these rupees are for relatives in southern india. the dealer gets an 8% cut, calls a guarantor at the destination who then pays out the cash to the cousin. >> how can you say hawala is illegal? it is a help, a support for poor people. a full service at a minimal charge. >> and without the tax man finding out. hawala is seen as one of the pillars of money laundering in india. many indians don't care whether ii is legal or not. >> everyone suffers from a lack of implementation of policy. laws are not followed. people don't know how get work done without a bribe. so all round people suffer as a result of the illegal economy. >> india has so far lost an estimated 480 billion euros in tax revenue, money that is sorely needed to improve the nation's infrastructure. one of the shadiest businesses -- >> one of the shadiest businesses worldwide is the trade in rare animal species and the poaching that comes along with it. worth an estimated 26 billion euros its in forth place of organised crimes after the drugs trade, counterfeiting and human

. >> hundreds of child laborers were recently discovered in a plastics factory in southern india. police rescued at least 350 children working in the plant. nearly 200 of them are from one of india's poorest states. >> the pilots of an airliner which crashed in taiwan are hailed as heroes. the mayor of taipei said main lives were saved as the aircraft stricken with engine failure scraped past high rise apartments and plunged into the river. the pilot are among those dead, another 12 of missing. we have a report from the crash scene. >> deep into a second night still they bring ashore the fragment of the flight. they seem so light so flimsy. it's hard to imagine they were part of the fuselage designed to with stand the forces of flight, no match for the final steep plunge into taipei's river. incredible that anyone managed to survive. this man did and he saved four ours unbuckling their seatbelts also the water rose around them. >> i saw the others were drowning. if i did not move quick enough to help them, soon they would have been dead. >> he was one of several to say something s

they were at an airshow in southern india. they were trying an inverted loop when they clipped each other and the wings of both planes were damaged. but the pilots kept control and landed safely. >>> san francisco streets flooded today with lunar new year festivities. >> "gung hay fat choy"! >> mayor ed lee kicking off the annual procession saying good- bye to the year of the horse and ushering in the year of the ram. live rams welcomed in the new year and plenty of other little rams, not kids, joined in, as well. >> it always centers around optimism, goodwill, good health, and hopefully great wealth. this year is no different. >> the 268-foot golden dragon made a return this year more than 100 people carrying that creature and the fireworks set off to scare away the bad spirits. the city's chinese new year festival and parade won of the largest celebrations outside of asia. this is pier 39 the world famous white crane dancers performing a traditional lion dance continuing lunar new year celebrations. the main event, the chine

. >>> new this morning, at least 11 passengers were killed when a train derailed in southern india. dozens more were injured around 25 miles from bening galore. the death toll will rise with bodies in the wreckage. in recent years numerous india accidents have killed hundreds. >>> a massive chain of car wrecks should down 20 miles of 880 in pennsylvania yesterday. this is a look at the mangled mess involving a couple of dozen cars and tractor-trailer. drivers blame the accident on icy roads and white-out conditions. officials say everyone survived with only minor to moderate injuries. >>> a show of support for striking refinery workers in martinez. nurses joined the picket lines in a show of solidarity. >> we are in support of the steelworkers strike because they are facing some issues that we feel like are public safety issues. >> workers at the tesoro refinery have been striking as part of a national movement by the united steelworkers union upset about unsafe conditions. refinery workers say fires, emissions, leaks and explosions put their lives in danger. without the striking wo

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he fled his country and came to the southern india state. the bakery he runs is modest, but for a survivor like him he says money isn't everything. >> here i have peace and a little freedom. i don't have basic rights like indian citizens do, but back home in sri lanka things are a lot worse. i don't want to go back to that. >> it's a different story for this man. he was a year old when he came here with his parents. he's educated but struggles with the lack of opportunity in india. sri lanka represents a new start. >> if the governments of both countries help me financially if they give me land and help me to build a house, i will go home to sri lanka. >> there are more than 100 open camps. they can stay here, but they don't enjoy the same rights as indian citizens. for most people, decide to go stay or go i go the easy part. the biggest challenge, many refugees living in camps like this face is getting the right documentation to lead a good life regardless are where they choose to call home. >> going back is often a complicated pros, especi

. >> police in southern india rescue hundreds of children working in factories. >> we'll tell you whyen tunisian tennis player is under investigation for pulling out of a match he was winning. >> welcome back. the u.s. secretary of state said the united states cannot close its eye to say russian tanks entering ukraine. john kerry is in kiev speaking with president poroshenko about the violence. >> the french president hollande and german chancellor angela merkel traveling on thursday. >> some fear there is no longer a real opposition. >> greece and germany's finance ministers have agreed to disagree after the first meeting about the greek bailout. the e.u. will no longer allow banks to use government debt as collateral for loans. joining us from london, what is your take on what's happening right now. they've agreed to disagree. what's the way forward from here? we don't even know if they've agreed to disagree. it seems not very much common ground from the press conference. from the greek finance ministers, at least some words do sound as if there is potential room for negotiation comme

we are just getting some information into the newsroom about a train derailment this southern india. it's a deadly one. a pould derboulder fell on the tracks and it killed at the least 11. we're getting reports that there are people are trapped. we're working to get you video from the scene. >>> it's 5:56. today you can see a 3d portrait of president obama. the first of its kind before the portrait will be unveiled today at the national portrait gallery. the president is the first to be scanned use position theing the 2 d3d technology. it will be a permanent feature at the national gallon ryery. >>> rg3 and his wife are expecting. here is the photo causing quite the buzz. very sweet. yesterday was also rg3's 25th birthday. haven't said whether it will be a girl or boy yet. >>> donald trump says his new luxury hotel is on budget and on schedule. that 300 room hotel will be housed inside the old iconic post office building. trump promises it will be the best hotel in washington and says even his critics woman ss won't be able to stay away. >> i think the ball room will be used by every

. >>> new this morning, at least 11 passengers killed when a train derailed in southern india.ens more were injured 25 miles from bangalore. the death toll will rise as bodies are still trapped in the wreckage. numerous train accidents in india over the years have killed hundreds. >>> a massive chain of car wrecks shut down a 20-mile stretch 80 in pennsylvania. it involved dozens of carts and tractor-trailers. it was blamed on icy roads and white-out conditions. officials say everyone survived with only minor to moderate injuries. >>> bay area pediatricians are seeing a rush of patients because of the measles outbreak. a group in burlingame says a lot concerned parents are calling now to check to see if their child is up to date with shots. parents who once were hesitant about vaccines are now having second thoughts. >> now when you have a case or you have multiple cases popping up and it's starting to hit close to home, then i think people say, okay, this is a good time to do it. i now see that risk for my child. >> the doctor says his office is keeping track of unvaccinated p

the aircraft were part of a three-plane formation at an airshow in southern india.g an inverted loop when they clipped each other's wings both damaged. but the pilots were able to land safely. >> wow. the pilots are okay, too,. >>> 5:45 now. >>> it's been quiet all morning long. bay bridge they turned on the metering lights a few minutes ago and we also have a stalled pickup that sounds like it's on the shoulder. so once again we're always so grateful that that new span has a shoulder at least on the oakland side. so it's not actually blocking any lanes. mostly just a visual distraction. but traffic is backing up right now getting out of oakland into the city. looking at the marin county commute everything is fine all along 101 out of san rafael into sausalito. westbound 580 usually one of our busiest commutes today is no exception. it is slightly lighter than normal though. so we can still call it "friday light." let's check the next drive time. it is still only about 20 minutes from the altamont pass to 680. so often by this time of the morning it's inching closer

they were travelling in two vehicles in the southern province. >>> india's finance minister unveiled his first full budget. government headed by narendra modi, and the introduction of a universal social security programme has been announced and a cut in corporation tax it says is designed to boost growth and investment. we have more from the capital in new dehli. >> one of the biggest announce was a drop in the corporate rate from 30% to 25%. it will boost the economy. it has been some of their major thooms. they will balance that by eliminating corporate tax exemptions and will increase that. besides increasing in defense, the government also announced other policies such as a gold monitorization policy and gains interested. >> a main thing was the introduction of social security programme, which will cover accident, life and pensions for people with little detail on that. the budget had a lot of expectations, but there was no big bang. it was a populist budgett giving a bit of of eng. >> polls have opened in les auto. two years ahead to ease political tensions. >> the military was

they were in two vehicles in a southern province of shabwah. >> india's prime minister unveiled the first budget of governor narendra modi. the interufz of a social -- introduction of a social security project was announced and boosting growth and investment. >> one of the biggest announcements was the drop in the corporate tax rate from 30% to 25. that will boost the economy and attract investment into the country. they'll balance that by eliminating corporate tax exemptions, which will increase revenue from corporations obvious the next few years. besides increases in defense and infrastructure suspending which were expected the government announced other policies such as a gold monitorization policy where people government goals, and one major things affecting hundreds of millions is a social security programme covering accident, life and pension - little details on that. the budget had a lot of great expectations, there was no big bang that people were expecting. it was a populist budget giving a little of something to everybody, trying to make everybody a little happy. >> joining rob

and as you've just seen the refugee issue is highly a motive in india and also deeply connected to the politics of the southerne have not heard the leaders speak much about the future for tens of thousands of people there are hopes perhaps we will have more substantial things to talk about on the issue when prime minister modi visits sri lanka next month. >> thank you and speaking to us from new deli. more now on our top story in egypt's air strikes in libya, one of libya's two governments condemned the strikes carried out jointly between its rival and egypt, tripoli based general national congress says egypt did not coordinate with it and fighting terrorism should be done through the government and said we denounce the decapitation of 21 egyptians by i.s.i.l. and form a force to secure the city of fit and announce the attack on it today and say it's an attack on libyan sovereignty. now sierra government says it has made gains against the opposition fighters in the south and said it has taken several towns from the al-qaeda linked al-nusra front and had a wide scale event for the group hezbollah and activists

india gets it. china gets it. russia gets it. germany gets it. southern europe gets it. we've got to pick up the pace here. >> i hope they listen to you in washington. john, another thing. kelly cramer first time on the call cfo, great job. the cash flow is extraordinary, and you're buying back stock and increasing the dividend. how about this repatriation of capital. you still have a lot of money overseas. >> i'd like to see that happen back to the point of american competitiveness. as we've discussed many times before, we're noncompetitive in our tax structure. we're the only one thinking about a non-territorial system. you have literally probably a trillion to come back to the u.s. i think there's a chance with the new transportation bill to do something creative with repatriation of funds. you're not going to tax people on income they've already earned in prior years. but you can say let's get a compromise here. use some of the money we bring back for repatriation fund rebuild our infrastructure, highways, cities. use some of it as a tax that we will pay at a reasona

>> last week, president obama promised executives in india the us would continue to welcome their high-tech guest workers. 500 us workers at southern california edison paid the price. >> while the 500 jobs will be directly replaced at southern california edison. in addition it facilitates the offshoring additional work. >> they have to train their foreign replacements. brought in with their visas may violate an immigration law which requires foreign workers not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of us workers. >> the problem is that that's never been enforced. the secretary of labor across multiple administrations has decided never to do anything about it. >> edison admits it's outsourcing some tech work to be more cost-effective. it will save about 40 grand per worker. or 16 million a year. >> the employees are upset, and they say they can't understand how h-1b guest workers can replace them. >> the high-tech companies have lobbied for h-1b visas. president obama labeled mitt romney as outsourcer in chief. people apply it to the president. who supports doubling the number of foreign visas despite evidence that tempo

jab fare crap there is a lot of poverty in india and there is a lot of poverty in southeast asia and the buddhists are not beheading people. poverty in southern pennsylvania and the amish are not beheading people. we have to call it what it is, radical islamic terrorism and they won't do it. it is infuriating. >> that's a good point. >> you killed your way out of a wal-mart on occasion. do you think -- do you feel she is kind of part of an improve group when she speaks? >> i am waiting for accents or something else to happen. i don't know. i think a lot of it has to do with -- >> she is a woman? is that what you were going to say? >> what she says and how she says it, i think a lot of it is the delivery. it is like an over eager grad student who finally really believes in what they are saying and trying to get everyone else on board, but no one really is. >> to interrupt, you heard what she said that everyone's reaction is because she is being too sophisticated. >> well that went right over my head. she is offering an american solution to a problem that is not rooted in america at all. this is not about economics or politics. it is theology.

laid off workers at sce southern california's largest utility are furious because they must also train replacements from indiaindia-based tata consulting and infosys which the justice department fined two years ago $34 million, for illegally using u.s. visas to displace american workers which is against the law. immigration and nationality act requires the hiring of a foreign worker not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of u.s. workers comparably employed. but experts say the law is routinely ignored. >> the problem is that has never been enforced of the secretary of labor has the authority to do something about that. the secretary of labor across multiple administrations has decided never to do anything about that. >> reporter: the company responded saying quote, in an effort to act as cost effectively and prudently as possible sce is outsourcing some technology-related functions. the company does not take the action lightly and assisting employees through this difficult period. sce, jamie, will save $40,000 per worker, about $16 million a year by replacing american workers with foreigners on

southern back water. although, that may be about to end. many fear what problems the new status may bring. al jazeera, aden. >> coming up, we'll look at india launching a public campaign on swine flu hundreds of people have died from the disease in this year alone. we are also off to eastern ukraine as the army tries to boost defenses against pro-russian rebels. we will hear from one of the biggest names in fifa about why european leagues won't be given compensation at all for the date changed at the 2022 world cup. >> dozens have died at an avalanche in northeastern afghanistan north of kabul. heavy snow buried at least 100 homes. let's go to kabul. unfortunately at this time of year, with the amount of snow that falls these instances are not rare, but a particularly high casualty count here. >> that's right. we just got off the phone for the provincial governor for that province and he says more than 90 have been killed, a couple of dozen injured. the death toll could get a lot higher. in afghanistan you do get heavy snowfalls this time of year. up until now it had been a mild winter. that's all changed in the last two days, and you can s

india the u.s. would continue to welcome their high tech guest workers. this week 500 u.s. workers paid the price. >> while the 500 jobs would be directly replaced at southernn addition it facilitates the offshoring of additional work. >> reporter: the workers are reportedly furious because they must train their foreign replacements. brought in with work visas by two companies experts say may violate an immigration law which requires foreign workers not effect wages and working conditions. >> the problem is the secretary of labor has decided never to do anything about that. >> reporter: edison admits it is outsourcing tech work in an effort to be more cost effective. it is estimated to save about 40,000 per worker. >> the employees are upset and they say they can't understand how workers can be used to replace them. >> the high tech industry from facebook to google has spent millions lobbying for more visas those immigration hawks oppose it. >> reporter: in the campaign president obama labelled mitt romney as outsourcer in chief. the president talks about protecting middle class jobs and supports doubling the number of foreign visas despite evidence that te

information technology workers at southern california edison are being laid off and replaced by workers from india. some employees are training their h-1b visa-holding replacements and many have already lost their jobs. the employees are upset and they say they can't understand how h-1b guest workers can be used to replace them. they're doing the job now. apparently southern california edison a power company rooted in the united states of america they are converting, laying off terminating the employment of people who've been with them for a number of years and transition transitioning those employees to foreign employees. many you come in under the h-1b visa program for the sole purpose of taking a job not coming here under the immigration policy where they would move to green card and to permanent residence and to citizenship. they come solely for a limited period of time to take a job and they work for less pay too often. this is what one said. quote -- "they are bringing in people with a couple of years' experience to replace us. the then we have to train them," said one longtime i.t. worker.

southern states, had committed suicide, as they put it. when they seceded from the union, and that once the war was over, that the south should be governed as england governs india. basically as a vanquished tribe without any political rights at all. gideon wells was the secretary of the navy under lincoln who called him uncle gideon. very fond of him. he was an old democrat. a contemporary called him a man of no decorations. he told you what he thought without the varnish. he wrote a great diary which historians have found invaluable, as i did. and in the fall of 1864, uncle gideon says in his diary that lincoln is bent on finding a way to end this war peacefully. but the question is, how? davis won't negotiate for reunion. lincoln won't davis at all. because to do so would, in his view, legitimatize him and recognize the legitimacy of the confederate government. and acknowledge some sort of lawful authority there which lincoln was not willing to do. there is the dilemma. as uncle gideon said in his diary, "the president says he cannot treat with the jeff davis government, but who will he treat with, and how commence the work? " the work commenced in december o

southern california edison, the big utility company, the biggest in california, which serves nearly 14 million customers, has been firing its domestic i.t. workers and replacing them with outsourced employees from india the pay fordison edison's domestic pay specksists is about $08,000 to $160,000 not including benefits" -- good pay. "two indian outsourcing firms pay their recruits an average of about $65,000 to $71,000 according to their federal filings." they laid off hundreds in requiring the california edison employees to train the h-1b workers who shouldn't be dmoog america unless there is a job need that's unfilled. how can you say we don't have qualified people? they're doing the job. expected to train them. so mr. president this is the kind of thing that's out of control. somebody needs to defending the legitimate interests of middle america. we need to ask ourselves does this make sense? and should the president be doubling up on it by his executive amnesty that would add $179,600 workers in the first year of his order and 55,000 more annually on top of the h-1b flow? and we have legislation that's moved in this senate that would more than double the number of h-1b workers coming into the co