now, stephan hawking says theoretically, this could happen. >> to my mathematical brain, the numbersade thinking about aliens perfectly rational. >> reporter: 100 billion galaxy, why would earth be the most populated planet. >> when the smartest man on earth utters anything, you listen. even if it's humorous. you would be ego centric to think life is alone on earth in the universe. he doesn't think they'll all be like alien two, but any alien that makes it to earth can be unfriendly. >> the outcome would be like when christopher columbus first landed in america which didn't turn out very well for the native americans. >> reporter: spend sometime with ufo believers, i thought they were lunatics. >> they don't like photographs. they don't like the flash. >> reporter: looks like i'm the chump. hawking believes spaceships could really be searching for planets to colonize. hang on, martin and killers from space, right all along? >> where do you come from? from a planet yet unknown to you. >> reporter: nick watt, abc news, london. >>> make of it what you will. have a good night. wee see yo

back to you. >> stephane, thank you very much.apacity from new york to paris or paris to new york will be at 80% of normal from air france. we asked you whether you take a flight to paris or london or anywhere else in the ash cloud? right now, vote on our street poll, squawkonthestreet.cnbc.com. yes or no. and, mark, coming up, i'm very excited about this story. it is called "the ash detector." back in 1982 when the 747, the four jets shut down because of an ash cloud and eric moody, the pilot, was able to restart them right before it crashed -- >> before it would have crashed. >> right. it didn't and everybody survived, it was fine. after that, another pilot came up with an ash detector, which could have gone on the planes. it was too expensive, they didn't think it made sense. we'll talk about it because he'll come on the show and he thinks right now it is still not safe to fly. primarily because the way ash acts in clouds is different than the way it acts in the open air, and when you fly, you fly through an unpredictable combi

stephan really is in touch with a lot of other youth groups.don't people are involved in lots of issues. -- young people are involved in lots of issues. some are interested in fiscal issues and some have different views on it. that is what your generation brings to the table that the rest of us do not. really is a very engaged generation. we are trying to raise the awareness of fiscal issues, so i would encourage you to get in touch with staff and at the concord coalition. he is much more tapped into the youth of our reach than i am. >> for everyone out there thinking about these things, i think the key is, do not punish politicians. don't punish them for telling you things you don't want to hear. when i think back to the presidential primaries, both the democratic and republican side, i remember and then senator obama saying everything has to be on the table on social security. he got punished in the primary and he retreated to a position that was simply not realistic. they don't do this because they are bad people. they do it because if they

stephane, thank you. >> coming up next on "worldwide exchange" with, we continue to look at the goldman saga. it continues with the lawmaker implying the timing of the s.e.c.'s suit was politically motivated. we'll look at the latest developments and implications later on in the show. >> and we're about to get unemployment data in the latest minutes out from the bank of england meeting right after this. >>> welcome to "worldwide exchange." the headlines we're watching here today, here in asia, thailand's central bank keeps interest rates unchange as the country's political tension raises doubts about the country's outlook. >> in europe, we're waiting for british unemployment data minutes from the bank of england. >> in the united states, the hedge fund manager at the center of the goldman sachs case speaks up, telling investors the fund was open and honest about its role. >> you're watching cnbc's "worldwide exchange" with christine tan, nicole lapin and myself, ross westgate. we're just about to get minutes out of the bank of england's meeting, in which there was no change to the rates

with that, i'm sending it over to stephane. >> and it's exactly the same picture in paris. all the banks are trading lower. credit agricole has the highest unit because of its banks. we have also a negative session from eads regarding the number of orders from airbus since the beginning of the year. 60 orders for the first three months of the year. 49 in march. eads is off 0.9% right now. now over to saijal for a quick view on the asian markets. >> japan's nikkei falling more than 1.8%. sparking a sell-off in a lot of the exporter stocks today. the machinery stocks are getting hit hard on the back of core machinery orders for february. remember hong kong tracks rates there because of the dollar peg. the shanghai composite closing at a weak low, down 0.9% as we see liquidity continue to be drained from that market. it's down about 3% as we see political tensions escalate. on that note, i'll send it over to nicole. >> thanks so much, saijal. speaking of tensions, tiger woods officially returns to the green today with the masters golf tournament, kicking off in augusta, georgi

. >> thank you very much for that stephane. coming up next on "worldwide exchange" we'll continue to look at emerging markets. getting a greater say as the world bank changes its voting rules. so what's on china's agenda? will it increase power? and will the move work to improve global imbalances? >>> welcome to "worldwide exchange." the headlines today, in asia, china's overtaken the likes of jemplny, britain and france, following a shift in bulging power at the world bank. >>> in europe, greece continues to dominate on fears it may need more funding. >>> in the united states, congress seizes on the paper trail from goldman sachs as the primary reason for financial reform. >> all right you're watching cnbc's "worldwide exchange." the global ftse, seems the ftse global 300, get the name right, up 25 points, half of one percent higher. we've got bank stocks, basic resources are up. pretty broad-based move as well, christine. >> as long as you haven't forgotten my name, ross. >> it's pronunciation. it wasn't just forgetfulness. >

ask stephan. we first met her seven months ago when the credit was evaporating, and this ugt dear of immigrants was pursuing her american dream in the middle of santa barbara wine country importing vinegars and wines. the business was growing and she wanted to take it to the next level, but give ten credit crisis and lack of credit histo history, forget about it. >> how much do you need? >> 250,000. >> reporter: eight months later, she has managed to hang on with the help of a $50,000 from a private investor. >> we used it as a line of credit and business has grown 32%, and profits are up, and things are better than ever. >> what is wrong? what are you complaining about. >> reporter: well, the problem is that she needs more credit as ven or thes facing their own credit issues want more money up front earlier for things like glass bottles. she is not only the one losing sleep. a survey shows that compared to six months ago, the number of small businesses seeing a negative impact from the economy ha