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it dropped italy, portugal and slovakia and malta and slashed spain by two notches. countries with the highest were spared downgrades. it lowered for france and austria from stable to negative. these two nations could face a rating cut. it listed britain to negative. it is bringing continued issue over the economic reforms. it made the decision after standard & poor's 500 downgraded nine eurozone countries, including france last month. separately, the eu welcomed greece's approach of the austerity measures. >> yesterday, the greek parliament served a crucial step forward. >> eu monetary affairs commissioner said the decision reflects the resolve of the greek people to tackle their fiscal problems. greek parties must now make a pledge in writing to actually execute the austerity plan. the eurozone nations are ready to hold another finance minister meeting on wednesday to finalize the bailout package once greece satisfies all of the conditions. among the news surrounding the eurozone, the euro is lower against the dollar and yen. euro dollar at the middle row is curren

now this is slovakia. the heavy snow and high winds caused absolute chaos on the roads here.ou can see people just caught in traffic. this is austria we go to next. fresh snow and danger of avalanche has caused chaotic situations here. it is piled up on the roofs. 70 centimeters have fallen in areas leaving some areas inn accessible. the news is right now that our storm has dipped down toward the southeast. this is the one that brought the very heavy snow, however, there is another one on the way. just descending from scandinavia. it will come across the same path across germany and across the black sea region. another round of wind and snow. it will not be as potent as the last storm, but will be bringing more winter weather conditions. fairly dry out here to the west, but northern parts of the british isles will peopfeel then coming in. nor snow along the western coast of norway. here are the temperatures for the west and down across the south. we are seeing some double figures popping up there. temperatures are plummeting in the southeast. athens down to 8 degrees for the

it has downgraded the ratings of italy, portugal, spain, slovakia, and slovenia.spain is a country with the highest unemployment rate. it was downgraded two notches. responding to the rate things -- ratings, george osborn said -- the opposition party was quick to blame the government. the shadow finance minister said -- both sides are all too aware of the potential cost of a downgrade. those in france and austria, last month they were stripped of their coat -- aaa status by standard and poor's. this means there is extra pressure on countries to find ways to ensure sustainable growth. in times of cuts in pensions, it is the hardest part of all. >> our economic editor gave this assessment of the implications to the u.k. economy from moody's announcement. >> it shows you you can have a shadow hanging over your triple a rating even if you are committed to cutting the deficit if your economy is not growing fast enough. that is one thing moody's has highlighted. it is not a downgrade. they have not put us on that- watch -- on negative watch, which would be if there was

namely, the speedy cooperation of the new european union democracies, poland, hungary, slovakia within the european union's economic and political structures. early entry into europe was the wish of the new democracies. it would help to stabilize them politically and smooth their transition to market economies. it would ratify the post cold war settlement in europe. given the stormy past of that region, inhabitants are said to produce more histories than they can consume locally. every should wish to see it settle economically and politically inside a stable european structure. why was this not done? why was every obstacle put in the way of the new market democracies? why were their exports subject to the kind of absurd quotas that have until now been reserved for japan? why is there still no room at the inn? the answer is that the european union was too busy contemplating its own naval. both the commission and the majority -- [ applause ] both the commission and the majority of member governments were committed to an early beating of the european union. that is, centralizing more powe

exceptionally cold weather basically says it's getting twenty percent less than usual while austria and slovakia claim a thirty percent drop the countries get the gas from transit link which goes of through ukraine however both moscow and kiev deny there have been any changes in volumes. market watchers expect the darkness of eurozone debt problems to get some light ratings agencies that pours expects the currency union to gradually climb out of its mild recession in the second half of this year and into twenty thirty the firms the chief european economist. explains. the risks of a more severe recession. that could go into twenty thirteen are significant we estimate about forty percent probability yet i think we have to look at all the factors there has been some encouraging developments inside the u. was own and outside the eurozone what we expect is at the moment from emerging markets particularly. asia to strengthen again in the second half of the and that should be supportive of a very gradual recovery in the eurozone we also expect that investors' confidence will gradually come back as you

exceptionally cold weather it's a says it's getting twenty percent less than usual waddles austria and slovakia claim a thirty percent drop the countries that get the gas from transit link which goes from ukraine however both moscow and kiev deny the have been any changes in volumes . i tell you then joy may be here fifty five minutes small market small business to come back headlines next. to. a soulless substance. in a touch like a well trained army. villages in ruins. for thailand where time stands still. all becomes a sea of nothingness. the mysterious suns of russia. are. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for langley you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know what i'm charging welcome to the big picture. book about a week. of our top stories now the u.n. the gay shades revised the resolution text on syria which russia's insistence is no longer aimed regime change calls for the removal of president assad also the whole bunch. have been dropped from the upda

broken out between russia and ukraine over disappearing supplies to europe it's in the austrian slovakia say they're all getting between twenty and thirty percent less than usual gazprom says it's perplexed about the declines it claims it to raise deliveries by twenty percent last week to meet extra demand caused by the exceptionally cold weather sweeping the continent the russian gas monopoly points the finger at transit country ukraine for taking more gas than contract it however of denies these allegations and says it's keeping to the terms of agreement and that it's a gas problem that's reduce the pressure in the. market watchers expect the darkness of the euro zone their problems to get some light suit ratings agency standard and poor's expects the currency union to gradually climb out of its mild recession in the second half of this year and into twenty first the firms achieved european economies designed he said see explained. the risks of the more cvo recession. that could go into twenty thirteen are significant we estimate about forty percent probability yet i think we have to l

deal was announced moody's came out and downgraded austria france italy malta portugal slovenia slovakiaspain and the u.k. they are not going to stop in till they can eradicate representative government government inside of europe and have everything controlled financially out of brussels and if you control the financial the financial aspect of these countries you control these countries but many people are pointing to the fact that the greek economy is uncompetitive and simply won't survive in the euro zone what's your take on that. well you know in the western media the mainstream media would have you believe that this is all brought on greek greece and it's their own fault they want you to believe that these folks retire when they're twelve years old they get every benefit under the sun and they contribute absolutely nothing to the eurozone if that is the case fine let em default that's what happens in free market capitalism if you can't pay your bills as a person or a nation in free market capitalism you default you go bankruptcy bankruptcy is a very important part of free market cap

productivity ratio the output for man hours woman hours work and it is down in the lower thirds around slovakia ok so their productivity has really fall on us as europe's as a whole compared to the u.s. and so they need a redevelopment plan and the i.m.f. is the best agency for instituting we development plans all as italy where where their money should go just was you then redevelopment but someone may say that one don't get greece out of the eurozone altogether many analysts have said that even e.u. officials have said that default could be a more preferable option for the people of greece and in fact that would lead to an exit of the eurozone is that an option i think that i suspect that the greeks greeks here's me the german finance minister minister wolfgang shortly wants that i think he is the one pushing hardest for the austerity measures without a plan to rebuild greece and i suspect that's what he wants and that's what the germans are pushing for i don't think it has to happen it would be unnecessarily painful they have to reconstitute the demand and if you just call for hysteria the u

members like slovakia or even portugal. some protesters are saying that they wouldn't mind paying for the second bout if it helped them in any way but they don't see that happening why do you think leaders are so committed to this remedy that really doesn't seem to be a cure well no i think we have to go a step back i mean in one way the european union has certainly adopted the politics of the say and because after decades of ignoring these sorts of things they suddenly realize that actually all greek government figures are a complete nutter a fiction that the greek economy is based upon a complete nutter disorganization where ultimately nobody has any incentive to pay their taxes etc the problem is for the greeks themselves if you're a northern german you don't see why your local swimming pool should be closed on in order to pay for things that are happening right now in greece and that's why very interesting issue happened today we've got the deputy chairman of the deputy commissioner of the european commission mrs crewe

deal was announced moody's came out and downgraded austria france italy malta portugal slovenia slovakiaspain and the u.k. they are not going to stop in till they can eradicate representative government government inside of europe and have everything controlled financially out of brussels and if you control the financial the financial aspect of these countries you control these countries. take a look at some other stories making headlines across the globe nato has admitted its recent airstrike in afghanistan killed eight civilians the attack happened a week ago in the village northeast of cabo and has outraged afghan officials this in the wake of the latest u.n. report indicating the number of civilian casualties in the decade long war rose last year compared to two thousand and ten. tragedy in honduras at least three hundred prisoners killed in a fire that swept through a jail tuesday night they were either burned or suffocated to death some inmates managed to escape by breaking through the roof and jumping from the building an electrical fault is thought to have caused the blaze. in tu

they did it in scheck slovakia. take from the rich and give to the poor. that's not where americans want to go. personally if you ask would i like to see the income belt flalten out a little, yes, but it's not in my power. i can't wish it so. and merely by mentioning it as so many people do, they can't make it so. so when it comes to the question of what's going to happen, i'd much rather put up with money going into private hands than have the government take it as its primary obligation to begin distributing wealth in the country. yoj that i don't think that's where i want to go. i lived in the period where there was good distribution of income according to the current statistics. the '60s. i can tell you this. i was no more happy personally -- less happy than i am now. yeah. the rich don't impress me -- the rich don't impress me today. i don't mind that the rich are not -- they don't impress me one bit. i have no envy towards them. i like their nice houses. i like what they do to in philanthropy, but basically it hasn't changed my life. the idea would b

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members like slovakia or even portugal. some protesters are saying that they wouldn't mind paying for the second bout if it helped them in any way but they don't see that happening why do you think leaders are so committed to this remedy that really doesn't seem to be a cure well no i think we have to go a step back i mean in one way the european union has certainly adopted the politics of the insane because after decades of ignoring these sorts of things they suddenly realize that actually all greeks thought government figures are a complete nutter fiction that the greek economy is based upon the complete not true disorganization were ultimately nobody has any incentive to pay their taxes etc the problem is for the greeks themselves if you're a northern german you don't.

they include all sorts of pretty big name, for instance, italy, portugal, spain, malta, slovakia and slovenia towards the east. in particular when it comes to portugal over here, it's now rated ba-2 which means it goes even deeper into junk territory. we also saw changes for the outlook of really significant aaa credit rated countries. in particular these ones, as you can see highlighted in yellow on the chart behind me. moody's put these countries on credit watch negative, which means it effectively earmarks them for a downgrade doing forward, they include the likes of austria toward the east, france and the united kingdom. in particular, france and the uk saw their ratings -- they saw the ratings agency cut its outlook on the aaa credit ratings change from negative. moody's says this risk is largely because things are getting worse in the eurozone crisis and that represents a significant risk to growth for these countries. now, let's move along and talk about greece, because greece actually managed to escape another credit rating downgrade but the country's government is still on d

moody's also cut ratings on smaller nations of slovakia, slovenia, and malta.ine countries are members of the european union. >>> the downgrades appear to be having some effect on world markets. the european stock markets are down, but they are appearing to rebound a bit. asian stock markets did end up today. right now u.s. futures are down. >>> all right. now 5:21. time for weather & traffic on the 1s. warmer this morning. always nice. >> a little. yeah. >> meteorologist tom kierein joins us with the rest of the forecast. a little rain on the way, too. >> yeah. a few sprinkles showing up on the radar around the mid-atlantic states and a little flurry activity in pennsylvania into ohio, indiana, and kentucky. closer here where you see the green, these are sprinkles of light rain trying to reach the ground. most locations, it's evaporating before it does. we do have temperatures at or a little above freezing in prince george's, fairfax, arlington, montgomery counties, in the district, it's near 40 degrees, as well as near the bay. farther to the west, some locat

korea's free trade agreement has helped import tariffs boosting margins and production in laces like slovakia and the czech republic has wrapped up a multifold so debt problems aside and those analysts i've spoken to believe they will continue to post strong european sales for this ye year. think about it this way. while 2010 may be about emerging china, 2011 about u.s. revival, 2012 is all about europe. >> rhie, it's ross here in london. i'm interested in why europe has obviously got a debt crisis. the economy is slow. how hyundai, why they wanted to focus more on this market and how they're trying -- how they're succeeding in a market that is still grossly oversupplied. >> reporter: that's true, ross, but there are mainly two factors here. first hyundai and kia are already doing well in china and the u.s. where they've managed d to grab a 9% market share last year. production also fully up and running. but that's looking a little static in the u.s. given fierce competition but there's more ram to expand in europe. hyundai and kia's market share is currently touted at 5.1% and they're now ta

>> come on, slovakia, you can go gold now. >> doing the down dog. >> what?don't know. >> that's a pose. >> oh. >> dick morris joins us from florida. good morning to you, sir. >> good morning, how are you guys doing? >> we're doing ok. mitt romney doing even better. you say because mitt romney won last night, the nomination fight is over. >> well, it's not over, over but it's overish. what's going to happen now, i think, that in super tuesday states, i think that romney will win most of those. but two observations are important. one is santorum is not winning women. that's his problem. i think the social conservativism is turning them off. he carried men by one point and he lost women by six points, santorum did. so i think that that social conservative message is not working as well as he wants. now, i did an analysis yesterday where i went through every single state and the laws affecting each state about winner take all or proportion representation and so on. now, 46% of the delegates are chosen by winner take all. but 54% are chosen by proportional repres

there is elections coming up in slovakia, in france, and in greece, and i submit that there will note a common pattern except one, throwing out the people who could not deal with the problem. i dare say what is happening in europe could happen here on the economic and political fronts. >> getting back to the republican field, a couple things i agree with roger about. it has been the end of liberalism since fdr to make the american people clients of the state, and unless you are a client of the state, you will keep voting for the state to keep getting used up. that has been a democratic policy. we say we have a large number, 25%, dependent on the government now, i am sure the people in the administration welcomed that and say we still have four out of five to go. this is a serious problem for mitt romney. but from a -- his instincts are to talk to liberal arguments, his instincts are to the to the liberal members. gdp went up, unemployment went down, those numbers are good, so the economy is getting better. that is not the way good politicians should be talking about this. the numbers