the u.s. government's mass surveillance. organizations including wikipedia and human rights watch are challenging the nsa's upstream program, which taps into the fiber-optic cables moving internet traffic around the world. attorney patrick toomey of the american civil liberties union said the spying violates constitutional protections. >> the nsa's indiscriminate copying and searching through americans international can medications imposes a chilling effect on basic freedoms -- freedom of speech, freedom of expression, the freedom of inquiry and also innovation of americans right to privacy in those communications. we have long operated in this country on a basic rule that the government does not search your home coming your papers, and today, your e-mails when you have done nothing wrong. the flip side of that role is the government must go to a court to invite -- to individualized suspicion when once access. amy: the supreme court previously rejected an aclu challenge to warrantless spying on

the u.s. is involved is where we should see more democracy. however, if you look at the u.s. geo-strategic relationship with the arab world, our relationship has privileged geo-strategic interests which translates into stability above and beyond democracy, and we know democracy can be very unstable and it can induce instability. so we haven't -- we, the united states, have preferred stability and have prioritized stability over democratization. and i show this throughout throughout the book. and i capture it with, you know case studies and attitudes and survey attitudes and things of that sort about what citizens think about this relationship between the u.s. and the regimes. and here's the tricky issue where here's where i think i introduce a little bit of nuance into a debate that has been very much sort of exaggerated as, oh you have the u.s., and you have the arab or muslim world. arab and muslims don't like the u.s. and the u.s. doesn't like the arab world. basically, you have this conflic

the u.s. so-called war against terror has been a smashing success. there was a small group up in the tribal areas of mostly pakistan and afghanistan, al qaeda, that we have succeeded in spreading it all over the world. now they are everywhere. west africa, southeast asia simply generating more and more terror. amy: today, part two of noam chomsky on the rise of the islamic state, blowback from the u.s. drone program, the legacy of slavery in the united states, the leaks of edward snowden, u.s. meddling in venezuela and the thawing of u.s.-cuban relations. >> the u.s. launched a major terrorist war against cuba. though we kind of downplay at -- it and cia attempts to kill castro bad enough, but that was a very minor part of it. major terrorist war is part of the background for the missile crisis which almost led to nuclear war. amy: and we will hear noam chomsky talk about love and his new marriage. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace repo

the u.s. effort here in accordance with the discussion we're having earlier. >> senator graham. oh i'm sorry. general did you want to -- >> no. i just want to say we need a partner on the ground and we need something in which we can have this coalition coalesce around. >> senator graham. >> thank you. let's continue that thought. have you been told, general, by the arab forces in the region, the arab leaders that we're not going into syria unless we can get rid of assad? >> there are some of them that say that and others who don't. but yes i've heard that. >> well, the reason they are saying that is they don't want to defeat isil and turn assad syria over to iran that. assad is a puppet of iran. do you agree with that? >> i do. >> so a lot of arabs are saying i want to destroy both enemies of the region assad wells isil. so i don't see any chance of a regional force until you put assad on the table. the authorization to use military force. i've got a very specific question. the people we're tra

>> first i think the problem with u.s. and iran is really the problem between u.s. and the islamic republic not the country or the people. and the islamic -- >> and post-1979 revolutionary government. >> exactly. i think i represent in a way the prerevolutionary iran in a way. i'm a secular man. months muz muslim, i'm proud to be a muslim, i had promised them in the first 100 days i would be in the white house shaking hand with president obama. i will have resolved not just the nuclear issue, the whole u.s.-iran problems. it will be normalized. i think problem with the nuclear issue is it has been isolated from the other issues and as mr. netanyahu in his speech in congress tried to -- he tried to link it. and i think the problem is that it is linked, whether netanyahu wanted to do it or not, nuclear issue is linked with terrorism nuclear issue is -- >> so you agree with netanyahu on his view -- >> i have from day 1 believed that isolating nuclear issue from the rest is wrong. after all, after all, you cannot -- i cannot at least, see day when the nuclear problem bet

the u.s. is expected to provide air support as part of its continued bombing campaign. the offensive comes as the iraqi military prepares for a major u.s.-backed operation to retake mosul from isis in the coming weeks. opposition groups in syria have rejected the u.n.'s plan for a temporary ceasefire in the northern city of aleppo. u.n. envoy staffan de mistura recently won a pledge from the regime of bashar al-assad to stop attacks on aleppo for up to six weeks. but aleppo's revolutionary council says it won't meet with de mistura unless he proposes a conference solution based on assad's removal from power. this month marks the fourth anniversary of syria's civil war. the self-proclaimed islamic state has reportedly freed 21 assyrian christians kidnapped in syria. but more than 200 assyrians are said to remain in isis captivity following its raids on more than a dozen villages last week. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has arrived in washington for a trip aimed at stopping a nuclear

the u.s. and israel. an agreement that undergirds our entire engagement with iran. the u.s. will not allow iran to obtain a nuclear weapon, period. [applause] now, let me put president obama's commitment to denying iran in nuclear weapon in context. the obama administration has invested more than $20 billion in foreign military financing for israel, far more than for any other country, and more than at any previous time in the history of the u.s.-israel relationship. [applause] and, and, the president not only committed to denying iran a nuclear weapon before negotiations with iran began, he has reiterated the same commitment during negotiations and he will keep his commitment, whether negotiations collapse or not, for it is a diplomatic solution that meets our bottom line. maybe the president has made this point so often, that it is not heard in the same way anymore. but we have to keep repeating it. talks, no talks. agreements, no agreements. the u.s. will take whatever steps are necessary to

role in the region but if you look at the u.s. role in the region, since the cold war, u.s. is more economically entrenched in in the middle east more militarily entrenched in the middle east than it has ever been and all the talk about us leaving the middle east or the u.s. leaving the middle east the u.s. is still very much on the ground in the middle east both militarily and economically so the u.s. is entrench fed the middle east as well into what's your background. >> guest: my background, i'm an arab american. i was born and raise nets the u.s. but my parents immigranted from palestine. >> host: where were you raised? where did grew to could. >> guest: i was ratessed in the united states and also grew up on the west bank. i finished high school on the west bank. >> host: where did you good to college. >> guest: i went to college -- graduated ucla, my undergreat what, and then grad waited the university of michigan for my ph.d. >> host: how long haveow been at princeton and that do you teach. >> guest: this ills now my 13th year at princeton. i teach politics of the midd

it says tpp is integ ral to the u.s. rebalance to asia and would allow washington to set the rule of the road in an important region. the ruling democrats in congress aren't so enthusiastic. they warned that opening the doors to a flood of low-priced imports would threaten u.s. workers' jobs. it is putting a break on deliberations of a bill that would grabt the u.s. administration clear cut negotiating powers. >>> let's check on markets. tokyo share prices opened in the negative but they are gaining back some ground now. the nikkei trading higher by a little more than 2/10%. some investors are taking profits following recent rallies. but many foreign investors are buying japanese stocks because they consider them undervalued. the euro fell against the dollar to the lowest level in more than 11 years. the euro now at 1.1 on levels against the dollar. the dollar-yen pair that remaining in a tight range as yields on u.s. bonds remain flat ahead of the key jobs data on friday. looking at other markets, australian stocks are f

present in japan since the end the u.s. has been present in japan since the end of world war ii, but a crime nearly two decades ago turned public opinion in okinawa against hosting american soldiers, and the relocation of the base has been a thorn in japan-u.s. relations ever since. in 1995 three u.s. servicemen were charged with the rape of a 12-year-old local girl. people in okinawa took to the streets to show their anger over the attack, and government officials from both countries agreed to abolish the air station and return the land to the people of okinawa. but the agreement fell far short of what many local people wanted. both governments announced that futenma would be relocated within okinawa, reclaiming the coastal area along the northeastern shore. in 2013 prime minister shinzo abe announced measures to revitalize the prefecture's economy. he promised to allocate the equivalent of $2.9 billion to okinawa each year for eight years. the then governor hiro azakaima approved the plan shortly thereafter. last year a n

the president of the u.s. ood up at the un's general's assembly and laid out core interests in the region. he put at top security and sovereignty of our partners. that includes allies like saudi arabia. >> you and i both know there have been tense moments between the prime minister and president. is there a chance the white house reacted to strongly -- too strongly to the speech? susan rice called this a destructive moment. >> this is not a dynamic we sought out. we have had a clear policy of coordinating and briefing israel about these negotiations. we addressed differences tightly. -- privately. the speech is something planned between the prime minister and the speaker of the house. that created the dynamic we are in. what susan was articulating is the relationship should not become partisan. part of what makes the relationship special it is not between the labour party. it should be bipartisan. that is what we are going to stand for. the prime minister is making a case that is against the case that we believ

meetings between the u.s. delegation led by secretary kerry, and the iranian side lasting almost five hours. he left mr zarif made upbeat comments. cameras had been kept a long way away. we could make out his words. finally we are getting something. mr zarif was whisked by motorcades by a plane to brussels, the diplomacy is under way at a hectic pace. >> i'm happy, my hard work is paying off. putting the u.s. center on bilateral relationship and more generally in an unprecedented face. now he's in the home stretch, we are in the 11th hour and he more than anyone with the exception of president obama wants to seal the deal. >> the foreign minister returns for talks in the coming days. but the iranian delegation is due to meet at the end of the week. it's a deadline at the end of this month, time to get a deal is tight >>> the u.s. government has uncovered dozens of priceless artefacts sold illegally in the united states. they have been handed over to iraqi officials in washington. kimberley halkett reports. >> r

this is an effort, the u.s. coordinating with the iraqi army , an effort from a u.s. ert itself in the fight for tikirrit. the reality is the are both going for the same goal here, to take on the islamic state. the criticism from republicans is this is only adding to iran's influence in the region. we have part children with us -- olivia: we have part children with us. -- bart chilton. bart: i'm wondering how you think this will impact oil prices in general. we've seen that big five dollar raise in the last couple of days. you think it will continue? peter: if there is an iranian nuclear deal and the framework is announced you could see a situation where we have these conflict zones in yemen and yet we have perhaps beginnings of a deal with iran. it tells me there is a lot to keep oil traders up at night. perhaps opportunities as well. olivia: thank you so much. so many moving parts. as we go to the break, our twitter question of the day what do you think, should the u.s. get involved in yemen? ♪ olivia: you are looking at live pictures from new york city. it is sunny

the u.s. the west, and the rest has been along the lines of, why do we need that? we have the asian development bank. a system of multilateral involvement banks around the -- development banks around the world. they are run according to international rules and have gone fine and indie. -- dandy. to which the chinese say, no not really. they established their own asian infrastructure bank. they are establishing an institution outside of the u.n. and brenton woods. the capital is $100 billion. it is not going to shake the world in one go. but i would not be surprised if it expands. my own view, given the global investment of infrastructure deficit around the world multiple sources of capital should be welcomed into the system so long as the government's of these institutions -- we have not raised objections to the thing called the islamic development bank, though it operates across the middle east. we have to be careful about saying no to any chinese initiative on the condition that governmence -

the u.s. evacuation vearkz evacuates its reamg special remaining special forces. >>> and legacy of lee quan yew. singapore making it one of the most important financial centers of the world. good evening and thank you for joinsjoining us on al jazeera america, i'm antonio mora. >> and i'm stephanie sy. tomorrow ashraf ghani has an open meeting with president obama. >> but today ghani had a meeting with secretary of state john kerry. >> this is a major statement. of support our armed forces and our security forces are going to greet this, with enormous welcome. because it gives them the assurance that the resolute support mission is continuing and that we are able to focus. on our key priorities. >> now on wednesday ghani will address a joint meeting of congress. jamie mcintire has a report. >> security was tight tithe even by security standards. center courtyard to hear afghan president ashraf ghani to's message. >> my message as the defense community and the diplomatic community, but mostly to

the u.s. commission on civil rights. there are nine of us serving on the commission, five democrat appointees four republican appointees, i was appointed by john boehner and then elected by me colleagues to a term as chairman. so i've served as chairman of that commission. then served on a united nations commission, which is the world commission on the ethics ethics of scientific knowledge and technology and most of my work on that commission had to do with bioethics. >> host: the country's most influential conservative christian thinker says "the new york times," about you. >> guest: well, i'm a conservative so i tend not to believe things "the new york times" says. so i guess i'm estopped, as the lawyers say, from claiming credit for being an influential shall conservative christian thinker. >> host: george will calls you an intellectual pinup. >> guest: i'm glad he said intellectual. >> host: you have a plush on the book from elena kagan. >> guest: i do. >> host: people may be surprised abou

help what the u.s. announced is more of a media call on the ground of the u.s. air evacuating the forces. and everything the intelligence forces are prosecuted and negotiated by the houthies. months ago so they are issuing is very weak right now, but more of a media campaign rather than on the ground reality. >> bun final question, one way to make up the fact that the president is now in riyadh having been spirited away. how theydy stand behind the war in yemen. and thousand they have not reached a deal, and now inside will be heading to egypt for the air rack summit tomorrow morning but again these two will lead. and saudi arabia will not lose anything, at least for now because the damage and destruction will happen in yemen, be the houthis leader has vowed that this war will not -- will go beyond the borders. >> . >> and before i let you go, you can still hear the sounds of those air strikes reverberating around tonight. >> oh yeah, as clear as your voice right now, i have one ear listening to you and the other ear listening to these saturdayly these explosions

the world. >> markets up first. u.s. futures pointing to a negative open after yesterday's rebound which saw the s&p have it's best day in a month and a half. this after the first day of the fed's policy meeting kicks off. >> the dollar takes a breather but oil continues to slide with wti hovering above a 6 year low. brent below. >> elon musk takes to twitter to defend the social media site. >> one of uber's top executive is taking a ride home. the cfo is stepping down to spend more time with his family. >> and what a way to kick off the week. it seems like st. patty's day came early for wall street. a rebound and the nasdaq posting a better than 1% gain. what made it interesting is that oil prices hit a six year low. typically there's a correlation between stock and oil prices. this time around doesn't seem to be the case. >> that's looking at one day and one of the interesting factors of the last three or so weeks is it has been in correlation with oil prices. one daybreaking with that mold is too short of a time frame

the strength of the u.s. dollar expected to dominate trade as it rises to levels not seen since 2003. but the euro rising against the dollar for the first time in two weeks. >> still stressed out. bank of america trading lower after the fed gives it only conditional approval for its capital plans. some fail the tests all together. >> volkswagen moves full speed ahead in china. plans to boost production after posting a record year for profits. we heard exclusively from the ceo and chairman. >> two police officers have been shot during proterss outside the police department at ferguson missouri. this is following a report citing widespread racism in the force. >> welcome to the show. let's bring you breaking headlines coming out of volkswagen. they announced that 2014 profit hit a record high of 17.9 billion euros. they also said they plan to increase china annual production to 5 million vehicles per year. we'll continue to identify more of the flashes. they have also identified half of the 5 billion cost cuttin

for years, the u.s. stock market was outperforming -- the euro area and japan stock markets have been performing much better than the u.s. and that will continue for a while. mark: larry always a pleasure to have you on. thank you for your time. up next john kerry returns to switzerland as negotiators in the iran nuclear talks hope to strike a deal. peter cook is following developments. he will join us with the latest when "bottom line" returns in a moment. ♪ mark: welcome back. a stunning revelation from france today. prosecutors say the copilot of the german plane that crashed tuesday killing everyone on board locked the pilot out of the cockpit and appears to have deliberately clashed -- crashed the jet. this in the pilot tried to break down the door as the plane was in the rapid descent from 30,000 feet. -- 38,000 feet. >> in the selection of all pilots, the training of all pilots, the qualification of all pilots and the work of all pilots has not been touched by a single tragedy -- this single traged

the u.s. just became essentially blind on the ground. more than 100 u.s. tary commandos like these who had been tracking al qaeda, known as aqap secretly ordered out of the country by the pentagon over the weekend. this special operations forces were evacuated by military aircraft and transported across the gulf. fighter jets patrolled overhead while emergency response helicopters were stationed nearby. >> one of the organizations that has been most interested and capable of conducting strikes in the u.s. homeland al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, has increased its control of territory. >> reporter: the remaining u.s. tools, drone strikes and monitoring cell phones and social media. >> it's true that that coordination would be more effective if there were u.s. personnel in the country. >> reporter: the number one u.s. target? al qaeda's master bomb maker. he knows how to make bombs with difficult to detect explosives a major threat to aviation. he was tied to the so-called under wear bomb attack in 2009. the newest threat? the isis branch in yemen which cl

the white house saying the u.s. logistical support to that effort, but not participating directly. also these new details reported tonight about one pilot possibly being locked out of the cockpit during the crash of that german airliner yesterday. we have more on that story coming up right now on "first look." >> good morning. right now on "first look" one fatality is reported with a tornado season starting. was one pilot locked out of the cockpit with the germanwings plane crash that claimed 150 lives? deserting his post in taliban cabtivity and now facing life in prison. that and more as "first look" starts. >> good morning. right now tornado outbreaks, severe weather shredding parts of oklahoma. >> there it is. tornado on the ground. west of sand springs about five miles. >> this tornado touching down at a mobile home park just outside of tulsa. more than 50

the u.s. military or naval action in the taiwan strait. planning for that, you acquire additional capabilities which add complexity. the u.s. defense and naval planners in the pacific. >> is outlook for china less than when they were growing at 10%? or was it to be expected, as they got larger, the growth would slow? >> any of us who are students of economic history know that an expanding continental economy, engaging in growth you will have rapid growth. as you did with the history of the u.s. when it began exporting and trading with the rest of the world. effectively becoming the largest economy in the world. this is natural. slowly, with the maturation of the economy, the growth rate narrows to a historical medium between 2-3%. like your economy and the australian economy. they are trying to avoid what they call the middle income gap. here is the kicker. on the way through, can they sustain growth at sufficiently high levels to provide the buffer necessary for the transformation to occur? th

the white house saying the u.s. logistical support to that effort, but not participating directly. also these new details reported tonight about one pilot possibly being locked out of the cockpit during the crash of that german airliner yesterday. we have more on that story coming up right now live on "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." good evening, lawrence. >> thanks. we're going to pickup all of those breaking news stories and a couple more. thanks rachel. >>> as rachel said major breaking news. "the new york times" is reporting a development from the voice recorder from the german airliner that crashed in the french alps. and war is spreading tonight in the middle east with saudi arabia launching military attacks against rebel forces in yemen.

u.s. commanders on thursday told the senate that the u.s. ment still hasn't decided on the level of support it might extend to syrian opposition groups which is training, what is the reason for the policy perhaps lack of decision on policy if it is not because the u.s. maybe rethinking its approach to bashar al-assad and iran? >> if there is a u.s. policy at all on syria then it is one of nonintervention while at the same time maintaining the policy of not recognizing the assad government or dealing with it. some people regard that as a non-policy, in other words, something that allows continuing drift but sit a clear position that has been taken by the obama administration all along. now, the training of the syrian rebel groups or opposition groups which up to a year ago was billed as being something intended to acquire leverage against assad agreement to force it to negotiate seriously, now these training efforts are being framed entirely as targeting the islamic state in the current conflict and specifically excluded from that or at least

and in the u.s. doctors at the time national institutes of health are fighting to keep an american health care worker from becoming another victim, arrived this morning from cyril. >>> rural areas like the quazulu natal province, because of lack of facilities and poorly trained teachers. erica wood reports. >> she would like to be a fashion designer but to do that she knows she needs to be to have an education. because of her disability, she hasn't been able to go to high school. >> because of my disability, i could do whatever i want to, i watch them maybe one day i could also be like them and go to school. >> 11-year-old kilani lives in the same rural area. he's never been to school, that's despite a letter his mother got in 2011 saying he should be enrolled in special education. but every school she's approached won't accept him. south africa's constitution does not deny people the right to education because of theirs disacialt. theydisability. they do get a disability allowance but not enough to c

and then the u.s. g we made it a condition of our agreement to bomb there that the shiite militias would have to step back. they are saying we are leave in protest of you. and the u.s. is saying we told to you leave as a condition of us coming. water way it is just saving face. the militias may have paused for whatever reason on the ground while u.s. bombers took over part of that fight. but the fight is the same fight. bottom line is that in tikrit directly, the u.s. is helping iran and iran is helping us in the fight against isis. as oogie that as makes everybody feel. and just to make it all the more discomfortable while we are fighting with iran against isis in iraq we are also now supporting a whole new war against iranian interests in the nation of yemen. the houthi shiite rebels who have toppled the cities in yemen yemen, those rebels are supported by iran. saudi arabia started bombing those rebels in yemen. it is uncomfortable to say but saudi arabia usually likes the u.s. military to fight that

yes, the u.s. really needs the arab support political support more than military support so this doesn't become a fight a western fight against isil, but at the end of the day he's going to have to allay their fears. >> thanks very much for that, zeinahodor in beirut. >> a barrel bomb was dropped by the syrian government in aleppo. there is a fight for control of the northern city. >> north korea called an attack on the u.s. ambassador to south korea deserved punishment for joint military drills held by the u.s. and south korea. mark lib period was slashed across the face while leaving a conference in seoul. >> mark lib period probably wishes he'd turned down the invitation. this was filmed seconds after he was slashed in the face. surgeons operated on the ambassador for two hours. he needed 80 stitches. >> if the cut was deeper than now, it could damage the carotid artery turning it into an emergency situation. it could be life threatening. >> it took four men to hold down the suspect on lookers sa

the u.s. secretary of state warn further consequences much roar if the cease-fire is not fully put in place within the next few hours. and name about leader of namibia receive the african award and prize. >>> israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists relations with the united states are strong. he's visiting washington, where he's giving a speech at a lobby. on tuesday the prime minister will address the u.s. congress. he's expected to make his case about the nuclear are iran. he was inviteed to make his address without obama's knowledge. >> the united states and israel will continue to stand together. because america and israel are more than friends. we're like a family. we're practically--now disagreements in the family are always uncomfortable. but we must always remember that we are family. [applause] rooted in a common heritage, up holding common values, sharing a common destiny. that's the message i came to tell you today. our alliances are sound. our friendship is strong, and wi

the u.s. is going to raise rates for the first time in a decade. this is the story of dollar strength. tom: exactly. olivia: i was struck by comments by jon ferro, he says the reason is because nobody would believe mario draghi would buy negative yields. period that means we need to turn -- tom: that means winning to turn to james foley of rubble bank. gold coming up. olivia has a great segment coming up. we go to jane foley in london. jane, i know it is like dow 10,000, for what is the symbolism of the ex-wife -- of d xy to a grizzled pros like yourself? jane: it is a psychological level, but not perhaps as much as parity, not just for fx pros but for almost everybody in euro. that is the level we are reaching, a lot of market forecasters are chasing the forecast that have been coming down all year. a lot of people are thinking about parity. the big question is the timing. is this going to happen quite soon, or is this something was is going to be delayed. i think the lady will call the shot o

also the fact that the u.s. has used its industry for 10 plus years has legitimized it in national relations de facto. it has created market to force around the world. the second trend is this industry as it searches for new clients is becoming more globalized and is proliferating. we are starting see new demand. ngos are hiring this industry. oil companies is hiring private military security pity you can also have tycoons, very rich individuals that you can have actresses who want to hire blackwater for intervention in darfur. these are all possible. we are possible. we are also seeing companies come out of places like uganda and south africa. recently for example nigeria is reported to have hired 300 private military contractors in its -- for boko haram in south africa. security can generate its own demand. mercenaries demand 5000 pounds of gold this month and we will be back next month. out of work mercenaries can create wars. they can elongate worse. they can become bandits. this is a problem. we are also see

the u.s. justice department is taking a look at barclays. the so-called last look. prosecutors have asked barclays for information on the electronic trading platform which allows traders to take a last look at the order before executing. the interest in the last look practice has grown out of a broader investigation into the manipulation of benchmarks. there could be big job cuts on the way and rbs. the financial times is reporting they will eliminate as many as 14,000 jobs at its investment bank. that is the most people in the banking arm. a large proportion of the cuts would calm in the u.s. and asia. rbs has declined to comment on the story to bloomberg. >> let's get more on another top story -- china's biggest political event kicks off today as lawmakers gather. we are joined by rosalind chain. -- chin. what are we expecting? >> there has been a lot of speculation about what might come out. reform was a big focus last year and the question this year is how to assure reforms while also deali

i think the u.s. rnment needs to a better job. >> as an american, it is embarrassing that we can't fund our own infrastructure. it is equally embarrassing that we are asking canada to foot the bill. and when it is all over and paid for, we want half of it. >> at least the bridge project seems to be going ahead. not so for a plant upgrade of a very terminal in prince rupert, british columbia. is on canadian soil. but it leads to the state of alaska. alaska wanted to upgrade the terminal using only american steel. in keeping with "buy america" rules. canada said no way and threatened legal action. when the two sides couldn't reach a couple nice, alaska canceled the project. -- a compromise. if they can't settle these squabbles, what about the big stuff? and there's a long-running dispute over canadian and mexican and pork sold in u.s. stores. u.s. laws require those cuts meet to be labeled with details on where the animal was born where it was raised and slaughtered. canada says that cost producers and b

washington has been fighting over the number of u.s. plomates in venezuela, the maduro government says they are spies and wants most of them to leave and washington says the diplomates help them build business and personal ties with the u.s. roslyn jordan al jazeera. >> find out why the u.s. targeted the seven venezuela officials we spoke to danielle political science at webster university. >> from the u.s. point of view these are officials who in some sense were guilty of repression. the incident the u.s. specifically points to happened in february of 2014 47 people were killed but it's important to know those were split almost evenly between protesters bystanders and security officials themselves. and several security officials in venezuela are going to have to face trial for deaths of protesters. from the other kinds of why has to do with the venezuela decision to insist that the united states reduce its embassy staff from 100 down to 17 the reason for this being that venezuela charges the united states with babbling in internal affai

european stocks follow the u.s. and asia sharply lower after the nasdaq had the worst day in a year yesterday. and lululemon earnings beat the street after revenue ahead of forecasts. we'll be back in a couple of minutes. >> despite the weakness in the dollar stocks tanked on wednesday. tech, bio tech and small caps lead the decline. another rough day on wall street. dow jones down 140 points. s&p 500 down about 16 points. the nasdaq which is so interesting, we were talking about the nasdaq being in striking distance of its all time closing high of 5,048 but it's around 4900 so far off of touching those new highs. >> absolutely last week we thought we got through the late february, early march correction but it's back again. of course we might have further weakness to come. equities over the course of the next few days. let's also look at oil prices. they have not corrected today into the down side. they with bouncing back. both up over 4% this follows the news overnight that saudi arabia hit yemen with air strikes.

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the u.s. state department voiced support for the air strikes. questions remain over how involved the white house really is. >>> within hours of the first air tricks. promising logistics and help. in the congress questions about how much the u.s. is involved. the top general admitting he only informed him after the first bombs fell. >> they literally, the day of their attacks. they tell you the united states that they'll launch a major campaign. it's an indicator of the deterioration and trust and confidence that these countries have in us. >> the general couldn't answer a key question. >> reporter: what is your assessment of the likelihood of success is this. >> in yemen? >> reporter: yes. >> again, senator, i don't know the specific goals and objectives of the saudi campaign, and would have to know that to assess the likelihood of success. >> from the u.n. perspective, the definition of success is different. >> they are not willing to pay a price. letting the saudis do it allows us to achieve

is the u.s.'s view that the situation needs to be stabilized before the political process can kick in? i mean how do you bring the houthis to the negotiating table? >> well, again, there is the -- gcc's initiative and the u.n.-lead process, which i think we need to return to. at this point it's difficult to outline precisely when -- when that will happen, but that is our goal -- >> do you have any further readout on the discussion between the saudi ambassador and the [ inaudible ] today? >> no the focus was on our views on yemen, but i don't have more specifics from the meeting. >> reporter: you are talking about a gcc initiative and this is military intervention is enshrined as a gcc intervening -- >> well saudi lead -- >> saudi lead of five of the six gcc countries signed on to it and it is the [ inaudible ] of a gcc operation now. so how do you reconcile a gcc military operation to support a gcc talks? the houthis don't have much at steak in that do they? >> well -- >> it's the war with all of

lawmakers in the u.s. are debating a bill that would give president barack obama greater authority to negotiate trade deals. some strongly oppose the bill though. they say the trade deal will weaken the competitiveness of u.s.-made goods and rob american workers of jobs. negotiate ares worry that debate could further delay the tpp talks involving all 12 participating countries. >>> well the people at a chinese state-owned enterprise are set to take control of a 143-year-old italian manufacturing icon. checkives at china national chemical or chemchina as it's known have agreed to acquire the tiremaker pirelli. the executives say they've struck a deal with pirelli's major shareholders to buy all of the company's stock and pay just about $7.8 billion to complete the takeover. analysts say the firm wants to use pirelli to gain more access to european markets and manufacturing technology. officials at pirelli can use chemchina's sales channels to expand their profits in asia where they face some pretty stiff com

investors not just in the u.s. but around the world were watching to see what the fed would say in terms of removing the word patient in terms of when we could see a rate hike. we still don't have that but in the meantime we have been seeing european markets move to the upside. the dax up about 65 points. the cac 40 up about 12 points. keeping an eye on the situation in greece. ftse 100 year highs this week. >> let's look at the bond market because that continues to tell the story of differing policy divergence even though we have seen the ten year come back. >> last time we heard from janet yellen we did see the ten year come back below 2%. very quickly it moved back above 2% when the data continued to come out and impress. i wonder if we'll see the same this time around. german yields incredibly low. we're coming to the end of the second week of european quantitative easing. the yield on the u.s. ten year has come back as well. similar type of move to what we have seen in the u.s. this week because the monetary po

the u.s. insists that they have gotten iran to roll back its program and that progress is viable. >> he used strong words in that interview with reuters. we will play excerpts from that interview momentarily. but he did not mince any words in making it clear he and the prime minister of israel have a very, very strong disagreement. stand by. the prime minister, meanwhile, is trying to smooth over some differences with the obama administration but he is also sticking to his guns on the iran nuclear threat. let's bring in our global affairs correspondent elise labott. both the white house and the prime minister seem to be softening a bit of the rhetoric on the eve of this speech. what's going on? i give all that with the caveat that we are about to hear very strong words from the president in this exclusive interview he just granted to reuters. >> reporter: we will also hear from national security advisor susan rice later tonight at apec. she is the real critic. the friendly face was samantha pow

the u.s. pulling out military person, and yemen on the brink of chaos, with a former u.s. ambassador, blogger and military expert. later, president obama agrees to keep 10,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan through the end of the year, and we'll take you to kabul to talk to our reporter on the scene about what that means to that country's security. >>> hello. i'm ray suarez. american officials used to point to yemen as a reliable ally, stabilizing partner, and a country willing to take risks to rule out guerilla fighter and accept the president to do it. now the president abd-rabbu mansour hadi is leading a counterirn surgent force against -- insurnt force against a rebel army that has taken over big chunks of the his country. it's hard to say who is in charge. whether the militarily-suggested rebels, after pulling down the capital, are capable of running the country. it's a mess, and adds yemen to a too-long list of countries where the state is ineffective, in instability affects neighbours and cr