the economy is unimpressive. it's been unimpressive for eard poof time.eak as it is, take home pay is going to be less. if you get a better job market, i think the economists will say you will get more take home pay. >> i'm telling you it depends on what jobs they are and these are not big time jobs that are being created. let me throw this at you. >> sure. >> you have an article in the "new york times" today, i know it's not the "times" picayune of new orleans but the "new york times." >> oh wow. >> second time the paper has done this kind of an article, that the republicans will probably make big gains in congress in november what it implies is the republicans may take the senate. if republicans take the senate. it's lights out for the president. >> it's not lights out. >> not going to get anything done. >> first of all deal with realities. i would also point out that much more negative democratic party in that poll. historic number. democratic ifers compared to republicans. >> all the independence are breaking republican. >> that's because there is mor

but anti-government protesters on the street seem unimpressed with news of early elections. >>> sporadic gunfire pearces uneasy calm in kiev's independence square while fists fly in the parliament. the opposition blames the government for days of bloodshed. the basque separatist group "e" ta is on the brink of giving up its guns. >>> the rock and roll of winter sports. snowboarding isn't just for youth. we meet the more mature canadian snowboarder aiming for gold. jamie is here with a look at all the markets. >> they are discussing the turmoil in the markets. it is a pretty heated discussion. many of the emerging economies blame the u.s. for allowing interest rates to rise too much causing money to drain out of their economies. >>> a very warm welcome to "gmt". midday here in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington, d.c., and 2:00 p.m. in kiev, where the sound of sporadic gunfire has punctuated a day of desperate political maneuvering by president yanukovy yanukovych. early elections now scheduled for the end of this year. effectively downgrading the power of the president. and the national unit

the opposition remained unimpressed and so, too, the international community. in berlin, germany's foreign minister warned him not to play for time. >> it's time for proper action. deliver on what you promised the opposition. >> russia also warned it will euroback an 11 billion bailout until a new government is formed. defense secretary chuck hagel accused syria of stalling the handover of its chemical weapons. this, after the opcw, revealed that syria has delivered only 4%. n government says it needs special equipment. n agreement, the chemical stockpile has to be illuminated by the end of june. an italianond time, court found amanda knox and her ex-boyfriend guilty for the murder of meredith kercher. the court sentences her to 28 years and six months in prison. kercher's family were in court for the trial. they welcomed the reinstated verdict but said they were still searching for the truth. the case is full of unsolved contradictions and inconsistencies. the british exchange student was found stabbed to death in november, 2007, in this house which she shared

quite frankly, i'm unimpressed with this concept of a janet yellen put. we saw how well the greenspan put worked out for us, the bernanke put after it. bottom line, 15 years the stock market has been cut in half twice. i don't think that the put should be a reason for people to get so excited here back at all time highs with deteriorating internals. >> mike, do you want to reconcile this debate we're having, a glass half full versus half empty from some of our guys? >> we've been in this recovery mode. people think that we sort of corrected okay going back last couple of weeks. i agree with josh though that you're not really seeing the all clear signals out there. the small cap leadership is something you want to see right here. in terms of reaction to the testimony itself, i really do think the market and investors were okay with the idea of a gentle, well telegraphed tapering process coming into this year. that only gets you so far. if there's one thing i'm pulling out of yellen's testimony is she doesn't want to buy into a structural change in the labo

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law and amnesty for jailed activists and repeal and to protest measures the opposition remained unimpressed and so to the international community in berlin germany's foreign minister warned chemical which not to play for time it's that time took on the action live on what he promised the opposition says it's doing well. rush also warned it will hold back an eleven billion euro bailout for ukraine until the new government is formed. this picture. us defence secretary chuck hagel accused syria of supporting the hand that got its chemical weapons. it's up to the international watchdog the npc w revealed syria had surrendered just four percent of its deadliest agents. it also called on damascus to pick up the pace. the syrian government says that need special equipment to carry out the jaw. on the un agreements serious anti chemical stockpile has to be eliminated by the end of june the second time an italian court found american amanda knox and her ex boyfriend roughly in the summit cheap joke guilty for the murder of meredith character the court sentences and then the marine on the twenty eigh

. >>> a new poll gives a snapshot of an american public unimpressed with the congress and president. when it comes to the mid terms, republicans are faring better than democrats. 42% say that they're more likely to choose the republican candidate where they live. the favorables for both parties are up side down. but most, 56%, are sour on the gop's long term prospect. you compare that to the democrats and 53% say they're mostly hopeful about the party's future. congress's approval remains extremely low. just 13%. and the president as unpopular as well. more than half of all americans disapproving of his job in office. his approval numbers have literally flipped from roughly a year ago. the chairman of the house ways and means committee released his proposal to reform the nation's tax code. republican congressman dave camp's plan would be the first to complete overhaul since 1986. it tackles almost every aspect of the tax code. the seven individual brackets would be reduced to two and the top individual in corps rate would be cut to 25%. now it also calls for a 10% surtax on incomes a

his victims are unimpressed. >> of course we're happy allen stanford is behind bars. but there's so many other injustices in this case. >> reporter: ralph januaryvy, the attorney appointed by the court to recover funds for the victims, says in a letter marking the anniversary, he will continue working tirelessly but the process is difficult, lengthy and expensive and a race against time. since the scandal broke in 2009, 176 of allen stanford's investors have died. scott cohn, "nightly business report." >>> more people across the globe are eating chocolate and not just on valentine's day. will that translate into higher priceth when you feed your sweet tooth? >>> doing business may get easier for the legal pot shops in colorado. a justice department official says the administration is preparing written guidelines for banks that would let them set up accounts for the licensed marijuana stores if the banks cooperate with regulators on issues like money laundering. the pot shops now typically deal in cash only. >>> mm, a cup of hot chocolate topped with whipped cream and

. >> one unimpressed naysayer posted "when leno returns in 2016 i hope they all return to get their $100p dancing instantly became a viral hit. though some sniffed thought was just a remake. of a youtube classic called "evolution of dance" by comedian judson lapley. previously fallon has don't evolution of dad dancing and the evolution of mom dancing with michelle obama, prompting judson lapley to thank fallon for the shoutout. some critics suggest fallon isn't shouting enough, that he's overplaying the role of humble ah shucks host. >> i'm jimmy fallon and i'll be your host for now. >> thanks so much for watching. "ac 360" starts right now. >>> good evening, everyone. tonight a city the size of chicago is in flames. it has been all night, and the political inferno is spreading. take a look at kiev, capital of ukraine, a country that was once a big part of the old soviet union now erupting over the government's decision to align itself more closely with vladimir putin's russia. the people down in that square right now, independence square it's called, they don't want that. they've been p

may have seen a rise in sales in the last quarter of 2013 but investors unimpressed by warning on marginsrtin searle telling cnbc he should have been much more aggressive. >> they are our most profitable. if there's one thing i regret about the last ten years we didn't go faster. >> how fast do you want to go, break the speed limit? i don't know. moller maersk is the it's the shipping company. allianz trading lower after a weak performance. and dutch retail group ahold has a big presence up 3.39%. fourth quarter figures were not above market expectations. that's the individual. yields are lower as cross the board today. accelerated during the session. we're at 2 pn 66% yield on the ten year when we finished the u.s. market. it was a big -- we had a well received auction yesterday. of the currency markets, dollar index is at a two-week high today. dollar yen has gone down to e e below 1 pn 0 -- 1.02. we have an update on what's happening in asia. >> managed to gain .3 despite the drain of the markets this week. but within china down 3.5%. over in japan, lost .3 ahead of the testimony. whil

the small group proved how unimpressive it was. >> the point being that they wanted to tell the armed group in charge of parliament that they were with them, and this were in control. >> so it's pretty obvious who is in charge. the police line, such as it was, melted away as these people obviously said they wanted to hold the protest in front of the building, which is under control of the armed militia. at the moment no one is here to stop them doing what they feel like. >> there's a daily protest in the for of sebastapol. a hard line russian nationalist and member of the russian parliament was a surprise guest, talking with the russian mayor in this supposedly ukrainian city. this woman could barely describe her fury at the take over from the country. >> those people from the west, we educated them. the people think they are governed by a bunch of fascist sympathising peace ants. they disbanded afterthe shootings of protestors, they walk around with faces on did display. behind this is the knowledge that whatever as tier passions the -- aspirations the government in kiev might have,

. >> the scottish nationalists are well, unimpressed with the idea that they like greece and the u.k. is like germany. >> the reason greece -- has nothing to do with the fact that they shared the currency, and everything to do -- scotland's productivity is near identical. this has been described as an optimal currency area. the line from the nationalists remains that even if you discount north see oil, the economy is big enough to stand up by itself, and would be no impediments to the rest of the u.k. but as a fear, questioning exactly what they would do, has to be a powerful woman. that's more, now back to felizsy in doha. hundreds of uh thousands of homes have been left without power, and traffic has come to a standstill. cap turner returns from new york. >> it is winter, everyone says what do you expect. but this garage is testing even the most hardy. it is crazy, i haven't seen a winter like this in a long time. or maybe never. >> even the professional weather watchers didn't warn back. the biggest to datums several inches. and the capital washington, d.c. federal government offic

the small group proved just how unimpressive it was. >> the the misline, such as it was, simply meltedway, as these people obviously said they too hold the protest right in front of the building but the moment here, there's nobody to stop them doing more or less what they feel like. >> now a daily protest as well outside the administrative building, today surprise guests, hard line russian nationalist, and member of the russian parliaments. he went to talks with the russian mayor in this supposedly ukrainian city. this woman could barely hide her fury. we educated them, they could barely read before we taught them. they general unily think they are now being governed by a bunch of fascist sympathizing bezzants. after the shootings of protestors in kiev, walk around here with faces on display. and behind all this is the sure knowledge that whatever aspirations the new government in kiev may have, the russians were in premier a long time ago. >> it's becoming pretty obvious now that ukraine is in the middle of a diplomatic proxy war, between the western russia, and as of right now, you h

unimpressed with the congress and the president. more than half of all americans d disapprove of the president's in office. 80% disapprove of the job lawmakers have done. but when it comes to the mid terms republicans are faring better than democrats. 42% say they are more likely to choose the republican candidate where they live. the favorables for both parties are upside down. 56% are sour on the gop's long-term prospects. compare that to the democrats 53% say they are mostly hopeful about the party's future. what is going on here, joe? >> that's a great question. i'm very glad we have robert gibbs and mark mckinnon, who guys that have worked for presidents and have looked at a lot of polls. let's start with you, robert gibbs. you got a president who is down to 41%. that is obviously a real concern. democrats aren't doing well as many would think they would be doing with the mid terms coming up. and, yet, you look at the issues, you look at brand i.d. and all this other stuff, it seems like the republicans are doing much worse in

the small group proves just how unimpressive it was. the point being that they wanted to tell the armed group in charge of parliament that they were with them, and that they were in control. >> so it's previous obvious exactly who's in charge here of the police lines such as it was, simply melted away as these people obviously said they wanted to hold a protest right in front of the building, which is under the control of this apparently armed militia. at the moment, there's nobody to stop them doing more or less what they feel like. >> there are daily protestors outside the administration building. today's surprise guest, hard line russian nationalist and member of the russian parliament. he went with talks with the russian mayor in this supposedly ukrainian city. this woman can barely disguise her furry at the takeover of her country. those people from the west, we educated them, she said, they could barely read before we taught them. >> these people genuinely think they are now governed by fascist sympathizing peasants. disbanding af

the too perfec barbie is totally unimpressive by the modern s.i. standards.ted it all. is barbie more real than modern real life models. >>> after taking heat paula deen is ready to get back into the kitchen. she's going to grow her celebrity business. a reported $17 million one. it took a major hit last year before she admitted to using the "n" word. will deen's come back be a success. great to have you both with us. everybody loaves a comeback story in the united states. this is somebody who is beloved, all right? but she used the "n" word. people were really angry about it. can she come back? >> she can come back and she's going to have some loyal customers who will stick with her and that's what marketing is all about but, and a big but, when you use the "n" word you are thrown into a racial controversy that won't go away quickly. people will use that as a competitive advantage because of something similar to other shelves for example. it will be those who have an action to grind because they're utilizing her to use the "n" word for civil rights groups th

but anti-government protesters on the street seem unimpressed with news of early elections. >>> sporadicasy calm in kiev's independence square while fists fly in the parliament. the opposition blames the government for days of bloodshed. the basque separatist group "e"

one unimpressed naysayer posted "when leno returns in 2016 i hope they all return to get their $100 backng instantly became a viral hit. though some sniffed that it was just a remake of a youtube classic called "evolution of dance by comedian judson lapley. previously fallon has don't evolution of dad dancing and the evolution of mom dancing with michelle obama, prompting judson lapley to thank fallon for the shoutout. some critics suggest fallon isn't shouting enough, that he's overplaying the role of humble ah shucks host. >> i'm jimmy fallon and i'll be your host for now. i really don't know how i got here. maybe i'll get here. >> reporter: "the l.a. times" noted that fallon changed the title of the show. it used to be -- >> "the tonight show" starring johnny carron. >> reporter: it's his show now writes "the l.a. times" critic. but jimmy seems to be a nice guy, still thanking his lucky stars for getting him into late-night heaven. home of the comedy guards. >> here's johnny. >> jay leno. >> jimmy fallon! >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> thanks as always to jeannie. piers m

. >> i think -- i also think a reason a the love the world might be unimpressed with the president, when the president of brazil turned down the ini have station for a state dinner. i don't know that's probably happened in history but that's pretty embarrassing when you had president putin writing op ed in the "new york times" bloodying the president's nose over syria, that was him going around. then you had president obama making a a crack and getting caught on a hot mike making a crack about netanyahu to former president sarkozy. that made the president look petty. it's not like, you know, some of these things are finally catching up. >> i think they are catching up. but i think it's also a reflection that they have watched the president in action for five years. they see what the american people see. this is a weak man. indecisive man american national security. after a while the perception builds up taking advantage of them and they don't believe that the united states is going to do what it needs to do. this budget today is only going to make it worse. >> what's the best thing the p

you know how unimpressive the two of us are? in the jesus year. >> he bought a $100 million factory during his jesus year. >> i have done substantially less. >> then jesus and jeff. >> think is a much for joining us. we are going to take a quick break here. when we come back -- >> the record drought hitting one of california's biggest industries. >> biblical proportions. >> we will speak to erik schatzker when we return. ♪ >> welcome back. i'm stephanie ruhle. drought stricken california businesses are struggling to stay alive as reservoir levels dramatically drop. erik schatzker has been in the region for several days this week for more reporting on the growing crisis that has left much of the world's most productive agricultural industry desperate for rain. yesterday, he spoke to michael jackson, a federal official responsible for water administration and central california. >> we are still up one of the driest years on record. >> have you ever seen it this bad? >> i have seen the lake this low, but not when we have not had sn

i did not walk away unimpressed by his calm demeanor during that whole affair.end. presumably ken peters had a relationship with this whale. maybe he did. maybe that's what saved him, but peters got the whale to let him go. and they strung a net across, and ken peters pulled himself over the float line, and swam like a demon to a slide out because the whale was coming right behind him. the whale jumped over it and kept right after him. he tried to stand up and run but his feet were damaged. i mean he just fell. he scrambled. and they take this as a prime example of their training working. and they say stand back and stay calm. and that did work. they claim this is a victory of how they do business. and maybe so. but it can also be interpreted as a hair's breadth away from another fatality. [ male announcer ] the new new york is open. open to innovation. open to ambition. open to bold ideas. that's why new york has a new plan -- dozens of tax free zones all across the state. move here, expand here, or start a new business here and pay no taxes for ten years... we

i did not walk away unimpressed by his calm demeanor during that whole affair.sumably ken peters had a relationship with this whale. maybe he did. maybe that's what saved him, but peters got the whale to let him go. and they strung a net across, and ken peters pulled himself over the float line, and swam like a demon to a slideout because the whale was coming right behind him. the whale jumped over it and kept right after him. he tried to stand up and run but his feet were damaged. he just fell. he scrambled. and they take this as a prime example of their training working. and they say stand back and stay calm. and that did work. they claim this is a victory of how they do business. and maybe so. but it can also be interpreted as a hair's breadth away from another fatality. [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know it yet, but they're gonna fall in love, get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to the country, and live a long, happy life together where they almost never fight about money. [ dog barks ] because right aft

investors unimpressed with dassault systems.rd there from the ceo saying that the company was still seeing growth, though, in emerging markets. now, another one i want to point out to you is that daimler, the shares there up over 3.8%. they posted a 45% surge in the fourth quarter boosted by higher margins in its luxury car division, mercedes benz. stay tuned because the daimler chairman will be speaking first to cnbc at 11:25 cet. the company says it will continue to cut costs to offset demand in the year ahead. >>> finally, qe travel up there in the red again. down 2%. the world's biggest operator operating an underlying loss for the fourth quarter. the ceo says 2014 is looking brighter for the british company. >> our business remains resilient even in difficult times because of the importance of the holiday. but i think what we're seeing is more people trading up, more people taking long holidays. we've now got the new dream liners, which are very successful. they fly much further. >> and we've also got danske bank here up 3.

. >> they're very unimpressed with you, just so you know. ♪ billy, he says we don't have to throw it.that i waded into his territory. oh, no, i'm so sorry! oh, god, this guy -- we were in such good stead with him. >> you've disappointed everyone. this is why i don't go anywhere with him. he always asks me to do stupid things like this. this is why i don't go. he embarrasses me. we made a new friend. >> reporter: okay. okay. >> he's good with it. >> reporter: johnny, beautiful. i've got a bite. >> no, you didn't. you got a rock. >> reporter: so far i've caught three rocks. >> it's really weird to fish in an ocean. >> reporter: you look like you've done this before. >> well, i've ridden horses. >> reporter: you've got a bite. it's probably a rock, though. wait a minute. it's a shimmering rock! it's -- johnny weir! johnny weir! >> i caught it. i caught it, i caught it. >> reporter: johnny weir, look at this? it's a fish! >> it's a fish! >> reporter: johnny weir, a fish out of water. what do you know, buddy? >> wait. don't get saltwater on my mink. >> oh, my gosh. >> reality show. you guy