thomas lowe told us more about the discovery of the flight recorder today. thomas: this is being referred to as the main blacks box -- the main black box. it will be flown back to moscow in the next few hours, where they will be trying to decrypt the information on there. between days and weeks, depending on what has happened to the black box and the condition they find it when they open it up. the second black box has been located in the tale of the plane. but that has not been brought to the surface yet. continues.earch now 13 bodies have been pulled from the water. that search is going on 24 hours a day. these are the main planes they use for this kind of trip, which involves taking large numbers of people from one place to another. they have avoided buying european planes to replace them with. these are old soviet were courses. they have a very troubled history. some 39 deadly accidents they were brought into service in the early 1970's. was particular plane brought into service in 1983, so it is over 30 years old. go onan really just without problems. ge

moscow: all correspondent, thomas lowe, has more on how russians are reacting to the crash.cow,across russia, in sochi, people are leaving candles and flowers on the waterfront near where the plane crashed. outside of the headquarters of the red army choir, 64 those members died on the way to syria. also a famous russian humanitarian. on the tv.famous people are leaving flowers .utside of her office as well some people, notably the head of the human rights council in russia, suggest she should be an officer of the church. they have not spoken out on that, but this is an outpouring of grief, on this day of mourning, a native closure. annette: at least 35 people are said to have been killed in a massacre in the democratic republic of congo. officials say it happened in a northern province over the weekend. in two separate attacks. a militia killed at least 13 two civilians on sunday. u civilians. the government has been blaming the deaths on a group dominated by muslims from muslims from uganda. a typhoon that spoiled christmas day for many across the philippines is now weaken

olivia: thomas lowe joins us now from moscow. he is already made some remarks regarding the situation in syria. ththomas: that's right. wewe three hours into thisis prs conference. wewe could havee always to go. he has made a lot of comments. syria was one of the key wins. he said the evacuations of civilians from aleppo wasas a success. it will be remiss not to point out that over this 1.5 years of someof syria, by october 4000 civilians had been killed by those bombing raids. said that an agreement between iran, and russia made e foundatition to get those people out of aleppo. he named turkey and said the relations are on solid foundation and they will continue to develop the site -- despite the assassination of the russian ambassador. olivia: what did he have to say about the u.s.? thomas: he's had some fairly tough words for the u.s., as we heard from it clip you played. he was talking about the hacking situation. said theama intelligence services said vladimir putin had knowledge of the hack of the democratic national commit

thomas low reporting from moscow. parliamentary commission has cleared a set of draft constitutional amendments that would greatly expand the powers of the presidency. critics fear the proposed reforms would allow president erdogan to rule unchecked. we spoke with jasper mortimer for more on the amendment process. jasper: the next step is that it will go to a vote in a full assembly of parliament, expected to take place in about four weeks. the government needs to thirds of parliament to pass -- needs thisf parliament to pass change as a constitutional amendment. only 230 votes to submit it to the people in a referendum. the biggest opposition parties party, chp and the adp they will vote against the constitutional change. the smallest opposition party, voteltra-right mhp, will for it. putting all of this together, it is expected the government will not get enough votes to pass it as a constitutional amendment, but it will get enough votes to put it to the people in a referendum. when the referendum takes place, pundi

for that we are joined by thomas lowe in moscow. tell us exactly what is in this report. thomas: richard mclaren no punches. he said this was doping on an unprecedented scale. as you mentioned, 1000 russian athletes either benefited from the doping system that covered ,0 sports, including football because of the world cup that we had recently. so on an unprecedented scale, but also that it was institutionalized, not just the russian anti-doping authority. but it also included the ministry of sport and specifically indicated in the the man who has been replaced as minister of sports, promoted to one of russia's deputy prime ministers. as more rules were implemented to try to catch more doping athletes, that these apps plates -- that these athletes in this institutionalized system were able to adapt so they could get around these new rules and keep winning medals and keep going undetected. molly: thomas, what are we likely to see in terms of reaction in russia or even possible fallout? thomas: this report comes on the back of two previous reports down by the independent comm

for more on reaction to this story let's bring in thomas low lives.ell us about the ceremonies that were held today. >> one of them is still ongoing. the main orthodox church in moscow and the largest in russia. overseen by the head of the orthodox church. he said he knew him personally and admired him very much as an individual. his body was previously at the minister of foreign affairs where he spent a career spanning more than 30 years. some of it in very difficult places. atdimir putin laid flowers the base of his coffin. a number of senior politicians spoke saluting his professionalism and time on the job. putin was atir those ceremonies today. he made some very provocative statements about russia's missiles. tell me about that. he was at the ministry of defense. alongside the defense ministry in a televised meeting he called on the defense ministry to construct and design tactical nuclear missiles that could penetrate any future missile protection system. we can presume that he's talking putt the one that's being in place jointly by the american

thomas jefferson, not exactly a low information voter we would say on situations like this, listen towhat he said. i consider the government of the united states as interdicted by the constitution from interimmediateli interimmediate interme interimmediate meddling. the stay defines a church as a building in which people meet on sunday morning for one hour, but if they have a wednesday night supper, if they invite speakers in on any subject, then that's considered not part of the church and they have to install transgender bathrooms. these kinds of things are popping up all over the country. it's why judges matter, and it's why i think it's very important that donald trump has made this promise during the campaign that religious liberty will be a major issue for him. >> you know i have interviewed people on all sides and there are many in the lgbt who are worried, scared about a president trump. they feel sidelined by people they feel don't respect where they're coming from. is there some middle ground where people can have their personal beliefs but also feel not threatened. >> the l

thomas: it is currently 1.7%. chosen this low measure.nd i think they will continue to look at core inflation. think it could start to slow. i think oil prices are key risk. and that is something to think of. that could be something to watch. be a reactionld function. julie: thank you so much. that was thomas costerg. on wednesday, be sure to watch our special coverage on the fed decision at 1:00 p.m. in new york and a 6:00 p.m. in london. mark: can't wait. shares of lockheed martin are falling after donald trump tweeted that the cost for the f-35's are out of control. we will take stock of the weapon system next. this is bloomberg. ♪ julie: lockheed martin shares are falling today after donald trump tweeted that the f-35 program is out of control. onalso mentioned the program fox news sunday. >> i don't need a $4.2 billion airplane to fly around. especially when it is totally out of control because they have lost control of it. things -- if you look at the f-35 program, with the money and the hundreds of billions of dollars, it is out of

thomas back to you. >>> oh, wow, really festive. >> low pressure system, brought few sprinkles or flurries if you wereut last night, the cold front that will bring the arctic air into our area daytime hours, seasonable, typical cold for december, but we are here, friday morning, that's going to be the code he is of it all, with single digit windchills, in the morning, and now we move along to about lunchtime or so, where it feels like 11 degrees in philadelphia. even colder to the north of us. by 4:00 feels like whopping 19 degrees, may get windchill of 14 friday night, and that's before the snow starts friday night. 35 degrees right now as you walk out the door, and it feels like, well, 35 in the city. some of of the windchills in the two's this morning, but it is still pretty cold. and cold enough for you to need the winter clothes, and we don't have any more precipitation to show you at the moment. so talking seven day forecast, quite the roller coaster ride. forty-two today. twenty-six for high tomorrow. and 27 on friday. but, both of those days, it will be so wind any fact tomorrow winds could gu

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thomas jordan speaking to bloomberg's matt miller. keeping an eye on sterling against the dollar at its session low, down by 1.1%.iggest decline against the dollar since october. day,falling for a third and the bank of england said it has been the strength of sterling that means the inflation will not overshoot as dovish november, but statement. sterling down by 1.1%. this is bloomberg. ♪ you are watching bloomberg. i am vonnie quinn. mark: i am mark barton. this is a global business report. rupert murdoch expanding his tv empire. sky century fox will bite and it will create the consumer powerhouse. vonnie: dubai plans to suspend $36 billion to build the world's largest airport. to rely on debt funding to finance the project. mark: in today's bloomberg could tech automakers and companies investing billions of company into developing vehicles . the day of the driverless car is getting much closer. rupert murdoch has expanded his tv empire. 21st century fox will acquire europe's dominant pay-tv company sky. the price -- 14.6 billion u.s. dollars. fox calls a 39% stake in sky. fox ceo james murdoch spoke on a confer

thomas and mack center. it starts at 6-45 p-m. the rodeo will be in town until december tenth. now fox5 weather 24/7 temperatures remain on the cold side tonight with overnight lows falling into the mid to upper 30s around the las vegas valley. we'll see a few clouds drift across the area, keeping temperatures up just a degree or two compared t last night. skies will be mostly sunny on thursday with a forecast high of 57 degrees in las vegas. another system dives into the area friday, bringing another shot of cool air along with gusty winds out of the north. high temperatures will be in the mid to low 50s with wind gusts around 30 mph. the will be east of las vegas along the colorado river. a wind advisory takes effect at 7 am friday for mesquite, moapa, laughlin, and lake havasu city. it stays breezy on saturday with upper 50s before highs rebound back to 60 degrees on sunday. take advantage of the milder day on sunday because even colder air arrives early next week. closed captioning will resume shortly i really did save hundreds of dollars on my car insurance with geico. i should take a closer look at geico... geico has a long history of great savings and grea

low in the post. scores, the game tide. and well the crowd loves t boston did get the ball back. isiah thomas was a problem. to guard him too quick. goes to the basket and scores. that gave the celtics the lead. he scored 37 points. sixers trailing by three. tries to hit triple but misses so sixers got their straight. >> to college hoops, holy war, st. joe's versus ville november amount second ranked wildcats won 16 straight. first half, hawks with the lead, chris jenkins, pass, in front of the st. joe's bench, nails the three. that gives villanova the lead. jenkins had 20 points. all american josh got his first career triple double 16 points, 11 rebounds, ten assist. villanova beat st. joe's 88 to 57. number one ranked kentucky lost. so the wildcats will move up to number one tomorrow. >> over to the liacouras center we go. another city series between penn and temple. always came into this game with a four game winning streak. second up, temple up. ally-oop, slams two of 11-point, also had five blocks. the owls won their fifth straight game 70-62, so great day all around for temple. and that's all for spor

thomas jordan than janet yellen can. anna: is there any sign that the role of the swiss franc as a safe haven currency is low in times ofs? risk comespolitical closer to the borders in france and with germany and not so much with the netherlands. , this putsty of this the swiss national bank in a position where they might have interventions. matt mentioned concerns over a real estate bubble. free capital movement has been the cornerstone of swiss national finance with banking. it becomes febrile again in 2017, whether they have to give into that toolkit. anna: more from the snb later. about thelking reaction in currency markets to the fed yesterday. relevant to the snb conversation and also to the chinese conversation. this is the chinese currency first against the dollar and also against a bloomberg replica of a trade weighted basket of currencies. measures did very different things. give us your thoughts on where the chinese currency story goes. simon: the most focus is on the u.s. dollar cross rate. it will be symbolically touching that seven that a lot of people talk about back in august 2015 when the yuan was initi

thomas walker, they received a volley from the hill just overhead. after a series of probes in the moonlight, including one stacking his men for ranks deep underneath confederate guns and that low ground, lost some lives there. kane withdraws back to the traverse. he will be in that position. it was a night of roundabout maneuvering, fields, offensives. by morning, six regiments, three regiments in support of the frontline, kane and greene's line, they take up a position along spangler lane, facing the spangler meadow and the lower hill. on the south side of the hill, the other division returning to culp's hill, they are under another general, a little more experienced, new to division command, but a little more experience. ruger will approach the hill with more caution. they will bump into the end of the confederate line by spangler spring. they will withdraw back to mcalister's hill, and mcdougals brigade will come in across the ground just to the west side of spangler spring after an incident of friendly fire. they advanced a few regiments down to the line before they were hit. these units withdrew and they were fired on by their own men. this is why they don't fight at nigh

lowe's home improvement stores before becoming a officer. tonight's vigil at the fire hall scheduled for 7:00 p.m. the fire hall located on main street in leesburg, karen, thomas? >> i know great show of support, lauren, thank you. >> , more cabinet picks from president-elect donald trump. he's nominating the co-founder and former world wrestling ceo linda mcmahon to lead the small business administration. and for the epa, he's chosen oklahoma attorney general scott pruitt who could be trump apps most controversial pick yet. >> another day, another high ranking military lead is her expected to be added to team trump. the president-elect has settled on john kelly, to head the department of homeland secure tim, the third general hands picked by mr. trump. >> retired marine chose never part because of his expertise on the southern border in his time leading southern command. earlier in the day, iowa governor terry brandsstood accepted the offer to become us ambassador to decline, a close personal friend of china's president. >> we felt great how ahead of schedule he is when you compare him to passed a minute stations. >> among the visitors at trump tower today, c

low? fill upright now because our gas prices are going up. how much more we will be dish ing out to fill her up. >>> good day everybody it is a friday, i'm karen hepp, thomas is off, mike will be along half an hour. he is back from vacation. you have been here all along. >> for the two of us, for now but we have got the a lot to look forward to in this show. we have mummers coming in. we will have new years eve party ideas. but we have to get you through , um-hmm, and a hat. >> yes, we're ready. but it is the eve of new years eve. first we have to get through this day and then to your part which that forecast next time. it is five out of ten weather by the numbers. bus stop buddy, he is geared up for sunday's eagles game with the cowboys but more importantly he is bundled up. temperatures in the 30's but feels colder then that. nothing here, on ultimate doppler, maybe a few flurries in the area, it is all because of that cold air moving over great lakes. we have 33 degrees to the north of us, 37 to the south of us, in dover, delaware but every where, except mountains where it is in the teens, the wind chill, it feels like it is in the 20's as you walk outs