. >> you won't believe the sight of what happened in an elevator in south brazil. the door opened a resident walks in with her dog. this is the elevator working, she comes in and closes the door, she's trying to stop michelle and her one-year-old son from getting into the elevator. she yells at them, she does this for six minutes, she put her arm up and she kicks out at the stroller and michelle says this woman almost hits her son and makes her son cry. that's when people get involved. she said she does have the fear of the dog, and michelle the woman with the stroller she filed a replacery, this is an awkward living situation. this person lives in the building and you're going to be in the elevator and share it at another point of time. >> i hope we're we've made drivers more aware on the roadway. hopefully they pay attention. we have a lot of stuff like this. first a dashcam, these are wet highways, pay attention to this car coming up on the left-hand side. >> a little hydroplaning. >> oh. >> oh. >> there was no way for this guy to avoid it. >> are you okay? >> t

are other countries other than brazil for these e x-confederates, or these african-americans who may have been freed or they immigrated on their own to other countries in south america? >> oh, sure, yeah, my research was specifically on the con federados who emigrated to brazil, but there were some who democratic -- it some who emigrated -- some who immigrated to mexico as well. britain, france, and even africa. there is a film from the 1990's called ghost in the darkness. it's about a cold -- a former confederate soldier who becomes a professional line hunter in africa. a lot of the southerners ended up all over the place. there are all kinds of stories. those kinds of disastrous -- disastrous occur at the end of war. that is part of the reason why there has not been more research accomplished on the confe derados. although i challenge students and scholars to research in this area. i think it's a promising area of >> [inaudible] >> thank you, casey. and its legacies. john hennessy. [applause] >> good morning. thank you, david. i don't know if any of you recognize the effort that goes into a conference like this. the staff is working like dogs to create a p

brazil. in fact, this was not a virginia phenomenon. it was something that was happening throughout the south. the reason for it was that, at least in the case of brazil, it has been advertised in newspapers in places like new orleans, atlanta, charleston all over, by brazilian officials. the idea was that brazil, being an enormous country, it is still an enormous country, needed further development of its interior. it's government officials thought, what better immigrants to have then these confederates who have advanced agricultural knowledge compared to a lot of other perspective immigrants. obviously, are not happy with how things are going at home. so they essentially were given land grants to come to brazil. so that is the reasoning behind it. just to bring home bert's point, i would like to read something briefly called, it's from the virginia magazine of history and biography. "alternatives to appomattox" is the title. edited by frank j. merley. i want to read the opening paragraph. it really brings home how people were feeling and how people responded to these various surrenders and th

brazil is different from other south american countries in a number of respects. it is a strong economic power, it is a very large country now. you go there and i have been in other places in central america, south america, where it is kind of strange to see someone with blonde hair and blue eyes. it is really not that strange in brazil and argentina as well. just because there is a long tradition of northern european immigration to those areas. thank you for that story. >> i am william, former captain at hampden sydney college and a farmville resident. i've heard you speak before and i want to make a comment about a local confederado theme here. i am a retired southern presbyterian minister. in 1867, the southern presbyterian denomination established its foreign mission field in brazil. now, this was not, as it turned out, an evangelical approach to the native population or to protestants whistling to proselytize from the roman catholic church. the reality is, and i speak to this because the presbyterian seminary was located at hampden sydney there were several o

look at this plenty of moisture into brazil down toward the south. no rain at all. d so we are looking at these flooding conditions continuing for brazil, some areas looking at close to 70 to 80 millimeters of rainfall. and down toward the south, no rainfall at all. now as you take a look at the forecast for east asia we're looking at some rain rolling in to japan, as a low pressure system rolls in from the south. toward the north another low pressure system leaving the korean peninsula, will bring possibilities of some snowfall into hokkaido and northern portions of japan as we go into wednesday. thunderstorms are possible into the pacific side of japan because of this low pressure system. the tail end of the cold front will bring some rain and thunderstorms for the southeastern portions of china, and a weak low developing over into chongqing will bring rain on wednesday with a high of 11 degrees. wrapping things up with a look at europe. we are looking at a couple areas of severe weather possibilities into the northern portions of the british isles. and also the no

elsewhere a little rain across south-eastern brazil. but dry conditions in sao paulo, where they have the drought. they don't want to dry conditions. >>> to yemen later, and two of the world's food companies merge. can they convince people to buy more processed food >>> and james harden gathered the headlines in houston as he rockets them to victory against new orleans. >>> hello again, looking at the top stories on al jazeera. the iranian foreign ministry acting for a halt. a saudi arabia led coalition launched air strikes targetting shia houthi rebels. 18 civilians have been killed. >> reports that one of the pilots of the crashed german wings jet was locked out of the cockpit before the plane went down. 150 died when the airbus a320 crashed in the french alps on tuesday. >>> u.s. secretary of state john kerry is in the city of lausanne to meet with his iranian counterpart, trying to reach a deal on their nuclear programme before the deadline >>> the advance by houthi challenged yemen's security. the direct intervention raised specula

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south. we've been talking about flooding problems into brazil and portions of northern south america. that includes central argentina. i wanted to show you the video coming out of this particular region because people are struggling because of torrential rains causing severe floods in santa fe central argentina tuesday. the rainstorm dumped as much as 70 millimeters tuesday morning on already saturated ground. schools were closed. traffic had to be stopped because of all the water. and residents traveled in canoes as these levels continued to rise and more rain is anticipated thursday raising the risk of flooding even further. that's not the only natural disaster problem taking place in south america. we also have a volcano that's erupting into chile. i wanted to show you this picture that's coming out of the area from tuesday, where one of south america's most active volcanoes erupted in southern chile. about 3,000 meters of lawva shooting into the air and 3500 people had to be evacuated. so not just the weather, but also coming up from the ground as well. we are going to see even mo

if you look at south africa or brazil, these economies are really struggling. the em index is a broad benchmark of europe. there's a lot of damage being done by this dollar strength. jonathan: em struggling greece struggling too. the nation's finance minister yanis varoufakis, tells local television the ecb is a sexy aiding the government. -- is asphyxiating the government. ♪ jonathan: good morning and welcome back. the tax is a little bit firm. the ftse 100 up by 0.6%. german theme in our top stocks stories. lufthansa beating estimates and a striking and optimistic time for profits. the stock up by almost 2%. hugo boss they say profit will grow by 5.7% in 2015. that is not enough for investors. stock down by 3.4%. deutsche bank am of the fed rejects its u.s. unit capital plan. stock is up by 0.1%. some questions remain unanswered. germany the theme in back when he markets. let's go to greece. there is a little bit of tension between athens and frankfurt this morning. greek finance minister yanis varoufakis told local television that the european central bank i

we are worried about south america, brazil.ion of the ruble in russia, which is affecting the automotive industry. the overall picture is not easy. at least we will see on the global sales a slight growth pattern. audi will try to outperform and grow. hans: you are saying the situation in brazil could become as perilous as russia? or it is a similar danger? mr. stadler: the swing of currency is hitting a lot of companies very strongly and quickly. you cannot counter attack with production and whatever. you have to accept and you have to deal with. this has not influenced us. hans: what are sales going to be like in russia for 2015? mr. stadler: despite the ruble situation we have to increase prices because inflation is getting high. if you decrease prices, the customer is waiting. this is the momentum we see in the whole industry in russia. we will probably have lower sales in russia. nevertheless it is only one market out of 130 in the world. hans: when we look at google and apple coming into the auto industry, are you worried

are other countries other than brazil for these e x-confederates, or these african-americans who may have been freed or they immigrated on their own to other countries in south america? >> oh, sure, yeah, my research was specifically on the con federados who emigrated to brazil, but there were some who democratic -- it some who emigrated -- some who immigrated to mexico as well. britain, france, and even africa. there is a film from the 1990's called ghost in the darkness. it's about a cold -- a former confederate soldier who becomes a professional line hunter in africa. a lot of the southerners ended up all over the place. there are all kinds of stories. those kinds of disastrous -- disastrous occur at the end of war. that is part of the reason why there has not been more research accomplished on the confe derados. although i challenge students and scholars to research in this area. i think it's a promising area of research particularly if you're interested in pan americanism and portuguese. >> to help you with your answer to that question -- did that help you with your answer to that question? >> sure. >> [inaudible] >> thank you, casey. >> thank you, patr

according to the american iron and steel institute and finished steel products from south korea, turkey japan, and brazil grew the most. analysts say imports soar to record levels adding to a supply glut in the domestic market. >> if we look at finished steel imports as a percentage of supply last year, that number was about 28%. that number in 2013 was about 23% which is normal. we look at a range of 20% to 25% as something we typically would see because we are still short in this country but what's alarming year-to-date that percentage has gone to 30% to 35%. a thousand basis stronger gain. >> reporter: made imports look cheaper in turn pushing u.s. prices lower with the midwestern hot coal oil index jumped since the start of 2015. that means ak steel isn't alone. two other u.s. steel makers knew corn and steel dynamics lowered their earnings guidance this week as well. blaming imports. fact in falling demands used by the oil and gas industry and analysts are bracing for another tough year. >> now the fundamentals at this point are still very challenged as we discussed. imports peaking. steel price at

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palo. >> reporter: a sea of people all squeezed on south palo main avenue at the heart of brazil'sancial sector. one of their demands, the impeachment of democratically elected in the second term and sooets of a corruption scandal at the oil company and worried about company that seems weaker everyday. >> brazilian people are taking our money and we don't have anything back only we pay taxes and taxes and taxes and we don't have anything back. >> everything else like rising taxes, you know equal rights to everyone. >> reporter: tens of thousands marched in other cities too along rio de janeiro the calls were the same they want the president out. hundreds of thousands of people have come out to march here on sunday and ironically it's the 30th anniversary of the return of democracy in brazil when after a 20-year military rule they were free of election and they say they are talking about democracy but those in government think this is an attack on that very democracy. there were conservative strains visible, signs calling for military intervention and rejection of communism and oppo

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brazil is not the only south american country with rising discontent. venezuela is conducting mlt exercises and the venezuelan president is blaming its goes on the united states. what's going on in these south american countries, could it impact oil price. >> one would think it would. both countries have problems. in brazil you have just endemic almost nigerian like corruption. in venezuela you have endemic almost nigerian-like corruption and economic stupidity. you have two countries in very dire straits. it's getting worse. in brazil the corruption is unbelievable. every day something new. you always see more cockroaches. not just one. a million people take to the streets. i have never trusted the president. she was a marxist guerilla to begin with. venezuela is about to go into -- if not revolution certainly go into continued discord. the president there is, let's be blunt, a lunatic. he was a former union adviser. he was nominated to the presidency by mr. chavez who was his friend. nicolas maduro has no wisdom as far as economics is concerned. he's

operate full collection programs just as they do throughout europe colombia and brazil and directly to the north and south in canada and mexico and consumers could simply place their old medications in secure drop off bins in pharmacies or return by mail all at no cost and without an increase in drug prices san francisco has actually been operating a pilot program for about 3 years and in that time our pilot has faithfully collected 23.5 tons of medicine. that's 47 ,000 pounds of chemicals that would not end up in our bay or in the wrong hands because of this program and imagine how much more we could collect and properly dispose of if we could include more drop off locations citywide and the ordinance before you today colleagues will provide a long-term safe medical did i medical dispose al program and it's informed by the similar programs in alameda and king county washington and also supported by a diverse coalition of supporters i've ever seen the san francisco police department the puc the department of the environment the department of public health the san francisco medical society representing ove

brazil. >> today on "the stream". >> the annual south by southwest festival has been a breeding ground for some of the biggest tech innovations in the world. we'll take you there, giving you a glimpse into the future. >> "the stream". today, 1:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> tunisia's president vowed to fight a war against terrorism in his country making the comments after a deadly attack on one of the capitol's most popular tourist sites. nighttime vigils were held for 14 killed on wednesday. >> an international coalition fighting boko haram has driven the armed group out of northeast nigeria town. the town was retaken from the group over the weekend. >> negotiations of iran's uranium enrichment program of underway in switzerland diplomatics trying to meet a deal by a self imposed deadline this month. >> tunisia naming the two people behind the attack at a national museum. politicians were in the middle of a debate on no anti terrorism laws when the attack happened. a bill was presented in january last year that contained a broad definition of terrorism including non-violent ac

flooding mudslides and that kind of disaster across the north and central areas of brazil and also the northwestern corner of southmerica. now, across asia lots of rain is falling across the eastern parts of the philippines. taiwan and vietnam. and severe weather will happen in and around bangkok as we go in to wednesday. watch out for hail as well. meanwhile, high pressure system is pushing the low pressure system out of japan, so blowing snow has ended in northern japan. and sunny weather for you for many parts of japan. and temperatures will likely increase. look at this 14 degrees in tokyo on thursday. but jumping up to 23 degrees on saturday. here's your extended forecast. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline," i'm miki yamamoto in tokyo. we'll have more news for you at the top of the hour. thanks for watching nhk world. w?q?q?q?q?q? ' een found damaged but usable. it could hold vital clues as to why the german wings plane went down. both washington and paris seem to be ruling out a terrorist attack. 150 people were on board that flight, and many other families are now on their way to the crash site.

south, which they fought for desperately in many cases for several years. my wife's ancestor, he got into some local trouble. through a mutual acquaintance discovered that there were virginians who were traveling to brazil. in fact, this was not a virginia phenomenon. it was something that was happening throughout the south. the reason for it was that, at least in the case of brazil, it has been advertised in newspapers in places like new orleans, atlanta, charleston all over, by brazilian officials. the idea was that brazil, being an enormous country, it is still an enormous country, needed further development of its

and operate full collection programs just as they do throughout europe, columbia, brazil and directly to our north and south and canada and mexico. consumers can place their old medications and secure drop off bins in pharmacies or return them by mail all at no cost and without any increase in drug prices. we aim to have at least five drop off locations in each district in the city. san francisco has actually been operating a small drug, dispose pilot program for about three years now. in that time, our pilot which now includes 12 independent pharmacies and one community center and all ten of our city's police stations has safely collected 23.5 tons of medicine. that's 47,000 pounds of chemicals that will not end up in our bay or in the wrong hands because of this program. clerkly, san francisco will use it if it's free, and convenient. imagine how much more we can collect and properly dispose if we can include more than 13 locations. the ordinance before you today, colleagues, will provide a safe disposal program. this is not a new or untested idea. it is an out growth of our pilot and it is informed by th

the change in percentage of gdp invested in research you can see that countries like china and brazil, south korea and so on, are substantially increasing their investment. they're reading from our playbook from the 1980s and '90s, whereas we stand alone in this graph as actually losing ground. the consequences of that is we are also losing opportunities for science. we're losing jobs. and we're potentially at risk of losing young investigators who are beginning to wonder whether there's a future for them, and some of them are starting to think about it. >> and the threat of that sequestration going in again in a few short months, what's that doing to you? >> that hangs over us like a dark cloud. because if sequestration is not dealt with we stand to lose another $19 billion. we've gone to medical research over the coming years and the consequences of that are really painful to consider. >> thank you. >> thank you senator murray. senator burr and then senator mikulski. >> dr. collins dr. hamburg welcome. dr. collins in your testimony you highlighted the potential to better target medicines t

you can see countries like china, brazil, south korea, are increasing their investment. they're reading from our playbook from the 1980's and 1990's. the standalone graphic is losing ground. the consequence is we are also losing jobs, opportunities and science, potentially young investigators. some of them are starting to give up. >> sequestration, going in again, what is that doing. >> that hangs over us like a dark cloud. we stand to lose another $19 billion. the consequences of that are really painful to consider. >> thank you. >> thank you senator murray. >> dr. collins, dr. hamburg, welcome. dr. collins, in your testimony he talked about specific patient needs. what role does biomarker qualifications play in advancing these patient focused therapies. >> again, i appreciate the question. we had a three-hour meeting yesterday and one of the topics was biomarkers. as dr. hamburg said in her opening statement, there are a lot of markers that have been used for a long time. measuring your blood pressure is a biomarker. of course we would love to see biomarkers developed

their counterparts from russia and brazil have added their applications and recently, leaders from two key u.s. allies, south korea and australia say they'll also take part. officials in beijing are aiming to have the bank ready by the end of the year. experts say nations are joining in hopes of improving ties with the world's second largest economy and they say some leaders may be trying to keep china's influence in check. founding members will have a say in the bank's lending practices and other policies. officials in taiwan say they'll make a bid to join, but analysts say it's unclear if they'll be accepted. china regards taiwan as part of its territory. now japanese leaders say they'll watch the developments closely and they say they'll maintain contact with their american counterparts. representatives from both countries say they haven't received an explanation about how the aiib will make decisions for financing and investment and they say china's strong influence in the financial institution may undermine assistance offered by the world bank and the asian development bank which is currently backed by

planting season for themselves and in south america we're seeing harvest which is pushing down commodity prices. there was concern about rainfall in argentina and brazilyear. a little more rainfall seems to be helping their harvest driving down prices of soybeans. but you saw the u.s. department of agriculture cut their forecast for south african production because of a drought going on over there. they are a big supplier to the middle east. it pushed corn prices up a bit. mark: bloomberg's alan bjerga. joining us from washington, alan, thank you so much. the streets smarts alex steel has been following the investment appeal. is that eroding? >> yes. across the board this is all about the fed. gold and the dollar tend to movin' versely. if you have a rising environment that many tends to produce gold. i do want to point out part of this could also include investors. on the flip side demand for gold coins is actually holding up relatively well. the u.s. mint sold more gold coins in march than in february. so it's really in the financial markets where gold is getting fairly destroyed. mark: what's this doing to investors? alex: well it's hurting. at the

south. once not too long ago, the brazil worker party did everything right. world cup and that the olympics. now, as the petrobras investigation moves its way closer and closer to dilma rousseff parts of sao paulo are running out of water. expensive to do business in brazil. bill rhodes, you are now of william r rhodes global advisors, you have been in brazil since the cardoza government in the 1990's. after that debt restructuring, brazil had a chance to make changes, what has it failed to do in the last 15 years? bill: they have made a lot of progress. from the agreement in 1994, running for two terms of president. the next leader build a basis for the economy. he was lucky because he had a great policy. watching levy -- joaquin levy was his deputy. in the last four or five years they ignored a lot of structural reforms. so they did not reform the tax system, they did not refund the pension system. they did not have a fiscal reform. that is coming home to hit them now. brendan: is it fair to say they had been tackling government by government problems? they

india in addition to sweden and the rest of the team they have lived places brazil russia japan, belgium, u.k. hong kong and souththat together you will understand the context of how to do business on a global scale and that is an important element for us in our model. >> i think that it's important for people to understand in what real life what this means. you like to convert local mega trends to commercialization. let's give people the example of china and air and water quality and with a you're doing. >> yeah so i think most people see and understand it and that can be very academic to be honest. you see it. you try to understand it and you can put the dashboard together. i think the power is when you can be in the country and really understand what is happening here in my specific country. so in china, in addition to that economy is not shifting but expanding to more domestic businesses. there's three big mega trends there. one is air pollution. one is clean water and the third would be is food safety. we play if all of them. if you go into air pollution with our technology base which is woven that's where w

that's according to the american iron and steel institute with south korea, turkey japan and brazil allting the biggest increases for finished products. see it there. aks isn't alone. that's an two other u.s. steelmakers also guided lower this week. new core and steel dynamics blaming imports leading to a supply glut wushs u.s. price spushing u.s. prices here. you can see it here. down almost 21% so far in 2015. add in slowing demand for steel that's used by oil and gas drillers and analysts expect another tough year for the industry. meantime, you look at the steel stocks. the u.s. steel stocks. they're trading mixed today. ak steel is down but the others knew core and others trading higher due to the fact we've seen the dollar come off and also the fact we've seen crude rally today both of those things helping lift these companies, but, guys this topic, steel imports, going to continue to be in the news, because we've got a kongs congressional hearing many of these companies testifying on this very issue. >> thank you morgan brennan. the market riding the volatility seesaw all week. o

>>> running out of water, the authorities in south paolo launch a rationing scheme as it continues to ravage brazile to the business report. in just a minute we'll be looking at the billions of dollars flowing from the u.s. to ireland. in a few hours, due to approve a $17.5 billion bailout for ukraine. the money is desperately needed in a country financially crippled in a year long conflict between russia and russian backed rebels. this year the economy is set to shrink 5.5% with a host of economy worrying. inflation, it's running at almost 35% in the country. it's been on a very sharp upwards trend over the past month. since january of last year. the economy hryvnia lost two-thirds against the dollar. and the central interest bank raised interest rates to an eye watering 30% to prop up its beleaguered economy. david is joining me live. how desperately needed is this money? >> reporter: i guess the short answer is very crucial. without this ims me on the ukrainian economy very low, could drop off a cliff. that's what officials are saying. they use the word indeed of meltdown. obviously, this money

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brazil. tim's going to break downtown under the radar moves in south america and how to play them. and apple shares down more than 2% this week. one of our traders is bailing on the stock, find out why after the break. after the break alibaba's lockout expiration. 400 million shares could hit the market. we'll tell you how to play it coming up on "fast." >>> let's get some under the radar moves in bras. petrobras under pressure as a probe into an alleged kickback scheme surrounding the state-run oil company widens. ambassador says brazil could be the next paintree. >> it's been a pain trade. and i would argue that brazil's one of these places a lot of people have looked to over the last three or four years saying it was different in the e.m. context. everybody knows it. china has suffered as well as brazil. everybody knows the value and pet roh bras have been two of the worst investments you could make over five years. now the scandal. people think it could draw in dilma the president of the brazil. this weekend or the past couple days we've started to learn some major governors, t

the change in percentage of gdp invested in research you can see that countries like china and brazil, south korea and so on, are substantially increasing their investment. they're reading from our playbook from the 1980s and '90s, whereas we stand alone in this graph as actually losing ground. the consequences of that is we are also losing opportunities for science. we're losing jobs. and we're potentially at risk of losing young investigators who are beginning to wonder whether there's a future for them, and some of them are starting to think about it. >> and the threat of that sequestration going in again in a few short months, what's that doing to you? >> that hangs over us like a dark cloud. because if sequestration is not dealt with we stand to lose another $19 billion. we've gone to medical research over the coming years, and the consequences of that are really painful to consider. >> thank you. >> thank you, senator murray. senator burr and then senator mikulski. >> dr. collins, dr. hamburg, welcome. dr. collins in your testimony you highlighted the potential to better target medicin

in 2014 the so-called brics countries, brazil russia, and south africa agreed to fund a new development bank. the countries contributed $50 billion for initial capital for the bank and it's expected the bank will start financing projects by the end of this calendar year. many see this as a challenge to the imf and the world bank because they have more recent memories of the lack of electricity in their own countries and they continue to build out their grid. the brics countries have a very different view on fossil energy than the imf, the world bank and the president of the united states. while we unfortunately continue to pursue policies that are squarely in to killing coal and coal related projects, the brics countries continue to give strong support to their coal industries and leverage them to drive economic growth through reduced energy prices through exports. experts agree that the new development bank will play a significant role in the financing of new coal fired power plants around the world, particularly in developing countries that are desperate for affordable and reliable en

could rule cotton growing territories as well, first in the caribbean and then in brazil and later in the american south. and crucially they could mobilize workers from the transatlantic slave trade. at the same time they opened markets for cotton goods markets emerged through the emport addition of indian textiles. it was that violent dominants of global cotton networks that suggested to europeans the profitability of dominating production of cotton textiles as well. so europeans became important to the network before they engaged in the manufacturing of of cotton. but they saw this was way to profit and it was exactly that point that the decisive new machines emerged in in the newly industrializing factors -- factories of europe. europe constructed the industrial capitalism that catapulted the continent to unprecedented economic growth on the profit of the earlier war capitalism and it was exactly at this point that they great divergence emerged. directly related, the book argues for the great importance of slave slavery to the history of capitalism. for all too long many historians have seen slavery

brazil. >>> will 100 million of new equipment evise the hospitals. only on al jazeera america >> tuesday on "the stream". >> the annual south by southwest festival has been a breeding ground for some of the biggest tech innovations in the world. we'll take you there, giving you a glimpse into the future. >> "the stream". tuesday, 1:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> welcome back. let's take a look at some of the top stories on al jazeera. eight people are confirmed dead after cyclone pam hit vanuatu. united nations emergency teams have been rushed to the islands after 270 k/hr caused widespread destruction. >>> the u.s. secretary of state is holding a press conference. during an economic conference john kerry defended the president obama administration from the republicans, critical of the u.s.-iran nuclear talks. 13 kurdish peshmerga have been killed in shelling by i.s.i.l. in the city of kirkuk. kurdish forces have been battling i.s.i.l. >> talks between libya's two rival parties have been postponed after one side failed to show up. the meeting in morocco was halted after the absence of a delegation from the u.n.

stanley fischer, who remembers the asian contagion, recognizes we could have a major run on brazil mexico turkey southand i feel better today. >> jim you want to talk about the eagles at all or no? >> no. >> i saw your tweet. i thought i'd check. >> why do you hurt me scott? >> i don't know. you're number one fan, i want your reaction more than anybody else's. >> i'm a fan. there's a master plan here. i know it's not just to get guys off the operating room who have had their knees redone. it's just not about knee surgery here. i have to believe that. >> does this translate to villanova, too, or not worry. >> i'll take villanova in a bracket. i think it may have an easy path who has the easy path. >> today starts in earnest. big east tonight. i'm picking big ten rutgers -- no. sorry. i'm starting on you. >> thank you, guys. >> starts tonight, though the tournament? >> some of it. >> not the big the other ones begin. >> coming up now the time to take a contrarian view of the markets? countdown to the opening bell is next. e financial noise financial noise financial noise financial noise ♪ at mfs, we bel

brazil's battle for a stable recession. >> reporter: it's another business day for this teacher in south paolo. since last year when her husband got a job at a hotel in puerto rico she's been having to run things at home herself. every month her husband sends her money for the kids' school. initially he was spending 1,300 dollars to help his wife. now because the dollar has strengthened so much he can cover the same expense is in brazil for just $1,000. gabriella plans to join him in puerto rico and the extra $300 per month are coming in handy. >> translator: before, it might have taken us six months to buy things and furnish the house aboard. now, we already have everything in place for when my son and i join my husband. >> reporter: changes in the currency are felt beyond just family budgets and many industries across brazil. this factory outside here made these and before they had to be made elsewhere and their price wasn't competitive enough. that is about to change now with weaker currency. brazilians no which company they want to compete with. >> translator: our clients are looking for a

and now you have the "brics" with, you have a china, india, brazil, mexico, others, south korea, people all playing a different role, different impact. and many of them are donor countries. so others are playing a more mercantilistic, voracious game in the marketplace of ideas and products than we are. and we have been hamstrung by this budgeting process in washington that is not allowing us to actually meet our own priorities and serve our other interests. and i can make a much longer -- and i won't do it now -- argument of how it specifically affects us in instance after instance. i'll give you just one example. recently, you know, the prime minister of a great country was here, i'm not going to go into the details of who. the most we were able to do is provide a loan guarantee when what they really needed were billions of dollars to help them move forward and make a difference. if they get them from other places, other places will wind up having greater impact and influence than we do. >> thank you, mr. secretary. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator murphy. >> thank you, very much, m