storm after another this one or to bring in some rainfall specifically southern portions of the uk europe and being battered this season with a storm after storm and unfortunately has been a resulting in flooding and unfortunately more. another storm is coming in from the west in the skin at all yet more misery insult to the london with a high of seven their peers getting up to eight thirty and there in rome on it to say is that a forecast. i am noon. and. i know. our. i was. the row sae people displaced by the earthquake and tsunami and the two thousand and eleven disaster joined a traditional love and to usher in spring. every third is called sits a boom in japan it marks the last day before the beginning of the season the according to the leaves evil spirits appear at the turn of the season people throw roasted beans trying to mount the bike before. the port city is also not good but if the teacher was devastated by a tsunami hitting three years ago people living in temporary housing participated in the old tradition of throwing be stevie richards or their family's health and for the r

he shared some concerns that the uk has about regulation and the way things are done across europe. you share the need perhaps from the uk government reform across europe and across brussels? >> i do. it is an unseen method of suddenly becoming overly pure accuratic. the opportunity to influence the trade talks between eu and u.s. are very big issues. so digital markets, single markets, and the capacity of the union which is 500 million people to have a market that will deal with the growing economies with 26 million people unemployed. >> i just thought of a great way in which you could influence travel in brussels. you could become the next ecc president. it's been talked about in some circles. >> the command given to me here is to sort out of finances and get our public walking. we're not going to slacken off the credit now. >> so you don't have to replace mr. boroso when his term expires? >> my job is here and with the irish people. >> thank you very much for your time, mr. kenny, talking about various issues affecting ireland and broader europe. back to you guys. >> didn't manag

. >>> a series of storms are having an effect on the uk and other parts of europe.ur meteorologist robert speta has more on this >> gentlemen yes, gene. that is the number one thing to keep in mind in this situation. it is a series of storm systems, not just one in particular. the problem is, we have been seeing these one after another, and it's been causing some serious flooding out here. let's take a look at some video out of some are set here. just the most recent system coming ashore. you can see a railway washed out there and much of southwestern uk has had delayed rail service, or just completely shut off due to these winds up to 130 kilometers per hour, along with the high waves. the refer thames continues to rise today. you can see some of the floodwaters here. and unfortunately still severe flood warnings in effect. it does look like the river will continue to rise so a thousand people being told to evacuate out of some of these low-lying areas. so the storm system is still moving off. then we have another run coming right on the heels. that is the number o

a series of storms are having an effect on the uk in other parts of europe our meteorologist robert spencer has more proper. yes this is actually will we have been seeing out here it's not just one particularly strong storm system is is just relentless line of low pressure systems that have been moving across the british isles and much of western europe for that matter and will were seen as another storm system come through in dumping more rain on what is already fled the school at issue is a video copy of somerset parents of the southwestern portions of the uk to the rail line being washed out there that is really his cross many peaceful but here is the seal of coastal flooding. today's win over a hundred km for our ways as well bought seven meters high the river thames also seems a very significant significant flooding as well and severe flood warnings are that thousands of people are being asked to back away and unfortunately legacy of the crown sorry saturated that's the problem. it means that brown stock and you will soak up any more rainfall when it does also works by five thirty to f

of the developments far as to appear on the law for anything to people in the uk who won a different relationship with europe was interesting that as being the whole of the house we call center in the uk has been a lot of talk about rewriting of treaties or all the tents for the bridge is getting a special deal on on the eu treaties in areas like that justice and policing knoll business and finance or even agriculture fisheries but no such promises hopeful promise is whether offered up by the german chancellor today instead what she did talk about team and tell their own vision for the european union which is that which is the european union based on an economic and social model for close to the social market economy here in jenin which he is a real passionate champion of that really clashes with the tory cameron euro skeptic vision of the european union as a stripped down free market economy with practically none of the social elements. does this mean then that cameron's plans to cover for was that the eu are basically dead on arrival. it remains to be seeing the thing is it's interesting that this past wee

. >> personal information numbers used across europe. in uk financial losses associated with cards at the lowest level since 1969. with a success rate like that, why has the u.s. been slow to catch on. three reasons. the first is the cost. stores have to implement special readers. they cost between $300 and $700 each. the second on the banking side. banks have to reissue atm cards, other cards and in many cases install atm machines as well. third reason here is reaching common ground among all the different players in the payment system. the good news is that we're starting to see some change. in an op-ed in the hill, cfo of target writes this, quote, we're accelerating our own $100 million investment to put chip-enabled technology in place. our goal implements this technology in our stores and our proprietary red cards in 2015 more than six months ahead of our previous plan. really, u.s. retailers are far, far behind. ceo david kennedy tells me after the target hackers were so successful, other hackers smell blood and they are out for more. k

i thought about of western europe and specifically the uk yet again you are seeing one storm system will bop airport's north and another one is coming in behind and i know it's only a broken record when i say that the thing in almost every day this week and it is really it's been the case. the storm systems are just lining up one after another. this was coming and bringing winds possibly cost of two hundred fifteen hundred sixty kilometers per hour that's the debris bring in at risk of storm surge along the western seaboard of the british isles but not just that. it's the rainfall were talking about already saturated ground some rivers are already flooded. you get this more rain. it flows rate of rivers and were talking about further flooding and mudslides. at this point are also in major risk not just here even downpours the idea of this law is seeing showers as london paris madrid list and all that rain showers in the forecast over towards italy into the balkans its upper low pressure systems gonna be moving trickier happen to see us showers there but the big thing is that in doing the

let's talk about western europe, and specifically the uk. yet again you are seeing one storm system move off there towards the north. and another one is coming in behind it. i know i sound like a broken record when i say that. but it's almost every day this week and it really has been the case. the storm systems are just lining up one after another. this one is coming in bringing winds possibly gusting up to 150, 160 kilometers per hour. that's going to be bringing that risk of storm surge along the western seaboards of the british isles. not just that it's the rainfall we're talking about. already saturated grounds, the rivers are already flooded so you get this more rain. it flows right into the rivers and we're talking about further flooding, even mudslights at this point are also a major risk not just here even down towards the iberian peninsula. showers as london, paris, madrid, lisbon all have rain showers in the forecast. over towards italy and into the balkans, a separate low pressure system is going to be moving through here. athens

we've got all manner of people the governing party in the uk all sorts of politicians across europe even mr tusk from neighboring poland is saying that effectively it's gonna be impossible the monies to be very lavish with phones at the same time. frankly the new ukrainian government athlete is it's effectively and lalala on the mean they're already asking for thirty five billion dollars that's up from the fifteen billion dollars that had been agreed by the us by the president has begun the cove it's just a few months ago with with russia and therefore it's really a mess. the european union bills and all how the political capital to stand on rescuing ukrainian from twenty years of economic mismanagement. given the problems in the backyard all the eurozone but ashley now let's take a look at economic situation and in ukraine diana as the judging for wages that it's in dire straits here but how much one would actually solve your problems in uk twenty billion euro zone he said is not really enough but i'm looking in there at the state of their economy how much we actually need. ok while to

we've got all manner of people the us governing party in the uk all sorts of politicians across europe. mr tusk from neighboring poland is saying that effectively the scum of the impossible the monies to be very lavish with almost the same time. frankly the new ukrainian government athlete is it's objectively and i were on the plane and already asking for thirty five billion dollars laptop from the fifty million dollars to the degree that idea why the president has begun the cove it's just a few months ago with with russia. therefore it's really an immense. the european union goals in all top political capital to stand on rescuing ukrainian from twenty years of economic mismanagement. given the problems in the backyard all the eurozone. that was how strictly on the executive director and tv advisors. now onto an uprising against police brutality here in the last and the city of troy new york residents are demanding justice after a clash between police and patrons at a bar. take a look at this surveillance video the house. on. the are you or you can see that several police officers swar

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the numbers are even bigger from nearby europe. 412 from france, 366, uk, 300, belgium, 240 from germany i believe these guys will ultimately pose potentially quite a big threat, yes. >> blow back from battle hardened jihadis returning from syria has western officials on high alert, nowhere more than the uk, where home grown terrorists kills 252 in the london transport blast. elsewhere, where passports are a threat to america, too. nigel was the counterterrorism chief at the time of the 9/11 attacks. >> it wouldn't be the first time it happened. 9/11 was planned out of hamburg. >> using europe as a base. >> exactly. >> fighters returning from syria to the uk regardless of claimed intentions can be arrested. citizenships yanked. 16 were blocked in january. authorities are also counting on in fighting between militants. zawahiri announced al qaeda is coming with one group for being too extreme. >> the ambiguity of being a foreign fighter in this conflict are becoming slightly harder on the ground. >> one more thing working in the authorities' favor, some of the jihadis never get home. over

centerfield is the largest uk and the prayers the scene plants in europe. i was assigned to but this was new kid is on stuff that was in nineteen fifty seven. convictions on for us it is on the mountain ox and take italian ex boyfriend mfa in a senate seat ilk have been reinstated by a court in it to me that there was first convicted of the crime back in two thousand and nine. they maintain their innocence and say that they will appeal on friday the nominee of the victim british student meredith had to react and student athletes a day after being sentenced to nearly three decades in prison amanda knox says she'll never voluntarily returned to italy this really has hit me like a train. i did not expect this to happen. and i am i really expected so much better from the italian justice system the county and a symbol for how can they say that it's guilt beyond beyond a reasonable doubt. knox return to the us in twenty eleven after four years in an italian jail. experts think an extradition to italy is unlikely even if its courts where to apply for one after a f

stocks in europe basic even. there's a uk job list number coming out later. and stocks here in the u.s., they're starting offer the day mixed as well. disappointing earnings from coca-cola casting a shadow over the dow yesterday. some tech stocks, though, lifted the nasdaq to eight straight days of gain. the longest winning streak for nasdaq since last summer. it's been on a tear there. s&p 500 closed higher. this is a big day for economic news in this country. market, around the world are waiting minutes from ben bernanke final meeting of the federal reserve. those are set to release at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. we're also going get housing january index. that raising inflation and potential stimuli to investors. >>> a lot to look at with the weather, too. this morning, there's good news and bad news. the good news is, the snow is over. it's getting warmer. that's good. the bad news, the stuff i'm worried about with two feet of snow on my roof, flooding could be a huge, huge problem. indra petersons is here with that. >> nailed it. one thing we're all loving

europe. really this is the big topic out here. the uk, you have just been hit by relentless storm systems as of late. let's take a look at the most recent video we got coming out of southern portions of the british isles here in the uk, where tens -- or thousands of people have been evacuated along the river thames due to this very significant flooding. numerous severe flood warnings are in place, and when you get those, that means if you stay in the threat areas, it could mean life threatening floods. thousands of people just being displaced, and traffic also rail lines being cut off here, as well. and unfortunately, the forecast still looks very grim. this relentless line of storms is continuing to impact the area. you still get to see about 30 to 50 millimeters there in southern portions of the uk in the next 24 hours. i know that doesn't sound like a lot but it's already on saturated ground so that means when the rain falls it goes directly there into the rivers. that's for western europe. i do want to talk quickly about eastern euro

. >>> we want to bring in simon hobbs counting down the close in the uk and continental europe. >> ane weather in germany is doing the exact opposite to this country. it's been very mild one reason why german business confidence has risen to a 2.5-year high unexpectedly. and wall street of course has pulled this higher. it's also continuing m&a action or talk within europe. these two -- actually, i was hoping to show you -- those two are the largest consumer retailers in the uk and talk they might merge. volkswagen is down today buying swedish truckmaker that it didn't already own, a capital increase, a more muted outlook. so volkswagen hasn't had a good day either. hsbc, the big bank, earnings have disappointed on the cost cuts and indeed on the revenue side. are we able to look at hsbc? george gave an interview over the weekend where he would be interested in bailing out banks in order to own a bigger part of them. and the dutch part of at&t has plunged today as a result of the having -- right down on at&t after u.p.s. failed to buy it. the other thing i wanted to say to you guys is

. >>> let's bring in simon hobbs as we count you down to the close in the uk and continental europe.e. one of the best performing stock markets this year. up 12% this year when we're flat in this country. in the meantime, overall, across europe is pulling back from the six-year highs. it's notable a lot of utilities are lower and the uk house builders are also in negative territory. boy, what a run. the uk house builders have had. for example, up 75% during the course of the last year. in switzerland they're clearly watching what is happening with the ceo of credit suisse on capitol hill. credit suisse was down 3%. big mover is swiss life holding, biggest live insurer in switzerland. you can see the result there. a double whammy in retail. third largest retail in the world,es the cois going to abandon the margin target and go out for an all out price war. this is a portuguese retailer. one bright spot for the europeans, eads, or airbus as we call it, has announced it's going to increase its monthly production of its workhorse. the a-320, single aisle, 150 seats a plane from 42 planes

the close in the uk across continental europe. what's happening overseas?s a result of gains we've seen here. i would point out to you greece again has made gains again. greece up 1.5%. we'll come back to that in a moment. the big news in europe is the inflation data has begun to climb. the headline consumer price index 0.8 pours, core index 1.8%. that takes pressure off near term for ecb to do something now. if we look how we traded during the course of the month effectively europeans in lock step with what happened in the united states despite big high-profile misses on the earnings front. pimco, wpp yesterday. the gains we got at the beginning of the year. europe still leads. still a phenomenal year so far for the likes of greece and ireland and portugal. the pigs are really flying as you can see. again, 13% in ireland. same time bull markets rallying. yield on the greek ten-year, for example, fallen below 7% for the first time in four years as people take off the table the possibility of a great calamity and attracted by the yield at 6.9%. i want to men

the yen is below 101 and europe is mixed despite good construction pmis in the uk.he roadmap begins with the markets looking to recover after logging their worst february start since 1982 for the dow and for the s&p. >>> michael kors trounces estimates while jcpenney reports its first quarterly same-store beat in years. >>> the parent of kfc, pizza hut and taco bell adds it's recovering from the lingering fallout of food safety concerns in china. >>> and apple is reported lie by "the wall street journal" and quietly laying the groundwork for a vast internet infrastructure capable of delivering a lot of data and content to consumer. >>> the dow tumbled 326 yesterday and growing concerns of a weaker u.s. economy surrounding emerging market worries and the nikkei down 42 overnight and the worst loss in nearly six months. that index is down i think 15% for the year to date, jim. rough, rough. >> terrible. when i see adella, your man might be in there. your man, no one knows him very well. >> exactly. >> we're out of data. we've had nothing but not-so-great data. it's go

. >>> close in the uk and across europe are just happening a few seconds ago.e it. pm irksz did fall slightly in february to 57. also that over night data from china showing the pmi in that country hitting seven-month low. that news did weigh on a mining sector. some down beat earnings from the likes of paa system s adding to the negative sentiments. you can see the continent, mixed markets today. that's not counting the added geopolitical tension in the ukrai ukraine. >>> we want to go back to the story of the day here in u.s. and really globally, facebook buys whatsapp. they are trading lower this morning. what will p the acquisition mean for shares of fate book going forward? let's bring in two top analysts on the stock. managing director and senior research analyst and senior analyst with susahana. it looks like for the most part wall street is positive on this deal. make a case for why you think this is a good idea for facebook to be paying more than double its annual revenue for a company that barely makes any revenue. >> i think the strategic rational fo

well, i'd say the bright spot are the developed countries in western europe, you know, france, italy, germany, the ukthe emerging countries in europe are a little bit weaker, but we see europe coming back. in the united states, brazil's very challenging, the u.s. continues to move along, i'd say on the margin getting a bit better, but still hard to predict from quarter to quarter. in asia, our business in china was flat relative to our competitors' that was a good result, so we're quite happy with what -- how we see things unfolding in china. japan, tough, because of the currency situation. south pac tough, but bright spots in some of the smaller markets in asia. and india was a bright spot for us. >> right. >> so, it's a very mixed bag. >> is that one reason why -- i know you raised the low end of your guidance for the year in terms of non-g.a.a.p. earnings, why didn't you given the last two quarters have been fairly strong certainly versus expectations, why didn't you go even higher in terms of guidance? >> well, effectively we did raise the guidance, the midpoint is now 2.5 cents higher, but we ar

let's bring in simon hobbs as we count you down to the close in the uk and across continental europe.he exception of greece of course, which is up over 2.5%. there was a report in the german magazine over the weekend germany's third small loan from greece to the rest of the eurozone to the tune of possibly 20 billion euros to cover deficits over the next several years. the big picture is negative territory. and the data actually is quite good that we got out of europe today. but it was the data here that disappointed. and that's compounded the emerging market fallout. so you see that we're down quite heavily in the banks bearing the brunt of that. notably the italian banks. a lot of moving parts in the italian banks at the moment. switzerland also way down in negative territory. because of the weak data here, the euro had made an important break lower at the beginning of the session down towards 10-week lows, but because data here in the united states is so weak on the ism, the euro's bounced and quite substantially. we're now up a third of a cent. see how when the ism data came throu

we want to bring in simon hobbs in the uk and across continental europe. how does it look?ion that the european commission raised the growth estimate for the year. overall the economy, the european economy grew by 1.2% because they're upgrading spain from 1%. though italy will be lack at 0.6%. overall europe not really going anywhere. i mean, there is a concern about china. don't forget that overnight shanghai fell by 4%. there's a knee-jerk knock on europe today to the miners as you can see, though. that said, they are off their lows. still the height of the earning season in europe. the world's largest dialysis operator warning the operator here in the united states will have lower reimbursement rates under medicare an uncertainties over iv supply will affect it. and the possibility according to reuters that might be about to bid for medical nutrition unit which might be why they're marked over. trouble over in the french telecom sector. not giving much clarity on returning cash to shareholders because of this guy, illiad that came in and disrupted it and they're all suff

let's look at the weather over europe and hearing a lot about the flooding in parts of the ek but not only the uke seeing the flooding and this is the satellite picture and over 12 hours we seen a large system making its way in western parts of europe and brought rain to southern parts of britain and further south we have a lot of cloud with us as well. that brought a lot of rain over parts of france and across spain and portugal here and in places it's quite deep and around the coast of spain with stormy conditions and this is what it's currently looking like at the moment. so clearly things are very unsettled and stormy and water logged over europe and stay that way for a few days. the chart on monday you can see the wet weather stretching through parts of spain and france and italy and monday and today is the northern parts of spain and italy where we see the worst of the weather. even as the system works eastward there is another one hot on its heels edging its way in again and will bring us very heavy downpours across parts of the uk and france where already we have flooding. >> reporter: th

europe and the u.s. carry out simultaneous raids on criminal gangs. >>> a dazzling display of color in the night sky as the northern nights make a rare appearance across the uk. >>> and also aaron is here. how times have changed in india. >>> david, you know asia's third largest economy was once seen as a rising economic star with growth in double digits. india's economy has plummeted in recent years. we go to mumbai to see what can get india's star shining again. >>> welcome to the program. it's midday here in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington, 2:00 p.m. in the capital of ukraine's autonomous region of crimea. the question is this. who is taking control of that region? armed militia have moved into the civilian airport in simferopol. ukraine's interior minister says they are russian and this is an invasion. the government has called on the u.n. security council to hold a special session on the situation in the country. they will speak to our correspondent. and both kiev and moscow for the the latest on those. >>reporter: unsettling images for the new authorities in the ukrainian capital kiev and also for many more looking anxiously in the world. armed men on

seven therefore your height thousand to look over towards europe the big topic is of the storm system coming in off the atlantic if you're in the uk. you know this is he or a noun is the brain winds up till hundred kilometers per hour. there's reports of coastal flooding even knocking out some of the railways and western portions of the uk most embrace thousand to feel the effects of this but ali's line really close together that's that. isobel are in that greedy and use twins we often talk about it in high wind warnings in effect down there towards south across much of france in the speedo for course portugal. this storm system gonna linger throughout the day on thursday. even now to friday the religious korean nasty weather here eastern europe or the like and it's much call her but she later taken to temperatures here on the third set. this is the forecast. ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay. i am. i know the tour. the olympic torch has arrived in sochi in two days before the russian city hosts the opening of the two thousand and fourteen winter games. a train carrying the flame arrived at adler station near one of the main venues us

a quick look at what's going on in europe right now. we've got the uk markets up 1%.of focus on barclay's today. that share trading off around 3% after a weaker than expected earnings. we've got the german markets higher by 1.3%. the french markets higher by around 0.9% and the ftse mib in italy higher by around 0.6%. >> andrew bailey, the deputy governor of the prudentan regulatory authorities ceo in the uk. and he says that the governor, the bank of england has launched a formal review of the allegations about a foreign exchange manipulation. he says there's no evidence that the bank of england staff knew about foreign exchange pricing. and he's also going to say essentially that just the bank is playing that leading role in that investigation. he's also going to say that he detected pressure to increase the sixth element of remuneration of banks to combat bonus camp and he's playing a leading role in the investigation, as well. now, we also said earlier one of our graphics said manipulation instead of investigation, just to confirm, it is an investigation into alle

and that peace cannot be taken for granted in europe and that we dealt with all the discussions in order that they could but you know that theres in the uk but sick enough that one has to actually look back at history and he mentioned that again today in the press conference and he looks at and let him take what he said that you know it doesn't ring true for everybody but it is actually very important that the designation of you out but it's all about peace. and it's about such that the common security was tight but not the way you react to out what's in the fact that the oven was ready much the yeti out for the two sand and heat stress that very pragmatic issues like the need for the eu to reform an old safe oven for a more economical safe nest said they were very friendly but i would say generally they are going to disagree. also some markets were on the settled on monday after the backdrops for some currencies in emerging economies. the euro was also under pressure. some analysts are calling on the european central bank to ease its monastery policy you have a new ten week low on friday and remains on change his mind. stock markets in

because, you know, we're in this environment in the uk where we've seen growth outperforming the rest of europe. quite significantly in some areas. and the bank of england indicating that rates could move higher at some point, not right around the corner, but at some point within the next year, year and a half or so if we look at the forecast. do we hang on to this long sterling position? >> we certainly would like to. shortly sterling is one of our recommendations on the year. over the past weeks, a lot of sterling strength has been exaggerated by flow. you could see volatility and long sterling is extended. but that presents an opportunity in our view, right? at the end of the day, when you think about what the bank of england told us, hardly any marketing has been priced in. >> and in about five seconds, your euro/dollar forecast for the end of the year. >> yeah. we think it goes to 1.26 by the end of the year. >> you're in that camp. some say 1.23, 1.24. good to know. by end of the year, 1.26. kiran, bnp paribas, that you can so much. >>> coming up on today's show, a drop for keering. when

europe. we have one low pressure area moving through. that's bringing heavy rainfall. winds up to 120 kilometers per hour in parts of the uk, extending towards france and portugal, you've been looking at the heavy showers continuing to pop up with the system moving through. this one is going to move off. a weaker system is on its heels. over towards ireland and scotland, higher elevations some snowfall. for the most part western europe, yes, it is going to be wet and much colder. cooler out here, temperatures definitely falling down. thunderstorms over towards parts of italy. but what's feeling that is this warm surge of air coming in across much of eastern europe. your temperatures will be on the rise through the coming days. vienna, warsaw getting up into the single digits in warsaw. up near double digits as sunny skies basically prevail. now over towards western portions of the u.s., this is what i really want to talk about today, a low spinning here just off the coastline. this is pumping moisture onshore. it's already bringing heavy rainfall. let's take a look at this video coming out of california where we have been

france didn't decline as much as the other regions in europe but it really hasn't improved. the ukortunities just from a pure strength standpoint and southern europe really is a recovery play. >> is it coincidence in france or hollande and the tam and regulatory and entrenched labor issues there? >> i do think that part of the benefit of the spanish restructuring has been a resetting of their cost structure. all of a suddenen from a competitive standpoint, they are really unique. and france just hasn't had a chance to do that or has not done it. >> they might need an election to do that. poland. i like both countries a lot. i'm glad to hear that. it might be time for a trip. we appreciate it, glenn youngkin. >> you've covered all the bases. >> was that really good. >> you do a good job. >> i think glenn did a good job. i'm just a conduit. glenn youngkin from carlyle, thank you. >>> within we come back, our -- are retailers in a deep freeze? >>> the olympics game have started and the vodka is flowing. carl kint nkn quintanilla will g us. >> we'll recap all of the olympic action, joe

in europe, mixed bag. ftse 100 in the uk and france higher. germany lower. g economic data to chew on over in europe. it was looking like things were turning a corner but not such a smooth shot up. >> definitely not. i'm just reading this isi report. did you see it on cvs? 1.5% to 2% of total corporate revenue from not selling cigarettes. >> it's going to take a hit. >> but saying there's other opportunities. the company is identifying whether or not they could potentially offset. >> one of our twitter followers asked whether that opportunity would be medical marijuana. >> 6 to 9 cents a share, is that right, 0.6 to 0.9 cents. >> it's really $2 billion in revenue that they say they're losing. $1.5 billion to direct and another $1.5 billion. >> the others are getting new business with obamacare and promoting services. >> more shelf space they're saving on cigarettes, they're actually going to be able to reconfigure -- >> no, but it's not like a total loss. there will be other things they can sell. >>> to global markets now. joining us now, i'm sorry, there was

southern uk over towards france, spain, portugal and the risk of flooding and even flash flooding is definitely there. the higher elevations, you're still looking at some snowfall out of this. eastern europe, over towards the balkans, you're also looking at low pressure area coming through bringing some showers. i think the big topic for eastern europe is not what's going on over here, it's down there towards the black sea. eastern parts of it. the olympics are being held starting off this week. and this is the warmest olympics -- winter olympics, excuse me, ever, to be held. and in to the olympic stadium you're actually expecting temperatures up to 14 by your sunday. now don't worry about the snow melting for some of these winter sports. most of them are being held in the mountains outside of the city. temperatures there, below zero. here's the extended forecast. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks for joining us.  hello it it's 1:00 p.m. in the french capital. raise thes ready to curtain on sochi 2014. a lavish opening ceremony is expected. there is no let up in the international criticism. conversationatic about ukrain

across western parts of europe, day in and day out we have been talking about back-to-back storm systems. severe flooding. some of the worst on record in southern parts of the uk. well, right now we're seeing some improving conditions. a lot of the flood warnings have been canceled for the time being. and we're still seeing a low here but it is dissipating out, high pressure is working its way in. not until thursday is when the next low starts to come in from the west. so keep an eye on that. that could add to the risk of flooding. farther down towards the south. take a look at italy, some thunderstorms and rain showers expected here. rome you're definitely going to be wanting a umbrella handy throughout the day on your tuesday. and then continue to look east, absolutely beautiful weather shaping up for you by the end of the work week here and friday, 15 for the high in sochi. here's the extended forecast. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. gg99Ññç >> hello and welcome to the france 24 newsroom. these are our top stories. back to negotiations, iran's nuclear program at the top of the agenda in vienna as world powers try to broker an

europe. right populist skype steering the fears of mass migration. but that's simply not the case. silly giggling his lawyer feels that bill jones extradition policies go too far. the units in the uk's them. we are encountering increasingly restrictive policies towards foreigners. it's very regrettable. slowly but surely it's assuming the traits of a witch hunt against foreigners who the new. but bill james the interior ministry denied such allegations. it says no one is being expelled automatically careful checks are made and favorable consideration taken. in this room sets the scene of the policy is to view each case individually. that means we look at the social situation the family situation and the number of years. this person has been in belgium. this went on and in its trunk open. the court will decide whether that really happen in subiaco in this case until then her expulsion has been deferred to the gig when it feels too little is said about health building benefits from the many eu citizens who settled in. some seventy eighty thousand in total and she doesn't want to be part of the zero point three percent who would know to be expelled. handing them. i noticed a team by ma

europe. is that right? >> i wouldn't say favoring in a way because northern european markets tend to be the larger ones and in particular the ukid market which is still interesting to us, but if we try to find something special, probably southern europe is the place to look at at the moment. >> reporter: thank you very much, michael. so julia, you see southern europe might be the place to be, something we wouldn't have heard like a year ago, isn't it the case. with that, back to you >> thanks, annette. super interesting, yes, all systems go. let's give you a look at what's on today's agenda in the you state. january new home sales are out at 10:00 a.m. eastern, the forecast more than 3% to an annual rate of 401,000. then poston fed president eric rosen gren speaks about the economy coming up at noon and among today's earnings reports, we'll hear from lowe's, dollar tree, sodastream, tgx the parent of tj max, abercrombie, barnes & noble and jcpenney. >> if that's not enough also an the agenda target reports fourth quarter earnings before the open and what investors will be looking for is any update on the breach that saw over 1

europe and the atlantic. there are 300 spanish officers deployed across their country. and there are further arrests taking place in the uk, the united states, serbia and romania. a city of london force has 40 offices in barcelona. it says it is the biggest pursuit of a fraud operation. boiler room scams involve people cold calling to persuade victims to buy into bogus investments. >> 18,000 euros. >> this pensioner said he was groomed to part with his savings. >> he said all we want is 22,000. you'll double your money straight away. the next three weeks we were devastated. we were in a comfortable position. now we're absolutely broke. broke. >> reporter: the city of london forces played a major part in this crackdown. the aim, they say, is to decimate boiler room fraud by arresting what they term tier 1 criminals who are living well on the suffering of others. >> this is a crime that ignores global boundaries. it ignores international borders. it operates right across the world. what we have shown here is that we are able to do that as well. >> reporter: back in barcelona, five people were taken away to join more than 10

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independence party in the uk, policy tell us they will do extremely well for the elections so what europeans may be telling the european union is that we don't want more europe. we don't want the free movement of peoples; not only immigrants that may be coming from north africa from the middle east, but peoples that are coming from other eu member states like bulgaria and others. this is building an enormous case of anti-european, anti-immigrant and it can turn violent like it has in greece. >> what do you see the consequences of this being? you mentioned the economic trade discussion going on. what about for people in europe? >> you know the good news is that in most countries in europe, center left and center right are still pro immigration and mr. europe, pro integration. but these smaller parties on the left and right are getting greater and greater market share. as heather was just saying they could get up to 25% of the seats in the europe 350e7b parliament. if this happens and the backlash continues then the europe 350e7b project is called into question. it may stumble. we may be at the high watermark of an integrated europe. >> well, i'm so glad the t

there is the biggest economy in europe they have the skill the armed forces they have the capacity time and either germany needs to to move in with the uk germany and korea you can beat you down on the recliner. you know we are facing a new window in which we are living in transnational. and the name of the teams that we have to fight and i stayed to fight these terrorists. because that's moving very fast even in dallas suburbs with the links you see how many children in an all french citizens british citizens band of citizens go to ski area when the going out so we haven't really had to get too wet to visit and it happens it happens we went to a reason americans we went to the regions. we went was not as intelligence services and that brings up another point is if you too. and appointed by the french foreign minister back in november of that off of you saying that um he criticized the us open over its newfound would be to seek its call isolationism to the u s units is no longer seems to want to let itself get drawn into crises that no longer correspond to a new vision of its national interest because of its strength. it's plain and sim

europe so far looking pretty good as you can see there, of course, we've got the china trade numbers, bank of england also, by the way, raising its ukrowth forecast. china certainly helping on the trade front, those numbers when they came out helped turn europe or continue a rally there. >> right. >> let's get to our roadmap this morning as well, of course, we'll be talking about markets. starting off from their highest levels in more than two weeks the dow and the s&p looking to extend the strongest four-day run since june of 2012 and december of 2011 respectively. deere shares are higher in premarket. the company reporting earnings and revenues that beat expectations also citing what it says was effective cost cutting. procter & gamble cutting its 2014 profit forecast, this is due to currency-related fluctuations, in particular highlighting venezuela's currency devaluation. and amazon, set to hire more than 2,500 new full-time workers at various fulfillment centers in five states across the united states. all right, let's start off on the market. stocks aiming for a five-day, that's right, a five-day winning streak. the dow, nasda

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in the driving seat, new car sales in europe rise again in january driven by strong demand in ireland, italy and greece. all right. we're on data watch. we just got ukry uk monthly inflation. take a look and they came in slightly lower than forecast. the month on month figure saw a decline of 0.6%. we were expecting a de-kline of only 0.5%. if you look at the annual inflation print, 1 is.9%. that to me seems more in line with expectations. let's take a look at how sterling/dollar is performing on the back of this. quite a big fall, down by 0.3%. having said that, though, the pair was down even before the numbers came out. we did see profit taking on the back of the four-year highs that we saw going into these numbers, especially after the inflation report last week. let's get back out to jeffrey. what do i make of the numbers? do you think it will push back rate hike expectations? >> first, the boe will be quite happy with itself after coming in for criticism. and they're targeting slash now with this weak inflation number seems justified. however, i think sterling will be very interesting here. as david miles noted overnight, the gains are not triv

uk in terms of jobless numbers and boe minutes. the xetra dax is off by 0.2%. the ftse 11 00 is off by more than 5 points. keep in mind that the stoxx europe 600 has rallied by over 6% in the last two weeks. what we're seeing may be a bit of profit taking after that strong rally. let's show you where the currency markets are trading. once again, we are seeing about dollar weakness. euro/dollar, pretty flat now, 1.3754. coming off the session highs, close to that seven-week high. dollar/yen, down below 0.2%. and the aussie/dollar is still close to those five-week highs that we saw yesterday, just above the 0.90. keep an eye on stable. sterling/dollar is up by around 0.25 changing hands at 1.6720. we get jobless numbers and we get boe minutes this morning. yesterday, of course, sterling taking a bit of a dive after we got tin flagz numbers. the first time it dropped below the boe numbers. let's check in on asian markets. li sixuan is standing by in singapore. >> thank you, carolin. markets rebounded as investors eyed tomorrow's pmi daddy. property developers led the gains. over in japan, the nikkei 225 pulled back after yesterday's 3% surge

europe. a mixed session on a day in which the data did show surprise increase in the uk unemployment rate.e report showed earnings growth rising and a decline in jobless claims. meantime, shares of agri on the rise. plans to pay a dividend for the first time in four years. tough day for european steel pipe makers who do big business in north america. the u.s. commerce department decided not to hit south korea with tariffs on its steel pipes. >>> a lot going on across the pond but there's also a lot going on here at home in the markets. the dow up 57 points. we'll get a little bit more on that after the break. also, a preview of tesla earnings. what's in store for elon musk after the bell today. all that when "squawk on the street" comes back. usic♪ tony stewart: in my career, i've learned a thing or two about having the right equipment and a great crew. i've also learned how great it is to do the things you love. that's why i'm happy to be part of the bass pro family. because a name you can trust, people who stand behind you, and equipment you can count on (engine starts) mean everything t

europe that you think are better positioned? >> we have a diverse portfolio so we tend to be in virtually all european countries. ukceeding 4%. very, very cheap, cheaper than 90% of the stocks in our universe. same can be said for canon in japan and for china mobile which is actually 95% cheaper than the stocks that we are looking at. so cheapness married to good fundamentals, good dividend yields or good momentum seems to work very, very well in europe, even better, actually, than it does here in the united states. >> can i ask you a question as an account investor? does it bother you at all that the ten year bond right here doesn't have a three handle in front of it? i have been investing for decades this is troubling me now. >> it's huge. kevin, we published a paper in august saying that this was a generational selling opportunity for the long u.s. bond. we think that long bonds have enjoyed a 35-year bull market. when i was 21 in 1981 they hit their highs on terms of interest rates. if it weren't for what the fed was doing my expectitation would be that it would certainly be at a three handle and probably more.

europe a lot with similar action taken to preserve art in asian? >> yes, there were a handful of monuments officers, of course the problem, well, there are some british monuments officers or ukwe should say transit to work in southeast asia but we're talking about maybe five or less. and then about five or six, five or six i would say, michael, that work in japan but, of course, they can't get there until after a war is over. so it becomes a very different kind of operation whereas the american and british effort in western europe is about trying to preserve works of art and affect temperate repairs but in japan battle effort has to be skipped as a result of the dropping of the two atomic bom bombs. >> i want to raise the question of providence with regard to berlin, specifically the art museum in berlin which is one of the easiest things in the world to go through room after room, thousands of works of art. there is no providence attached if those works of art. it is just artist title, that's it. you don't know if they came from the prussian state. you don't know which state or municipal government it came from. you don't know anything. and that's the principal art historic