baghdad have killed at least thirty people wounded many more one explosion in the capital ripped through a police patrol that there three officers dead then two more separate bomb blasts killed eight people the recent surge in violence has cl

here's deutsche bank analyst joshua shanker. >> aig is absolutely thriving with insurance businesses.the credit default swap-writing businesses for the most part, and in a few years, they'll be completely at zero for the business and there will be no impact whatsoever. >> those credit default swaps aig wrote, almost taking the company down in 2008. enter the government with a $182 billion bailout aig fully repaid last year. aig selling 27 businesses to repay the loans, the government selling its 92% stake in the firm and netting an almost $23 billion profit. investors netting a 46% profit over the last 12 months. the government exiting improving results of the core casualty business pushing the stock higher. the pnc business is key to aig's future success. aig is improving its underwriting in the unit while being helped by higher rates and its decision to exit certain lines of businesses, including workers compensation. cost cuts also part of the ongoing transformation. but those less bullish on aig say there is still a lot to be done to improve the profitability of the p&c business,