yes, folks, it is jobs friday stateside. government shutdown expecting to make the report one of the weakest of the year. we'll preview the employment numberes and how the fed is going to reaction to it. that's coming at 11:30 cet. as ever, if you've got any thoughts, comments or questions, we would love to hear from you. e-mail us, worldwide@cnbc.com. >>> but first, the s&p has downgraded france's credit rating for the second time in nearly two years. at the same time, the agency changed the outlook to stable, mean there's now a one in three chance of further changes in the next two years. here is a view of what our guests have been saying about the downgrade so far. >> i'm not surprised about what's going on in france now through the downgrade this morning. i said it earlier, we were up in italy 4%, down in spain. if improved, it will only turn positive in our business and, again, we are ahead six to nine months of the economy and it will only turn positive in our business. the youth unemployment in france is about 26%, wh

now, more than 47 million turkeys will be consumed stateside here today. here on cnbc, we're going to show you how to tuck into -- i'd like to put the jacket on properly. can you help me out? thank you very much. it's inside out. there we go. nicki foley, welcome to "worldwide exchange." nicki is a chef at the rotunda restaurant here in london. this is a huge amount of food. what are we preparing? >> first we're going to prepare a classic bread stuffing. we're going to chef it up a bit and put some fresh chestnuts in here. we're got some cranberries here, very important. and fresh sage, as well. >> and this turkey, is this a kelly bronze turkey? >> no. this turkey is a rolely poly. it's happy bars. >> how do you know that? did you ask it? >> i did, indeed. >> and look at this. >> fantastic. that's a sprout and at the top we have a sprout top which now we use as a cabbage. >> if you sold sprout in the market like this, people would go crazy. >> and people eat the top? >> right. >> what are we going to do with all this? >> we're going to cut the crust up wit

it's going to be a shortened trading session today stateside. on the currency markets, our focus once again is really on the yen weakening. dollar/yen at the moment is 102.24. we've been up to 102.61. a six-month low for the yen against the dollar. the japanese currency against both the euro and pound, as well. euro/dollar, 1.3610. and on commodities, keep your eye on gold. spot gold, 1245 today, but having its biggest monthly drop around five months, down 6% for the month of november. off around 25% for the year. meanwhile, standard & poors has been busy this morning, it's raised its rating for cyprus, downgraded its outlook for netherlands. moritz kraemer will join us after the break. ya know, with new fedex one rate you can fill that box and pay one flat rate. i didn't know the coal thing was real. it's very real... david rivera. rivera, david. [ male announcer ] fedex one rate. simple, flat rate shipping with the reliability of fedex. >>> as the value of bitcoin has hit a record high, one man has been left staring into a landfill wondering w

stateside particularly. one day to go before thanksgiving. so hope if you're traveling today it's going to work out for you. we saw very slim close higher for the dow yesterday. but nevertheless, it was just another record close, up less than a point. in the.right now, futures are telling us we're around 38 points above fair value. the nasdaq at the moment is nearly 8 points above fair value. and the s&p 500 at the moment is around 3.5 points above fair value. the nasdaq worth pointing out closing above 4,000 for the first time since 2000 last night. european equities have been firmer during the session. the ftse yesterday was down 58 points. currently up 1 1. 0.2% higher for the xetra dax on all-time highs at 9,3009. and the cac 40 is up 0.11%. more confidence in win ago confidence vote. he's the current prime minister. they're going to vote later today to see whether silvio berlusconi gets ejected from the senate. >>> shanghai doing the best up 0.8%. undeterred by the fact that we have this unofficial no fly zone over the china seas and ame

. >> the warriors warehouse is open to struggling stateside soldiers below the rank of sergeant, making less than $30,000. kelly has not forgotten those far away on the front lines. >> there's no space in this room. it's mobbed with 1700 gift boxes donated from a local church. all will be packed up and shipped to troops overseas. >> i'm passionate to make sure that these guys give enough freedom that we give it back to them. they are americans, and they are my heroes. >> as americans prepare to show their gratitude, the servicemen and women can say thanks to those that serve in this massive mission at home. >> we appreciate it, thank you. >> u.s. troops are set to receive a 1% pay increase on january 1st. >> [ ♪ music ] >> music a celebrates drug violence. a documentary sheds light on so-called narko music. >> it's a kind of music that for some is hard to hear. songs of drugs and ruthless violence. it's a music that's gaining popularity on both sides of the u.s./mexico boarder. we explain why. [ ♪ music ] >> machine gun, drugs, blood. there are thousands of online video like this, illus

if you've just joined us stateside this mortgage, u.s.after the gains yesterday. the s&p currently implied just under five points below fair value. the dow jones at the moment some 46 points below fair value. the nasdaq implied at the moment is down 10. european equity res weaker, as well. the ftse 100 off 0.5% despite a big pick up in services pmi. we're now point to go a fourth quarterly print of gdp. xetra dax cac 40 down 0.5%, as well. a rather dispiriting outlook from the eu today on the eurozone economy. some of the other stories we're following, some big banks, including morgan stanley, goldman sachs and jpmorgan may reportedly still do business with sac capital, despite the firm pleading guilty to criminal insider trading charges. under the settlement with u.s. prosecutors, sac will close its investment advisory business to outside investors. "the wall street journal" says sac's prime brokerage services from several wall street banks. in a statement issued after the settlement was announced, sac says the chinese faction of wrong d

it's likely those stateside woke up to unwelcome news, something they were not planning for. they hoped the jirga and the parliament would approve the task. and then it would be a complication, a small matter of having it signed by hamid karzai. now we have two administrations with two different view points. the u.s. are saying it needs to be signed by the end of the year and hamid karzai saying it won't be signed at all before april. that will overshadow these negotiations at the jirga, which was meant to be about the draft. not about when it would be signed, but the issues here, interg afghan homes and milt -- interg afghan homes and military bases. on the first day of discussions everyone is talking about the fallout from hamid karzai's speech. >> there appears difficulties in hammering out the deal. what is on the agenda for today there? >> well, today, being the second day, it's actually really the first day of really getting down to looking at this draft deal. there are about 2,500 representatives present here. they are in the compound in the large hall behind me, down

i know it has problems stateside. >> do you have like flinstones where your feet run underneath it? >> yes, yes. >> talk about -- >> i've tried the streaming. it's so new age. just like my vinyl, brian. don't tell me you lost your vinyl. >> vinyl is hip again. what's going on with the company? >> yeah, it's tragic. basically what we're talking about, internet streaming. cable company downloading movies down the pipe, plus the likes of netflix sending dvds per post. this iconic brand will close last 300 stores by early january. another 28 00 people will lose their jobs. 50 blockbuster franchisees left in the states. it's an endangered brand on the high street but the owners still think it has way to go. >> steve sedgwick who sends smoke signals to his neighbors. >>> let's stick to twitter. let's talk about twitter. we want to know if you would invest in the ipo and why or why not? tweet your best and most creative answers using t the #waytoometa. that's our way of being witty. we'll have the best answers later in the show. >>> after weeks of speculation, google finally breaking its s

. >>> if you've just joined us, good morning stateside.rd close yesterday for the s&p. right now, we're indicated above fair value by some 12 points on the dow. the nasdaq up at fresh year high. that is currently 6 points above fair value and about 2 points above value for the s&p 500. the ftse global 300 is firmer, not by much, just eight points. we did see the nikkei back over 15,000 for the first time in six months, up nearly 8% on the week for the japanese market. but the ftse, we'll get more that in just a few moments. but the european equities have failed to follow on right now. the ftse 100 just up about 0.25 points. the xetra dax and cac 40 are flat. we're down 0.8% for the ftse mib. treasury yields have been up and down over the course of the last week or so. ten-year yields, 2.71%. we have been as high at 2.79% this year. and on the currency markets, dollar/yen has been the main focus overnight for traders. we've been up to a two-month high, currently trading 100.37. euro/dollar, 1 is.34 print. cable 1.6057. let's get more on tha

. >> reporter: deals like a facelift in latin america for $5,000 or $15,000 stateside. or a heart bypass. and a knee replacement surgery for $11,000 or 7 in malaysia compared to $50,000 in america. >> i see a patient every two weeks with some issue. >> reporter: medical tourism can be anything but reliable. at her practice in lafayette she performs corrective surgery on patients looking to save but who pay in the long run. that's what happened to this woman who had such a bad experience she asked us to alter her voice and appearance after she travelled to mexico to have lip injections she need multiple surgeries to fix her mouth. >> much of the added cost in america is to protect patients and u.s. doctors have more oversight. >> if they don't pay for malpractice insurance their overhead is less because they don't have thor is catioe certie have. >> supporters of medical tourism say if you do your homework, the price tag for global medicine is worth the risk. >> there is no doubt. i will never have surgery in an american hospital again. >> reporter: jenkins surgery went

coming up next, "squawk box" the countdown to the opening of markets stateside. for uk viewers, have the latest on the bank of england's quarterly inflation report. bye for now inspect. cme group can help you navigate risks and capture opportunities. we enable you to reach global markets and drive forward with broader possibilities. cme group: how the world advances. >>> good morning. jack lew says the s.e.c. is moving in the direction it should and he still supports the strong dollar. >>> plus, a painting, the tri something or other, fetches $142.4 million. and it's not even sigmund freud. it's one of the biggest auctions in history. >>> and elan musk breaks his silence. the tell us tesla ceo says the automaker isn't recalling model s cars. it's wednesday, november 13th, 2013. 11- 13-13, which means nothing. "squawk box" begins right now. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to "squawk box" here on cnbc. i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. the treasury department will release figures for september. speaking to cnbc asia earlier today, tr

thirty years to complete as the japanese deal with a nuclear nightmare nuclear woes continue here stateside as well last week operations at one of our nation's largest nuclear power plants the nuclear station in south carolina were shut down after radioactive leak was found the plant also had problems last month when one reactor was shut down after the water system that generates electricity began malfunctioning all this comes as c.n.n. films releases a new documentary pandora's promise aimed at promoting nuclear power as a solution to global warming but it isn't really and don't these myriad of problems around the world related to nuclear power suggest otherwise joining me now is paul going to her director of the reactor oversight project with beyond nuclear paul welcome back to the show thanks again sam so with this latest story about evacuees and when they might be able to return home the government has sort of backtracked on the promise that everyone will be able to return home they're now saying that at least for the next five years they're not going to be able to return home realistic

are a stain on american internet businesses because people don't trust to put their information stateside anymore ashdown has vowed to face jail time if that's what's needed to protect his customers from being monitored what surprises this fourth amendment advocate is that big data companies like google won't promise to do the same marina porton i r r t you tell. now japan is involved in on behalf of the most dangerous operations yet to the fukushima nuclear complex engineers are preparing to remove fuel rods from the facility a risky process to which there is little water in it if he is there shortly we assess what could go wrong i'm one of. you got a lot of sneering and negative press for your engagements here in russia especially for your public appearances with food and even though they weren't explicitly political you were just supporting sports one of the things that certain people's regime has become very adept at is controlling the media for example right here c.n.n. do i think c.n.n. is you know completely telling it like it is no i see have an agenda i think through is is bought

coming up next, of course, we'll have the countdown to the opening markets stateside with "squawk boxoing to read up on how to prepare a turkey. maybe we'll get 23450 thinto th week on "worldwide exchange." otherwise, whenever it starts, we hope you have a good weekend. before that, have a comfortable day. from all of us here, good-bye for now. >>> good morning. today's top stories? the dow 16,000, the blue chip index closes above that milestone for the first time, but we don't really have a party or any hats or anything for it, and that means something. the fed is still in focus. our newsmaker of the morning, atlanta fed president dennis lockhart. plus, a call on commodities. goldman sachs predicting steep losses for gold next year. andrew, what -- didn't goldman sachs have a buy on gold for a while? >> they did have a buy on gold, yes, sir. >> never mind. it's friday, november 22nd, 2013, and "squawk box" begins right now. ♪ higher and higher, straight up we'll climb ♪ ♪ getting higher and higher, leave it all behind ♪ >> good morning, everybody. happy friday and welcome to "squawk

. >> the warriors' warehouse is only open to struggling stateside soldiers below the rank of sergeants who make less thank $30,000 a year. but kelly hasn't forgotten those far arm on the front lines >> reporter: there is no space left in this room. this place is monday with over 1700 gift boxes donated from a local church. all of these will be packed up, shipped out to troops serving overseas to get to them by the december holidays. >> i am passionate enough to make sure that these guys that have given us freedom, that we give it back to them. they are americans. and they are my heroes >> reporter: so as americans prepare to show their gratitude this holiday season, these servicemen and women can say thanks to ranya and others who serve in this massive mission at home. >> we really appreciate it. thank you. >> you are welcome. >> jim hooley, colorado springs, al jazeera. >> tomorrow is the governmented self-imposed headline to fix the website promising it would be problem-free. the deadline have come and gone and there are still glitches, so many that some are now once again talking ab

are a stain on american internet businesses because people don't trust to put their information stateside anymore ashdown has vowed to face jail time if that's what's needed to protect his customers from being monitored what surprises this fourth amendment advocate is that big data companies like google won't promise to do the same marina porton i r r t you tell. now japan is embarking on behind the most dangerous operation yet at the fukushima nuclear complex engineers are preparing to remove fuel rods from the site a risky process to which there is little alternative. and in a couple of minutes we assess what could go wrong and why. what's happened is law enforcement and the national security agency has gone behind our collective backs and tried to accomplish this using the courts in secret and that's truly what the issue is a broken whatever trust and violated whatever trust we may have had and that's the real issue and they're going to have to earn that back the hard way. one of the wonderful moment a lot of these policies i think you know. the pleasure to have you with us here now to

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. >> reporter: among anxious americans watching stateside, steve and vicki kurzban of boulder, colorado saw their 18-year-old son simon on "world news." >> apparently 50 little kids got sucked away. >> reporter: a happy ending for one american family but for so many here who need so much and who are still five days in seeing so little aid get here, there is no end in sight. diane? >> thank you, terry. as you said need so much and there are so many ways to help these families in the philippines. we have listed many of the ways to help on our website. just go to abcnews.com. >>> and important news now for airline travelers, a major merger is a step closer. the justice department gave the green light to usairways and american to join forces to become the largest airline in the world. it could happen by the end of the year. >>> and tonight a rough new poll number for the president. for the first time in his presidency, a majority of american voters, 52 percent in a new poll say president obama is not honest and trustworthy. one factor, the people who felt misled about getting to keep their

stateside we go away with earthquakes in the state of texas has now triggered suggestions they were manmade independent studies have shown that injecting explosive fluids into oil and gas wells known as fracking could actually be the culprit here and the latest rumble was a three point six magnitude quake that's actually the strongest in several years the process is allowing texas to free up its hard to reach resources and is therefore proving quite a draw for the big oil and gas corporations i want former mayor of texas calvin tillman he believes are putting the environment under threat could have irreversible effects some pretty good debt and it shows the injection wells we have all of the fracking noise is deposited in that they have been linked to these earthquakes and i think you have to be believed to not think that all of things going on underground is going to have you know the long term stability of the earth at the legislative level the oil and gas industry has a significant influence probably more in the fact than they do in any other state in the united states or around the worl

are a stain on american internet businesses because people don't trust to put their information stateside anymore ashdown has vowed to face jail time if that's what's needed to protect his customers from being monitored what surprises this fourth amendment advocate is that big data companies like google won't promise to do the same marina porton i r r t you tell me while there's been an embarrassing cyber sting in singapore the anonymous activist group soon to be prime minister websites a day after he promised to hunt down anyone trying to infiltrate the state's information we've got the details online for you and head of its space walk on saturday get up to speed with the limping talk is incredible relate so far and find out where it is heading next in the follow the flame section at r.t. dot com. great britain has won the norm too flattering title of king of the world's tax havens a new report says the u.k.'s overseas territories make up much of the world's secret offshore banking industry and aside from making promises london hasn't done much about it breaks down the report for us. the

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involved in the legal process there or even detained there how closely are they following this debate stateside following the promises the president has made in the recent moves he's made toward closing the facility and what do they make of it all well you know i you know our sam curiously oftentimes when we spoke with officials at get mo it sounded a little bit like they're not really paying too close attention in terms of when this facility is going to be shut down many of the personnel employed there you know it's just another deployment for them for many of them a very kind of proud location to work at and because there's been so much back and forth coming from the white house in terms of what exactly to do with these detainees it seems like many of the officials on the ground at least have stopped kind of paying attention and they just don't know and they're just waiting to hear what's going to happen in terms of the detainees we certainly having spoken to countless lawyers know that they follow certainly very closely what's going to happen to them because of these indefinite conditions th

how closely the following this debate stateside following the promises the president's made in the recent moves he's made toward closing the sale of the northern end of it all why not. seriously it's that oftentimes when we spoke with officials. i'll get to know it sounded a little bit like they're not really paying too close attention in terms of when this facility is going to be shut down many of the personnel employed there you know it's just another deployment for them. opera many of them a very kind of proud location to work yes and because it means so much back and forth coming from the white house in terms of what exactly to do with these detainee is it seems like many of the officials on the ground at least to stop kind of obscene attention and they just don't know when they're just waiting to hear what's going to happen in terms of the detainee is we certainly not having spoken to countless more years no backs out and they follow certainly very closely with going to happen to them because of these indefinite conditions they're being held and offer one we know they've been told th

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involved in the legal process there or even detained there how closely are they following this debate stateside following the promises the president has made in the recent moves he's made toward closing the facility and what do they make of it all well you know i you know i asked him curiously oftentimes when we spoke with officials get mo it sounded a little bit like they're not really paying too close attention in terms of when this facility is going to be shut down many of the personnel employed there you know it's just another deployment for them for many of them a very kind of proud location to work at and because there's been so much back and forth coming from the white house in terms of what exactly to do with these detainees it seems like many of the officials on the ground at least have stopped kind of paying attention and they just don't know and they're just waiting to hear what's going to happen in terms of the detainees we certainly having spoken to countless lawyers know that they follow certainly very closely what's going to happen to them because of these indefinite conditions t

involved in the legal process there or even detained there how closely are they following this debate stateside following the promises the president has made in the recent moves he's made toward closing the facility and what do they make of it all well you know i you know us i'm curious we oftentimes when we spoke with officials at get mo it sounded a little bit like they're not really paying too close attention in terms of when this facility is going to be shut down many of the personnel employed there you know it's just another deployment for them for many of them a very kind of proud location to work at and because there's been so much back and forth coming from the white house in terms of what exactly to do with these detainees it seems like many of the officials on the ground at least have stopped kind of paying attention and they just don't know and they're just waiting to hear what's going to happen in terms of the detainees we certainly having spoken to countless lawyers know that they follow certainly very closely what's going to happen to them because of these indefinite conditions th

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"squawk box" picks up the countdown to the opening of markets stateside.e a profitable day. >>> good morning. the dow is coming off its best day in three weeks and closed at another high. >>> economic tests today, key data on jobs and gdp. those will both come before the bell. plus a policy decision from the ecb and a sweet tweet, twitter prices its ipo at $26 a share. remember two weeks ago, we're talking somewhere around $17. so should be interesting to see where this baby opens. trade sg set to begin today on the nyse. i don't know when they'll get it open. remember facebook? it's thursday, november 7th, 2013. "squawk box" begins right now. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to "squawk box" here on cnbc. i'm barack obama along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. we do have a big morning ahead. so let's get right to work. twitter pricing its ipo above the expected range ott of $25 23 to $25 with an offer of 7/0 million shares of $26 apiece, the company will raise at least $1.8 billion. julia boorstin sat down with twitter's ceo. she'll join us with

coming up, it's "squawk box" and the countdown for the opening of markets stateside.xchange," have a great day and let's hope it's a profitable one. good-bye. >>> good morning. today's top stories, the dow eeks out another record close. who do we thank? maybe dr. bernanke. >>> china's ruling party pledges to let markets play a decisive roll as it unveils a reform agenda. >>> and our newsmaker of the morning, outspoken iac chairman barry diller. it is tuesday, november 12th been 2013. 11-12-13. and "squawk box" begins right now. >> good morning. i'm becky quick along with joe kernen. andrew ross sorkin will be joining us in the next hour. coming up around 8:00 eastern time today, andrew will kick off the headliner with barely diller. catch it right here on "squawk box." our guest host this morning on 11-12-13, dennis gartman pointed out that it's 2:15 today in military time it will be 11-12-1314:15.16. first, let's get you up to speed on the morning's headlines. an experimental glaxosmithkline hard drug has missed its main goal in a major clinical late stage study. it

being tested in london, have not come stateside, but this is a great threat think we can all get behindwith me now, one of the creators of this new liquid scanner, the research center's scientists west berkeley. thank you for coming onhe show. this is rolling out in london as soon as january. tell me how it works. >> what we created was a scanner that could differentiate between e threat items that you would not want to security or benign adamsite your water or wine or liquor that you may be bought at the duty-free shop. our systtm is going to use this to technologies to analyze liquid. one is the rf paul's and the other is an ultrasonic scaer. recombine those two technologies to give us a pass or not pass results. melissa: it looks like -- where are looking at video along side of you. it looks like he's still have to take the liquids out of your bag and put them through individually. >> sure. so this version of the system, you have to measure up the bottles one of the time. can be combined wh other systems to speed things along that maybeou be integrated into the air chair machine. mel

the men developed such a close bond that when zeller returned stateside he vowed to help him secure ato stay here. they are off followed by the al qaeda. janis found out he was on a taliban kill list so it was imperative for him to leave but he almost didn't get here, due to a trick played by the taliban. anderson recently spoke to the two men. >> i think this is such an important story because this has happened to -- so many people have worked for the united states in afghanistan and iraq. it happened to folks who worked for the united states in vietnam and back then, you know, we said this will never happen again. we'll take care of those people who helped the united states and yet again, we're not taking care of people who helped us in iraq and afghanistan. take me back to how you met janice. >> my 15-man unit and i got ambushed by about 45 members of the taliban and we had been pinned down, an hour in the firefight i ran out of grenades or i should say running out of bull lets. and i thought this is it. i'm going to probably die on this hillside. sort of out of a movie script, a t

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. >> reporter: among anxious americans watching stateside, steve and vicki kurzban of colorado saw their 18-year-old son simon on "world news." >> apparently 50 little kids got sucked away. >> reporter: a happy ending for one american family but for so many here who need so much and who are still five days in seeing so little aid get here, there is no end in sight. diane? >> thank you, terry. as you said need so much and there are so many ways to help these families in the philippines. we have listed many of the ways to help on our website. just go to abcnews.com. >>> and important news now for airline travelers, a major merger is a step closer. the justice department gave the green light to usairways and american to join forces to become the largest airline in the world. it could happen by the end of the year. >>> and tonight a rough new poll number for the president. for the first time a majority, 52 percent say the president is not honest and trustworthy. people felt misled about getting insurance through obama care and now president clinton is adding salt to the stumble. >> reporter:

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drew to a close the male pilots returned if overseas and the wasps would perform such vital roles statesidee suddenly disbanded. >> did you lose your jobs because men wanted those jobs? >> absolutely. >> yes, yes. >> we were winning the war by 19 no 44. by the summer of 1944, we didn't need as many pilots overall and the idea of women replacing pilots instead of releasing pilots, male pilots was unacceptable. >> for nearly three decades after the war the wasps were largely forgotten shoved in the back pages of history. they had to fight for the government to even acknowledge their sacrifice, finally in 1977, the government officially recognized them. >> and in 2007, president obama acknowledged the wasps, the living and dead, the congressional gold medal. >> it was about time that the world knew there were women pilots that flew during world war ii. we were eliminated from the history books and it wasn't until 30 years later that our files were finally opened. >> and now when bea hazoo is honored alongside carolyn jen seng who flew combat applications over rawp iraq, the legacy is clear. >>

. >> reporter: the warriors warehouse is only open to struggling stateside soldiers who less than sergeantbut she has not forgotten those far away on the front lines. there is no space left in this room. this place is mobbed with over 1700 gift boxes donated from a local church. all of these will be packed up and shipped out to troops serving overseas to get to them by the december holidays. >> i'm passionate enough to make sure that thee guys who gave us our freedom, that we give them back to them. they're americans and they're my heroes. >> reporter: so as americans prepare to show their gratitude this holiday season these service men and women can say thanks to those who serve in this massive mission at home. al jazeera, colorado springs. >> serving those who serve. well still ahead on al jazeera america technology is helping many shoppers become more savvy. how more brick and mortar stores are turning to apps. one game that we'll be watching, alabama versus auburn. we have a a live report from auburn next in sports. rates this stuff get rates this stuff get complicated. complicated. bu

. >>> back here stateside, a high school football team cancels the rest of its games because of one word. the season ending slur that brought the fbi to a small town. >>> but first, chilling new details in the murder of a massachusetts teacher next. vo: it's that time of year again. medicare open enrollment. time to compare plans and costs. you don't have to make changes. but it never hurts to see if you can find better coverage, save money, or both. and check out the preventive benefits you get after the health care law. open enrollment ends december 7th. so now's the time. visit medicare.gov or call 1-800-medicare >>> there was a note found next to the body. philip chism has been arrested for murder, rape, armed robbery. he will be arraigned december 4th. >>> an eighth student at princeton university is being treated for meningitis. investigators are test to go see if she has the same rare bacterial strain found in seven other cases at the school. princeton officials plan to provide students with a vaccine. it has been approved in europe, not the u.s. >>> people signing up for obama ca

from the stateside data front we're waiting for the latest manufacturing numbers there. if this is stronger than expected, this could cause a kwib around expectations, around marketing. but so far, a cautious start to the european session. we're nudging higher by 0.1% on the benchmark. some individual sectors, this is the early picture for the friday session is autos. we're seeing the pressure. it's the only sector in negative territory. the likes of renault, the worst performer, shedding 3.3%. so an early march lower for the basic resources. not getting that pop on the china data front. we've got some of the major ones moving along as i take a look at it. media stocks are weaker. retail, we are sealing selling in carrefour. if i can just move along to industrials, which are hitting north banks hsbc, the top performer in the basket. but rbs is the one we're looking at this morning and it is starting out very weak. 3.3%. a move to the down side and a reaction to its earnings today. oil and can gas, p 2% higher. technology is the top performer in the basket. health care, w

might end up spending more if they're here already, a little more time stateside than they had plannedook now how the storm is throwing a wrench in international travel plans. chad meyers, you've got more on that. i suppose a lot of the atlanta flights go direct. if you're going through new york or the northeast, whoa. >> today is okay. only six delays out of jfk, that's the international departure out of the northeast. there's only six delays and none of them are to international destinations but atlanta international airport, as well, there's about 60 delays. these are arrival delays just coming in from orlando, wichita, charlotte, gulfport. just about 20-minute delays. i can go down and down and you'll see the word delay, delay, delay, delay, delay. this is a great app. it's called flight board. $10. we all buy it here because you can see what the flight looks like at almost had any airport. i can click and see washington, d.c. here's the arrival delays out of dulles. this one has arrived. so it's kind of a good thing. if you want to see all the other airports and maybe look at all

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