[speaking spanish] andres: [speaking spanish] andres: [speaking spanish] damian: what is it that hasthe mariachi together for more than 100 years? i mean, i know that it's not the same guys who were there a hundred years ago. but, what is it that keeps your brand, mariachi vargas de tecalitlán, what keeps this going for generations? three or four generations? julio: well, i think it's a tradition. and, the music. [speaking spanish] is a long, long time, mariachi vargas playing every time. so, people like rancheras. people like sones. people like boleros. so, there's many, many things that people likes to come to see every time, every year to the same place like this casino. it's great for us. damian: and, when you--you play the harp? julio: yes. damian: and, when you play the harp is there one specific song that you like more than el cascabel or something like that? julio: yeah, that right. the cascabel is a part when i play solo. the people's clapping and a standing ovation. it's very great for me. the people like the harp music, and the jarocho music, and mariachi music, and jalisc

we action to the uncertainty surrounding the spanish selecting -- spanish election. 1.79% is what thear bond is currently yielding. we have seen in the first drop in the bond price in four days. interesting to keep an eye on this as it seems the spanish government tries to pull together some kind of coalition. many, this is going into the weekend's election looks difficult. how long it takes. 30 minutes away from the start of the european trading day. we will put you into on the move gear. every thing you need to know for the start of the trading day. ♪ when you're on hold, your business is on hold. that's why comcast business doesn't leave you there. when you call, a small business expert will answer you in about 30 seconds. no annoying hold music. just a real person, real fast. whenever you need them. so your business can get back to business. sounds like my ride's ready. don't get stuck on hold. reach an expert fast. comcast business. built for business. to discover the best shows friends together and movies with xfinity's winter watchlist. later on, we'll conspire ♪ ♪ as we dream

we're looking at spanish utilities and how they will fair. what will this mean for the likes of the subsidies hydro? keep an eye on the spanish stocks. seadrill is down 1.4%. due to the up 1.5% deal from china. anna: it's good to david ingles in hong kong. asian trading session did look much better from how we started out the week. look at what happened in japan. i know it is down, but it was much lower. at onecloser to 2% or 3% point. investors picked up where they left off friday. many equities were drilled down in value in japan. the yen weakened. he overall benchmark closed 5/10 of 1%. a close look at some of these major markets. you can see, mostly bring. -- mostly green. they were of closer to 2%. there was expectation that we may get a break, something tangible to trade on, from this ongoing central economic conference taking place at the moment. index on the. an taiwan is up one third of 1%. is managing to erase the earlier losses, despite the weakness of the oil prices. monday turned out to be ok here in asia. back to you. anna: than

we're in [ inaudible ] now [ inaudible ] by the spanish embassy, the spanish president saying that thenish embassy was not the target and that everybody has been evacuated and is safe. but one spanish policeman was injured. we also know seven afghans were injured in this attack which the taliban has claimed responsibility. it is an essential part of kabul, as you say randall. >> jennifer this is just the most recent of a round of attacks by the taliban. what does it mean about the group's strength? are they growing stronger in big cities? because they have always been pretty powerful out on the countryside. >> reporter: we have seen a couple of large attacks -- two major attacks in kandahar last week, and now this attack. i think it's about them flexing their muscle and sending a message to the government. this attack coming just hours after the afghan president went on television today saying that he is hoping that peace negotiations with the taliban will start in the next couple of weeks. the taliban divided over whether they want to negotiate with the afghan government. i think thes

gunfire at the spanish embassy. we are hearing that taliban attackers are wearing suicide vest, ready to detonate. canada fell prime minister just injured oh turns out in person to greet syrian refugees arriving -- canada's prime minister justin trudeau turns out in person to greet syrian refugees arriving in canada. and is a climate agreement still in reach? i'm the brent goff. good to have you with us. we begin in afghanistan where a massive car bomb has exploded in the capital of kabul. it happened next to the spanish embassy. we understand security forces are now in an arms standoff with the taliban. the spanish government says a policeman at the embassy died. attackers are holed up at the embassy reportedly with suicide vests ready to detonate. reporter: the bomb went off in a heavily protected diplomatic area of central kabul. it was followed by repeated gunfire. the hospital is treating seven people. the taliban has accepted responsibility for the attack. >> it corolla car was detonated in this area. they tur

a spanish policeman has died when a car exploded near the spanish embassy compound in kabul. libya's factions have agreed to an u.n.-backed unity government that is set to sign that next week. >>> and reports are emerging muammar qaddafi's son has been kidnapped in lebanon. now financing the cost of tack tackling climate change remains one of the top sticking points in paris. the summit has been extended for an extra day, but delegates insist they're close to reaching a deal to cut carbon emissions and slow global warming. >> all night and all day they worked. all night and all day again. still there, there is no resolution. we're told they are close. >> after the consultations that i'll have, i'll be in position to present a text to all the parties which i'm sure will be approved w, which will be a big step forward for all of humanity. >> i think we're in a pretty good place. there is a struggle. there is a light at the end of the tunnel, and we can do it, but there are positions that are quite hard to get to. it is quite political at the moment. we've moved past the substan

the antiausterity party has made big gains in the spanish election. these are live pictures at the moment. the ruling conservatives have won the most votes but are just short of a majority. there have been angry protests in india after the release of a man convicted of a brutal gang rape three years ago. >> yemen's foreign minister says a cease fire between pro government forces and houthi rebels has been tended by one week. >> let's get the very latest on the spanish election from barnaby phillips. what's the latest? >> we've had some 84% of votes counted. the people's party ahead on 122 but well short of 176 which is what they would need to govern alone, an absolute majority. socialists coming second with 93 seats. and then the new parties putting in strong performance, one with 68 seats and the other with 38 seats. those are the latest projections. this is one of the strangest victory parties. >> you could have an unstable minority government or a very possibly coalition of all sorts of unlikely partners, three, four, even five parties together or

young spanish people. that chronically high level of unemployment. it's still over 20%. if you're young and spanish, it's close to 50% and even where there have been new jobs, they are short term jobs with a great deal of insecurity and poor pay. i think there's also something different which is perhaps more emotional which is a degree of tiredness and disgust with the current system with the corruption. that will explain what we assume will be a relatively strong performance. that explains how they have been able to burst so dramatically onto the national political situation here in spain. >> we'll be talking to you again, but thank you very much for that update. >> firefighters are fighting more than 100 fighters in the north of spain. strong winds have hampered efforts to contain them despite rain overnight. many home s there were evacuate and there are no casualties so far. >>> there have been angry protests in india after the release of a man convicted of a brutal gang rape and murder which shocked th

they are riding on a new wave in spanish politics. that's the youth wave. they have certain the burden, the huge burden, the austerity cuts that spain has suffered over the last few years. you mentioned their unemployment, 47%. they want a part of the future. they have suffered in the past, and that is, i think, going to change the whole math of the lower house and it needs extended talks to try to form a coalition. we will know more about it when the polls close in less than two hours' time. there is going to be alternates of negotiating facing marian mariano rahoy in the coming hours, days, and weeks. the landscape has changed. >> thank you very much, dav davidchater, live for us in the spanish capitol. still more to come for you on al jazeera. we will be looking at strong gains. peshmerga fighters and their campaign against isil in northern iraq, a special report come up from frontline. >> he is becoming isis's best recruiter. >> hillary clinton takes aim at donald trump in the last campaign debate. ♪ >> welcome back. let's take you through the top stori

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the armed group carried out attacks near the spanish embassy in kabul.nnifer glasse has more. >> reporter: the attack started with a car bomb explosion that could be heard around the city. it went off just by the spanish embassy. >> translator: at first i thought it was a gas balloon explosion then i saw the dust coming from the back of a bakery, i don't know where the explosion was but i saw two wounded. >> reporter: taliban fighters exchanged fire with afghan police and security forces. taliban says the target was a guest house for foreigners. the fighters claimed to have them trapped inside the building. >> a car was blown up. right after the blast happened we turned off the lights in the area and night operation special forces started searching the vicinity and niche houses. >> reporter: the blast was closest to the spanish embassy. >> we can all be targets of terrorist attacks, all of us, but in this case it was not an attack on the spanish embassy. >> this was the fourth targeted attack in three days. jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kabul. >> around 9

i mean, we don't do too many spanish language tv broadcasts.this is you and obviously gabriel sotelo from telemundo 48. talk about that tv experience because it's different from--well, tell us what you've done as a spanish language broadcaster for the giants. erwin: well, i started my baseball career with the oakland a's from '88 to '97. and then in '98 to now, i moved to the giants. and it has been a very good ride because in between, i have done football for both teams, the raiders, the 49ers. i evenid hockey for the sharks. so, i've been all over the place, but, you know, working tv with gabriel, as i was telling you, it's been unbelievable. it was great because it seemed like he and i have been working tv for the longest. and as you know, you know, you have to know everybody's little kinks here and there, but it's different. i mean, working radio is one thing, but working tv, you have people talking to you on your ear every second. so, in order to maintain your concentration and remember that, okay, that's fine, just listen to what you need

." >> played backwards, singing in spanish. >> we ask a talented young lady if she won the $20 bet with dad. >> yeah, i did, i should have asked for 50. >>> this is the scary moment captured on video at this bar in the uk. the bartender is cleaning up tables. the bar is empty, doors are closed. place. watch what happens as she goes to the back table. a man has broken into the bar through a backdoor and immediately jumps behind her. he grabs her with his gloved hand over her face and starts dragging her to the back office. you see her struggling a little bit. once in the back, things get a little scarier. not only is he being physically aggressive with her, he's knife. >> good lord. >> to her neck. way to the back office where they have thousands of dollars in cash and starts demanding she put it in a bag. you can hear she's crying but she is complying. in the end he got away with roughly 13,500 u.s. dollars. >> that's fine, because he left her alone and didn't injure her or worse. back. >> that is a truly terrifying experience to watch. >> this happened back in august. but police are st

we will try and bring you that live. >>> spanish banks and other spanish stocks have been trading lowers morning. this after the country's political party, they get set to begin the complex process of forming a government after the legal election failed to deliver a clear verdict. the ruling fell short of the 176 seats needed for a majority. in fact, no two parties secured enough seats in order to combine the majority. louis vazquez is the ceo. he joins us. welcome. good morning. >> welcome. >> so no clear victory. it now looks a little bit messy for spain. we're looking at quite a long road in order to see what's going to happen next, whether we're going to see a coalition, new elections. what's the impact in the meantime on business? >> well, obviously it's going to be an uncertainty period. it will be difficult for a lot of minority parties to create a government and probably will see a couple of months continue looking to if they are going for a big coalition or try to rule in the minority. >> what do you think the best case outcome is from a business perspective? >> there are obvio

[ speaking spanish ] >> he says that the reason why he did it is bah he was lonely.was in lockdown. he sees that everybody gets visits. he doesn't. he sees that everybody gets letters. he doesn't. he doesn't have any body to talk with. he just felt lonely. and that's why he did what he did. >> with four prior stays at bear county, guerra is well then to staff here. he is known for resisting arrest he says he is part of a significant enterprise in mexico. >> arnulfo guerra, claimed to be part of the mexican cartel known as the zetas. however, he is something more known as a zetita, mules for them or works for them in some way or another. [ speaking in spanish ] >> he says that when he was down there he, he worked, with the cartels and everything. but he it not a killer. [ speaking in spanish ] >> jail staff, however, are less concerned with guerra's criminal past than his current behavior. >> he gets picked up on minor charges, inevitably start making demand and getting upset if the demand aren't met. so upset he will start injuring himself. he is banging his head on

suitableoking for a port for spanish turning galleons. what they were looking along the coast, a suitable harbor. and they missed the best one, which was san francisco. speculation was that maritime people couldn't find san francisco because of their notorious fog. so they found this harbor. vizcainoly, sebastian named the harbor after the man who financed his expedition, the count of monterey of spain. right now, we are inside the past amount -- customhouse. theight now, we are inside custom house. things, wagon wheels from england, vinegar's from china, brandy from france, all of these big countries were it trade with monterey because of this embarrassment of riches that they had. they had tens of thousands of cow hides. literally currency during the mexican era. in fact, used so often as trade, for trade, that they were called california bank notes by sailors on trading vessels. one of those sailors was a very distinct one because he kept a very important journal. richard henry dana junior. he referred to the highs as california bank n

many of our families are spanish dominant. some have one parent who speaks spanish. some don't speak any spanish and >> are there any disadvantages? >> even if it's a delay, at the end of it, you're bilingual. >> and what schools do your kids graduate to? >> many different schools. they go to many private schools, gifted programs, just general education programs and also dual language programs. >> it is a private school but you say for families who might be interested -- >> absolutely apply. and financial aid is available. >> wonderful. what's the website? >> again, interesting new model, dual language program. thank you so much. >> thank you, linda. >> this is a public affairs >>> we're closing in on 7:00. >> coming up on a saturday morning here on "today," all the latest developments on that attack in san bernardino. what we're learning about the female shooter, her pledge to isis, even a new scare overnight. >> >> plus new safety concerns about one of the hottest gift this is holiday season, hover boards. >> guys, with all due respect, i think you're forgetting a

the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy has just started addressing the crowd. what he is saying is that the party remains the number one political force in spain. i think his supporters will argue that their voc has held up better than some have predicted, that there is a resilience, a durablity to their support. in spite of all the difficulties that spain have been through. one way of looking at it. another way is that their share of the votes, although comfortably, the largest party, is the lowest since 1989. they are nowhere near forming an absolute majority. so what will happen. according to spanish constitution, they will be in p lurks e position to try and-- pole position to form some coalition or some form of messy political compromise with other parties. we will have to see in the weeks ahead >>> stay with us because we are now going to listen in now to some of what mariano rajoy is saying as he addresses the party supporters at that rally. >> translation: spaniards have again given us their confidence and we say thank you to them because we know that t

spanish voters go to the polls in what is expected to be one of the most closely contested electionsn modern history. >> we also need to make sure that the really discriminatory messages that trump is sending around the world don't fall on receptive ears. >> united against one rival, the democratic candidates for the u.s. presidency gang up on donald trump. and 27 people are missing in a landslide that buried buildings at an industrial park in southern china. ♪ but first within the last hour or so we discovered that an air france flight that was traveling from mauritius to paris had to make an emergency landing and a senior kenya official told us at al jazeera that the devices found on board this flight adding that this device has been deactivated. now the plane as i say was traveling from mauritius to par 'tis and diverted to mombasa after this suspicious device was discovered in the laboratory in the toilet of the plane. apparently six passengers are being questioned and can get the latest from journalists who is talking to us from mombasa and what can you tell us, what more can yo

i mean literally a wreck, a spanish shipwreck. it's an incredible archeological find, and we keep bringing up more treasure all the time. >> you must be taffi. >> welcome to the mel fisher maritime heritage society. >> taffi's father, mel fisher, salvaged tons of treasure from the sea. oh, yeah. solid gold. >> this is an emerald cross and ring that was found in 1982. >> some of his most precious artifacts are in the museum he founded here in key west. he must have loved the adventure. >> he did. he was an awful lot like tom sawyer. >> tom sawyer had the mississippi. indiana native mel fisher dreams up his childhood adventures on lake michigan. >> he would go to the lake, and he made a dive helmet out of a bucket. >> how did that work out? >> he said that it didn't work at all. >> in world war ii, mel joins the army corps of engineers. >> over in europe, one of his jobs was building latrines. >> but after the war, this hoosier is fated for a higher -- or maybe lower -- calling. >> he'd met some gentlemen who were spearfishing in ta

. >> there's a thing about spanish fly. you know anything about spanish flies? >> when we were kids -- >> there you go. that's all. i just wanted a recognition. >> we knew what it was. >> a spanish fly was the thing that all boys from age 11 on up to death we will still be searching for spanish flies. >> that's right. >> and what was the old story? the old story was if you took a little drop -- no, it was on the head of a -- >> pin. >> pin. >> coca-cola, don't matter. >> doesn't make a difference. and the girl would dring it and -- >> she's yours. >> hello america. there's a story in there about spanish flies. so i think that everybody, any guy picking it up will just have a ball reading it. >> okay. mark, respond to that. because at times spanish fly was sort of referred to as an aft--t in its time it was a disarming drug. i am as a prosecutor i put that in front of the jury. isn't that damning? >> you do. but i'm going to tell you what's more damning. i'll harken back to what michael smerconish was saying, that deposition transcript, the fact that that was rel

what he was looking for on the spanish government was this .uitable for this is what they were looking for with a suitable harbor. and they missed the best one, which was san francisco. speculation was that maritime people couldn't find san francisco because of their notorious fog. so they found this harbor. very wisely, sebastian vizcaino named the harbor after the man who financed his expedition, the count of monterey of spain. right now we are inside the custom house. the goods that were being brought into monterey. all sorts of things, wagon wheels from england, vinegar's from china, brandy from france, all of these big countries were eager to trade with monterey because of this embarrassment of riches that they had. they had tens of thousands of cow hides. literally currency during the mexican era. in fact, used so often as trade, for trade, that they were called california bank notes by sailors on trading vessels. one of those sailors was a very distinguished one, because he kept a very important journal. his name was richard henry dana junior. he referred to the highs as califor

with rockyting spanish markets. storelooking at from a business perspective, because this inconclusive result we got out of the spanish election over the weekend has impacted the stock markets this monday. ended 3.5% down on the previous session. falling well short of having own majority. that is fueling those fears once again. analysts warned that it could a spanishs to form government, and it is unclear what that spanish government might actually look like eventually. to be bad news for spain's willingness to reform and for the country's beleaguered economy. the economy has been growing strongly in the past year or so but public eye dances remain strained after the euro zone debt crisis. 20%ployment is around monday second highest in the euro zone after greece. uncertainty, and yesterday's results show total uncertainty. what governments or what text will be reached is unclear. left-wing parties made pacts with putting us, and that is not comforting. we will see when negotiations are carried out this week and how

the taliban claim responsibility for a car bomb attack near the spanish embassy in the capitol of kabul>>> and bringing an iconic russian novel back to the people. a cost of more than 1,000 take part in a marathon reading of tolstoy's classic, war and peace. ♪ >>> diplomatic efforts aimed attending the conflict in libya are underway in north africa, and in europe. representatives of the country's two rival administrations are in tunisia for talks on austin under -- u.n. brokered diplomatic deal. libya has been split between two competing administrations since august of last year. the u.n.-recognized government is based in tobruk, and the illegal administration is in tripoli. alongside the two governments multiple armed groups including the islamic state of iraq and the levant have risen to powerful positions right across libya. well, zana hoda has been following events from rome. zana, as we were explaining there are two meetings, ahead of the big one in rome. explain how the one in tunis is effecting what is going on in rome. >> reporter: well, the meetings in tunis and the agreement t

spanish soap opera, yeah. >> and i play the star of the spanish soap who doesn't speak spanish. >> jimmy: which is perfect. >> comedy ensues. >> jimmy: i know, yeah. you tell me there's a great moment in the telenovela, the greatest, the moment is the gasp, the stare, and the slap. >> well, those are components of a good telenovela, yes. >> jimmy: what would that be? what is the gasp? >> the gasp, the -- [ gasp ] >> jimmy: oh yeah. >> the -- [ gasp ] >> jimmy: yeah, that's good. >> yeah. the stare? >> the stare down, when you just, you know, at the end of the scene. like, you just -- >> jimmy: oh, oh, yeah, i think i know -- oh, yeah, i think i know what you're talking about. [ light laughter ] >> one of those. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: and then of course, the slap. >> and then the slap. >> jimmy: i know, it's yeah. >> i mean, you get to slap each other a lot. >> jimmy: you can slap. no, really? that's fun. >> yeah, there was a girl in a a venezuela telenovela and she scenes, and -- >> jimmy: oh really? >> it's a true story. yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: she would at first b

there are reports that this is happening near the spanish embassy.nifer glasse is there on the ground and has more for us. >> reporter: the taliban has claimed responsibility for this attack. but we understand it is on the spanish embassy guest house or come pound here in kabul. the area is cordoned off. you are seeing pictures now of the police on the scene, heavily -- in this heavily fortified area. it is inside kabul's ring of steel. a local hospital says seven wounded afghans have been brought to their hospital. after the explosion, we heard several bursts of gunfire, but so far it has been quiet, unclear exactly what is happening, whether there are attackers inside, there are some local reports that there are three attackers inside that compound, but it is quiet so far, but as i say, the authorities have cordoned off the area, and of course this comes just a couple of days after the taliban launched a huge assault in southern afghanistan in kandahar where they fought with afghan security forces for 24 hours. very unsecure, we're told not to move

the spanish are having to accept the economic insecurity is now a way of life. a salesman for pharmaceutical companies. after 30 years of work, he is only scraping a living. aged r50, he has also moved back in with his parents. he can no longer afford to pay the bills at his own apartment. this is not the career he once dreamt of. >> translator: i have lost quality of life, salaries have dropped and they won't be like they were before. i know i will never earn the money i used to. i can afford to buy very few things. >> so spain is at a cross roads. the government says the worst is over. it deserves a second chance. but many spanish want to punish the old political parties for everything that has gone wrong. that makes the results of these elections very hard to predict. barnaby phillips, al jazeera, madrid. >>> the race to calcutta will become a saint. hope francis gave his approval for the sainthood on his own 79th birthday. >>> it the end of an era for british coal mining. the last deep mine has closed down. neave barker reports from beal, in north yorkshire.

so a feeling that spanish politics needs a clean broom. the old political cast has been too cosy, for example, with the judiciary, there needs to be a reform at the provincial level. there's too many layers of government. a desire to sweep it away. particularly from the young spanish people, explains why politics is going through something of a revolution now. >> it was unclear which direction the election would take. how long will it be before it's determined who will govern spain? >> well, the spanish constitution gives mariana the outgoing prime minister, the leader of the party some two months to try to form government. he is speaking this evening in madrid, and said that he will try to do that. it is difficult to see what sort of coalition he would build. it would necessarily comprise several parties with different agendas, and that would lead to instability. perhaps there could be a coalition that did not involve his party, but involved parties on the left. they, too, i said, would struggle a working majority in parliament. it's not

the best of spanish growth phase has passed. it is not a difference of spain and italy, it is a fact that the euro is lower than the u.s.. jonathan: where would you belong in europe? that is a very difficult question. if you had to belong sovereign debt in europe, which country? and where on the curve? buy a tenure germany. it is a temporary thing. we set the ecb might be making moves now which with they -- which they would come to regret. we don't think there's going to be a european crisis, particularly if the euro continues to weaken. european debt is a temporary by. haywood, joining us in the last 60 minutes. have a fantastic christmas. cameronon this program, claims momentum. grievance is on hold for now. we take a look at what exact we happens in brussels -- what happened in brussels last night. dead flat on the session right now. .he dax bouncing in the commodity market, brent crude trading at $37 a barrel. wti, $35 flat. ♪ jonathan: good morning. move." back to "on the the ftse pretty much dead flat on the session. let's

. >>> spanish banking shares drop as investors are rattled. rohoy winning the election but falls short of the majority and there's the possibility of a left wing party taking power. >>> ericsson says they have inked a deal. analysts say it could be worth billions of dollars annually. >>> red card for fifa for blatter and platini after an ethics probe into past payments. >>> all right. and mentioning what's taking place from within fifa, seth blatter now expected to kick off a news conference any minute now. we've got some live pictures coming through from there. the conference arena. that's taking place in zurich. we'll bring you that live when it begins. >>> just glancing at the u.s. futures, still a couple of hours away, but we're being called a little bit higher on the open this morning following on for a pretty sharp selloff on friday. the dow suffering significantly on friday's trade with a bit of unwinding from some previous gains that otherwise had been made. here in europe, of course, this morning we're looking at just some slight gain

let's go live to the spanish capital in madrid for all the latest. how's the voting been going and what is the feeling among the young people there as they cast their ballots? >> the most important thing we're learning is that there has been an increase in the number of people voting, 36.5 million voters eligible to take part in the poll, some 57,000 polling stations across the country. we are hearing from analysts, political analysts that the turnout is up. it's now something like in the mid 70's, that's 5% more than during the last election. this is very much the effect of the two new parties, one of which podemos and i'm standing in their so-called temporary headquarters, podemos has especially been appealing to the young here. it's not just the anti austerity measures, although it is an anti austerity party, it's also the feeling they need a voice, a future and they want to make their voices heard this time. let's see exactly how the day's been going for all the main politicians here. >> there is a pivotal time and tide in the affairs of all men,

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before we supported many immigrants and now most of the people we help are spanish. they come from homes that have slipped into poverty. >> the spanish economy is now recovering even the construction industry which collapsedto so spectacularly a few years ago, has shown signs of life. unemployment is now falling. but many of the new jobs are badly paid and short term. the spanish are having to accept that economic insecurity is now a way of life. >> jose is a salesman for pharmaceutical companies. after 30 years of work he's only scraping a living. aged 50, he's also moved back in with his parents. he can no longer afford to pay the bills at hiss own apartment. this is not the career he once dreamt of. >> i have lost quality of life. salaries have dropped and they won't be like they were before. i know i will never earn the money i used to. i can afford to pay very few things. i don't go out, i don't have the same life i used to enjoy. >> so spain is at a crossroads. the government says the worst is over, it deserves a second chance but many spanish want to punish th

two-thirds of the patients were and continue to be to this day spanish speaking or spanish as a preferred language. at a recent hearing, stated that two bilingual bicultural educators that the problems were being addressed and failed to say the educators were bilingual, bicultural filipinos. as of tuesday, there was one bilingual educator who works one 1/2 days at the center. there is daily and intensive use of translators but this is hardly providing the quality of services that bilingual educators can provide. what i'm led to conclude that cmpc does not care about the quality services provided to the spanish speaking patients. this is not serving minority population with certain health disparities. we urge the health commission conduct a peer review of the diabetic center and not accept the review by cmpc. thank you very much for allowing me to speak. >> thank you. and i do thank the planning commission for offering the joint meeting to be held here. our commissioners are probably not as aware as to how to push some of the low buttons. we are going to use our tradition to ask if you wis

it is the world behind a spanish soap. i play this star who doesn't speak spanish. >> when you talk so fast, i have no idea what you're saying. this fast do you know what i'm saying? >> every word. >> she gets the lines messed up. >> you are telling me you didn't speak spanish as a kid growing up. >> no. but i learned. i learned. >> i don't speak spanish. none of this is the real me. >> you're physical comedy. you're like the lucille ball. >> oh, if you keep saying it, it will catch on. >> how much do you love it? >> i love it. my agent called and she said you are so funny. i sid, ufr been my agent for 10 years. she said no, you've never been funny like this. >> oh, good job. >> you don't have to have a lick of spanish to love this new show. >> director, eve why, got a bsh barbie made in her likeness. >> it took 20 minute to become an immediate collector's item. >> and moments after she made barbie history. >> holy congratulations. >> wow. ding ding ding ding ding. >> did you have any idea? what was your reaction to the ou

but we understand it is on the spanish embassy guest house or spanish embassy compound. area is cordoned off, you are seeing pictures of the police on the scene, in this heavily fortified area. it is inside kabuls ring of steel. a local hospital says seven wounded afghans have been brought to their hospital. after the explosion we heard several bursts of gunfire, but so far it has been quiet, unclear exactly what is happening, whether there are attackers inside, there are local reports that there are three attackers inside that compound, but it is quiet so far, but as i say, the authorities have cordoned off the area. of course this comes just a couple of days after the taliban launched a huge assault in southern afghanistan. 70 people were killed in that assault. >> so you are saying it is quiet now, but the situation is still far from stable as far as you know? >> reporter: that's right, very unsecure, we're being told not to move around the city at all. there are embassies nearby, lots of people work there, offices, and also residences. everyone is communicating on so

. >>> a spanish policeman dice after an explosion in kabul diplomatic area. the taliban claim responsibility. >>> hopes for a major deal on climate change as negotiators extend the deadline to reach agreement. ♪ >>> it's beatles week in buenos aires. the fan base grows for the fan base in argentina. >>> the sports news, european football chief fails to get his ban from football lifted. the latest setback means he'll miss the european championship draw in paris. >>> hopes have been raised of a path to peace in libya after its rival governments reached a deal in the tunisian capital. representatives of the country's two rival administrations agreed to form ally sign a u.n. brokered plan, leading to the unification government which should take office within two years. the development is a major step to resolving the conflict which began in 2011 when muammar gaddafi was forced out of power. we have a report from rome where more talks will soon be taking place. >> it's where world leaders will meet sunday to give what officials here are calling a decisive push for

be like, "no, (speaking spanish)." you know? "mexico"!and i could just get out of there. >> is the story about-- is-- is the story about going to walmart with your nephew osama, is that a true story? >> that is-- loosely true. (laughs) i mean, i have a nephew named osama. and i just thought what would be, you know, i went out with him one time and we're taking him out. and i thought to myself, like, i was about to call out for him. i'm sitting' there... "osimmmm... ssssss... sammy! sammy come here". he looks at me... "no, my name's osama". that's not something that actually happened, per se. but it's based off of the realities of where we living. we're currently living. i can't even call my nephew's name. because what it causes, psychologically, in the people around me. and the paranoia that it instills in them. and the paranoia in me. like, i don't wanna attract that. it's a very sad state to be in. you should share what your name means. you should share where you come from. you should share this stuff. and that's why i felt like i had t

i want to show you the spanish 10 year. rising nine basis points. betty: tech stocks are also on the up, helped why this deal between ericsson and apple. actually, one of the only key areas of growth was technology. we saw 1.25% gain in terms of technology, but i want to check into the real one that was moving, it was ericsson. up 3.8% because of the deal with apple. a long and bitter battle had been going on, but finally a deal is struck. they are going to be working together, cooperation going forward. that is why analysts and investors like us. back with you be to check more on the european markets. let's check in on the bloomberg first word news, courtney donohoe has more. courtney: lindsey graham is dropping out of the race for the white house. the republican senator from south carolina announcing his decision on his campaign website. he was never able to gain traction in the polls. police say a woman who rammed her car into a crowd did it intentionally. one was killed and 37 were hurt after pedestrians were mode down on the las vegas strip. th

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actually speak spanish.verwhelmed with that, and so we're opening our spanish -- we've opened our spanish site now in the u.s. we will move to mexico next, and then we will probably move to spain, and then we hope to go to south america, to argentina. where very excited about that. emily: let's talk about mobile. has dramatically changed the mobile dating landscape, while tender, swiping left or right may be makes sense on mobile, does it make sense to fill out a super extensive matchmaking questionnaire on eharmony? how are you dealing with these things? arere mobile applicants 68%, almost 70%. we've established a very strong mobile team, we've doubled our rates of people converting to subscribership. we think that will be really great for us over time. it's a great opportunity. but it was a daunting challenge when we started receiving so many of our registrants via mobile devices. >> what percentage of your business is mobile right now? >> what percentage of our business is occurring with mobile devices? >

and spanish singles head to the countryside, and it's more than fresh air they're after.n i lived in the former soviet state of georgia, electricity cuts were really common. you'd be sitting in a bar or a restaurant and suddenly the lights would go out. but georgians are an irrepressible bunch. so people would just whip out a few torches and candles and

caroline says keeping an eye on spanish stocks.off of about one billion euro. starting to see a pickup. stocks trading lower, underperforming the rest of the market. uncharted territories after politics that have been dominated by two parties. seeing a selloff in spanish stocks. seeing a bounce in terms of commodities. best performance on a stock 600, autos, technology. keep an eye on glencore. rising as much as 6.5%. ofically on the back citigroup, upping its view on where it's see it's price core for glencore. seeing optimism about metal prices this morning. that is why we are seeing all of the miners outperforming this morning. keep an eye on this stock. well.logy is doing ericsson, the deal with apple supercharging the stock this morning. in ag the most year-and-a-half. it has managed to settle the legal dispute with apple. starting to see ground being made in terms of the corporation. they are reaching a licensing agreement paving the way for operation going forward after surroundingspute mobile device patents. outlier amid th