it is meant to test band technology for a missile which could strike the us mainland. south korea wants to begin talks with washington about possible deployment of it possible deployment of us missile defense systems. and china, north korea's main ally, expressed regret. nearly two days after a powerful earthquake, rescuers in taiwan are searching for people trapped in collapsed buildings there. in taiwan, officials say 18 people are dead and 132 people are still inside of they destroyed apartment block. >> deep in the debris of this apartment building, rescuers here a little boy crying. trapped for more than 12 hours, they finally pull him to safety. this young girl was brought out barefoot, still in her pajamas. babies, children and their mothers. rescued from what was once home to hundreds. the predawn earthquake brought the 17 story apartment building to the ground while most were still sleeping. you can see it crumbling in the surveillance video and then a first of dust and debris. the walls fell and then the bed fell, this man says. across the city of 2 million, b

long-range rocket that critics say is meant to test band technology for a missile that could strike the us mainland. the launch follows north korea's claim last month to attest a hydrogen bomb and will likely draw more sanctions and condemnation in the united nations. analyst c -- crucial steps toward the north -- north korea says this is a peaceful satellite launch. >>> the death toll in an earthquake in southern taiwan now stands at 18 with about 132 people still missing. at least 29 people are still alive, but trapped inside a 17 story high-rise the collapse. the fall of the building raised questions about its construction. taiwan's interior minister says there will be an investigation. >>> this year, the super bowl, you can play flag football with a hall of famer or get driven around by a champion. stella had tonight, how silicon valley is getting into all the excitement, and which panthers players are participating. >>> plus du, nc state and unc all in action today, we have highlights and reaction, next >>> at evening, i am meteorologist, bill reh, highs upper 30s to around 40. >>> it has been

channel islands s that wouldng bead then be strong and too long strands and used as a form of money for people on the mainland. here in the santa barbara region, and used by the chumash indians and their neighbors to the south is the only place along the whole pacific coast of north america where both were -- boats were built from planks of wood. and what they would do would be take driftwood that would come on shore, logs, redwood that would flow down from northern california and they would split off these points of wood and drilled them along the edges and sew them together, sealing the seeds with tar they would mix with pine pitch for a good seal. these boats were very seaworthy and were used to go out fishing , very important for supporting the people with the amount of fish that were caught. between the trade mainland coast and the people of the channel islands. it's a very important part of their culture. the chumash indians were hunters and gatherers and they had finally woven baskets and carved wooden bowls. --y were very finally made finely made. one example we have in our collection was woven by nat

the channel islands, producing beads that will be strong and long bands and used as a form of money to the people on the mainland. any santa barbara region, used by the chumash indians and their neighbors, it is the only place on the pacific coast of north america where boats were built entirely from planks of what appeared they would take driftwood that came ashore, pine logs or redwood that would flow down from northern california and they took these planes avoids and shape them into boards and drove them all the edges and sold them together -- sewed them together. these boats are used to go out fishing, very important for supporting the people. for trade between people on the coast and the channel island. chumash indians were hunters and and they had finely woven borders. have in ourwe collection at the museum is south ofa native women santa barbara. she copied designs of spanish coins into her basket. her artistry was so appreciated by the spanish governor of california, they had her weave a dedication into the basket and he gave it as a gift to a friend of his who was a general mexico. that basket has since

but this is very typical for us here across the mainland, in the upper 70s. the wind right out of the north, 10-15, and that means very little humidity. and then as we move ahead, sunday looking fantastic. of 64, and high of 79. and then by sunday, we may see rip currents returning to the beach. and then by tuesday, we warmup and then another front comes through and it helpso cool us down for thursday. 7 news will be right back. >> that's 7 news first a 4:00, thank you for watch, i'm danielle knox. ahead. >> 7 news alert at 4:30, live right off the top here. you're looking at history in the making. 1,000 years in the making. a joint declaration being assigned here between pope francis and the russian patriarch, creal, taking place in cuba, and it's quite historic to see the two sides of catholicism can bridge the gap that has divided them for 1,000 years now. >> danielle: and that's whatness made this occasion so historic, and they're expected to touch on the most historic issue of this% whole thing, and that's the

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mainland. and that's average for us. here's your extend out look. the breeze will continue on friday. saturday and sday, the clouds build. better chance for rain monday, tuesday. also warmer and then we get our tempmpature back down to near san nal values by next wednesday. and that's your 7 on 7 forecast. >> craig: and we are live thing on south beach. a new fim set to hit the big screen. the stars are treating fans to a whril baste meet and grief. the film eddie the eagle is about an unlikely athlete's journey to the olympics. >> >> belkeys: i was reading that girl's sign. and the stars including an a list ter shining bright in sch toght. live with we go to south beach where chris van vliet is live for us. hey chris. >> reporter: that was quite the sign wasn't it belkeys. and. >> and that was quite the sign. will be here. the movie is called edie dethe eagle. and a british ski jumper who qualified for the 1998 winter o. up to that point britain never had a ski jumper before and they it he became loved because of his heart and termination. it hits theaters february 26 as we wait here

industry on the channel islands that would then be strong and too long strands and used as a form of money for people on the mainland. here in the santa barbara region, and used by the chumash indians and their neighbors to the south is the only place along the whole pacific coast of north america where both were built from planks of wood. and what they would do would be take driftwood that would come on shore, logs, pinewood that would flow down from northern california and they would split off these points of wood and drilled them along the edges and so them together, sealing the tar they would mix for a good seal. these boats were very seaworthy and were used to go out fishing and were very good supporting people with the amount of fish that were caught. so, it is a very good use. chumash indians were hunters and gatherers and they had finely made bowls. one example we have in our collection was woven by native woman, chumash woman at the point of ventura -- buena ventura mission. she copied spanish coins into the design of her basket. it was sewed my by the governor, he had her weave a dedication into the rim of

detainees to the mainland would increase security and decrease the terrorist threat to the united states and all of the other claims. my colleagues, this plan really confirms what many of usknow. there is no safe alternative. not in kansas, not in colorado, not in south carolina, nowhere on the mainland is there a secure and responsible alternative. if there were, this president would not have failed to articulate it in his plan. mr. president, a plan that is a legacy speech does not safeguard the lives of the american people. i yield the floor. >> tonight on c-span two, secretary of state john kerry testifies before the senate foreign relations committee. then an update from the white house on the fight against isis. senators discuss the vacancy of the supreme court and senate republicans decision not to consider any nominee from president obama. >> the obama administration proposed 2017 budget the state department would be allocated 50 billion dollars. john kerry carey answer questions about the departmentge

mainland. three ferries are used to provide shelter. athens blames austria after transit restrictions were involved. >> the situation is difficult. we may face a boltle neck -- bottle neck soon. there's a slow flow at the borders. yesterday 160 people crossed. until now, the borders are closed. >> many arrived mostly across the achgian sea. the e.u. commissioner is worried. >> in the next 10 days we need clear results on the ground. otherwise tlz a danger, a risk that the -- there is a danger, a risk that the system will break down. >> with that in mind, e.u. world and turkey meet in brussels. >> the new interim prime minister of haiti has been announced. a well-known economist from the central bank. his job to organise a presidential election due in april, and calm political protests. the run off election was cancelled for violent protests and allegations of voter fraud? >> the united nations is concerned by the use of force and rest in uganda following the presidential election. two have been killed and 200 detained, including the opp

mainland mexico. you can see everything phasing in. bringing us good looking air and fantastic temperatures. if you like it cool, the forecast is for you. what a world of difference. big temperature swings in a downward direction. gusty winds out of the west and the northwest. adding a extra nip, extra chill to the air, but blowing all over the place today. sunny, school, breezy, and locally breezy at times. the drive home should be good looking again with low to mid-60s again. and clear and colder. 2:00 a.m. down to 50 we go. and winds relax a little bit. hopefully, fingers crossed, we get falcon rocket up. the rain chance is absolutely zero. and a little bit of a breeze early, but overall conditions are a lot better than we had just yesterday. you can see that the front driving south has reduced the rain chances to absolutely zero. we wried ride that ul to the i with a to the weekend. big high pressure moseying across the gulf south. it'll be with us over the weekend. eventually the high move it's off the eastern shores. sunday morning on its way. and we'll have spinning winds, south, sout

mainland. three chartered ferries will be used to provide temporary shelter over the next few taste. athens blaems austria. >> the situation remains very difficult. we might face a boat very soon. there is very slow, slow at the borders. only yesterday just 160 people crossed. still now the borders remain closed. >> reporter: 100,000 refugees have arrived in europe since january 1, mostly across the aegean see from turkey to the greek islands. the e.u. commissioner is worried >> we need help on the ground. otherwise the whole system will completely breakdown. >> reporter: with that in mind. e.u. leaders and turkey meet in brussels on march 7. paul brennan >>> vote counting is underway in iran following friday's elections. voting was for members of parliament and the assembly of experts. that's a body which appoints the supreme leader. it is being seen as a test for reformist president who helped secure iran's new deal last year. >> reporter: the queue of voters stretched around the block. turn out at this election has been high and in the capital it should favor the list of moderates

mainland china. the authorities say it appears building did not meet earthquake construction standards. taiwan is used to earthquakes and deadliest recorded occurring in 1999. when a 7.6 magnitude earthquake killed more than 2300 people. in new york brian, fox news. >> another gop debate this one in new hampshire days before the state's high stakes primary. donald trump will show for this one after skipping last week's debate in des moines. recent polls show trump will finish second in iowa as a wide lead in new hampshire with senator marco rubio in second. >> democrat side a new quinnipiac university poll shows bernie sanders is nearly even with hillary clinton. poll after iowa caucus gave clinton 44% and sanders behind her with 32%. 11% undecided, though, those polls before iowa have clinton ahead by the double dints. >> a family in need of a rescue in peru after a sinkhole swallowed their car while they are inside. help a two-year-old girl and young parents escape. war of fantasy sports tig another hit. the latest on the legal battle against fan dual and draft king. why so many people jumped into t

mainland. cruz in theted republican race for the white house. nevada has their nominating contest today. host: thank you for being with us. people have another night of uncertainty with a judge delaying giving a decision to allow authorities to demolish part of the camp. the deadline has been pushed back after a judge visited the site. in the meantime, the limbo continues and many are determined to cross the channel to the united kingdom. claire williams reports. these shipping containers have been transformed into housing with afor 1500 for 1500 enough space people. mywe are in the process of -- methodically evacuating and taking time to do so because we cannot accept the terrible conditions the migrants live in and cannot accept or allow a shantytown to be built. the containers are heated, clean, and offer protection from the wind. some have moved in and others say they do not want to be here. >> we did not come here to be in a container. the u.k..me to go to reporter: they have built themselves a community, theater, mosque, a church. several agreed that the shipping containers are not a viable alternative and lack comm

using a missile defence system in the south. officials say the north is closer to their goal of a nuclear-armed missile... one that could reach the u-s mainland. 3 pope francis will be back home in the vatican this morning -- after wrapping up his 5-day trip to mexico.. with a visit to the border... 70-thousand people lined the route of the holy father's motorcade in juarez ... just across the border from el paso, texas. francis celebrated an open-air mass, before pausing at the border fence... and offering a prayer. he was sent off by mexico's president and his wife.. 3 and finally... a town in australia just got taken over... by a tumbleweed! the fast-growing tumbleweed has invaded every 3 home in wang-aratta. and the grass is piling up fast - blanketing streets, driveways and even entire houses. frustrated residents in the area suspect the tumbleweed is coming from a nearby field. the farmer that owns it has failed to maintain the property. and so far, the local city council has refused 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 still ahead: some big stars coming *back to where it all started. a preview of tonight's big duets... on american idol. 3 plus: it can be t

mainland city. that accounts for their support for more radical forces in hong kong. >> for the parties vowing to use violence in their campaigns, to protect hong kong from china's reach, it could be a turbulent year ahead. sarah clark, al jazeera, hong kong. >>> a student after two months being arrested for stealing a political banner has given a is public apology. the first public appearance by 21-year-old otto after his arrest on the 21st of january. severe crimes against the state. he took banner as a souvenir but north korea has accused him of tacitly working for the u.s. government. >>> they're talk in the south korean capital seoul, speaking for seven days in a filibuster, a deliberate delaying tactic. harry fawcett has more. >> this is incredibly rea rare n south korean politics. the reason it is happening now is twofold. this is an incredibly contentious piece of legislation, something entirely opposed to coming into legislation. >> this country and secondly the speaker of the national assembly has simply decided it's been languishing for too long, two years, and it's time bring it to a vote

mainland and the keys. after that things should quiet down. it's going to cool off too. cold front comes in tonight showing us droping into the 6 0s. tomorrow we're behind the front today's highs in the mid-80s, tomorrow's highs in the low 7 0s. as you head off to school or work in the morning, showers will be out of here and temperatures cooler, mainly nfl 60s throughout the day, low 70s by the afternoon. >> craig, thank you. now to a story you saw first on 4. a plane crashing right in the middle of a hollywood neighborhood. no one is hurt amazingly. >> the tail of that plane wound up on that fence here behind me. the home owner was inside the house at the time and said he was watching tvpolice station when he heard the impact this. is where a pilot parked his cessna on wednesday. maintenance flight when he encountered a problem. he was just short distance of his destination but he said he started thinking of a safe place to land. >> one carton street and no children playing. >> reporter: he manageed to land with the tail on the home. one of the plane's tires went for a ride, rolling and ending up in a neighbor's car. one saw the

used cranes to search dark areas of the collapsed building. people across the island of taiwan and as far away as mainland china said they felt the quake. >>> back in our area sky force 10 was over this scene last night. this is in voorhees, camden county where a man was shot in front of his house. you can see a number of police officers combing the outside of the house, doing their investigation. there's no word on the victim's condition and what may have led up to the shooting. >>> a clerk from 7/eleven is out of the hospital this morning after being shot during an attempted robbery in upper darby. this happened around 10:00 on thursday night. the suspect shot the employee in the leg and locked others in a freezer. police released this photo of the suspect. he's been called an urban terrorist. he escaped without getting any money. >>> looking for something to do? two big events are wrapping up this weekend. you only have today and tomorrow to get to the philadelphia auto show. everything from classic cars to prototype vehicles are on display right now. down the shore the atlantic city boat show is in its final two days at the ac convention cen

, it is all depending on how strong the system is as it reaches us, energize off the coast, does it stay weak as it stays over the mainland, so we have to wait and see. but potential for little bit of snow is there, at this point doesn't like like major storm. sunday back to again sunny skies, here is the first storm that goes off the coast, maybe bringing some clouds to the shore, then here is the second system tracking inland, they stay, disconnected, form into one big storm, talking about something different, but at this point they're separate. forty-one allentown for the afternoon temperatures, mid 40's around philadelphia. tonight it is cold again, near freezing in a lot of spot. so just be aware, it could be some untreated surfaces again that freeze upment tomorrow nice day, mid and upper 40's, for the high temperature. so forecast today, mix of sun and cloud, overall, pleasant, 46 degrees, southwest winds at 10 miles per hour. tonight cold, mostly clear, 32 for the city, little colder in the suburbs, and good day for superbowl party tomorrow here in the delaware valley. the game itself, santa clara, looks good, kic

about how insurance policies are used by chinese consumers, not so much about whether foreign businesses have the right to supply chinese customers. right, what a mainland people have been doing for a long time is coming into hong kong and buying insurance policies as a way to get the money out of china. and use yourhere union pay credit card and can buy a million-dollar hong kong insurance policy and have that money outside of china. it is a way of skirting their currency controls. money free toyour cash out of your policy, or buy real estate in sydney or vancouver or london. that is a way that even the insurance regulator last year could be a potential threat of the money laundering in hong kong. the restrictions that china seems to be now putting into place are restricting the amount of money that you can spend buying an insurance policy for the particular the, using your union pay credit card or debit card. anna: it seems like you're in u.k., we saw this yesterday, that some of the names is the internationally insurance providers are going to be scratching their heads and trying to work out what extent this threatens the business model that it is bu

a nuclear missile that could hit the mainland >>> back to a philadelphia three boys crashing through. one boy was able to get out on his own. but rescue teams using an inflatable boat to rescue the others. >>> and thin ice also affecting others parking to get to a winter festival. turns out it was on the lake itself. here's gloria riviera. >> reporter: tonight a scene, what started with a crack in the ice, ended with over a dozen vehicles sububrged in the frigid waters of wisconsin's lake geneva. those drivers, sure they had left them in a good spot. >> we came d dn, we saw that people were parked on the ice so we said, "heck yeah! let's park on the ice." >> reporter: they did. heading off to a local w wter festival. conor long snapppp this photo showing car after car in the background tightly packed together. within hours, this -- >> we have vehicles through the lake with no subjects in it. we need manpower. >> reporter: emergency crews, crawling out on thin ice to sa cars. >> they were all parked basicacly within arm's reach of one another. that's a lot of weight for ten inches of ice. >> reporter: safety experts say ice must be 8 to 12 inches

mainland. the action has been condemned by secretary of state john kerry and japan's prime minister, who says the launch violats existing u.n. resolutions on pyongyang's use of ballistic missile technology. more than 130 people are still missing after a quake shook southern taiwan around 4:00 am local time. 19 people were killed... most of them in the collapse of a 17- story apartment building. emergency management officials say rescuers pulled at least 247 survivors from the rubble. hundreds of people were also injured in the quake but most have already been released from hospitals. new details in the search for answers after that deadly crane collapse in new york city. crews are still working to remove the wreckage left behind after the crane smashed onto the street in lower manhattan. they will cut it into about 35-pieces for investigators to examine. cell phone video captured the moment the more than 50-story boom came crashing down friday - hitting parked cars and sending debris pouring onto the street below. a 38-year-old wall at the time, crane operators had been trying to secure it in the wind and snow. investigators have already recovered the cra

mainland. the test is in violation of the security council's ban on the country's use of ballistic missile technology. discussing possible deployment of a missile defense program. secretary of state john kerry is condemning the launch saying it's the second time in a little more than a month that north korea has provoked and korean peninsula along with the u.s. >>> the first primary in the 2016 election is tuesday, and tensions are rising among republican hopefuls vying for the nomination. senator marco rubio, and governor chris christie went head to head on the topic of experience. >> they expect you to plow the snow. they expect you to get the schools open, and when the worst natural disaster in your state hits you, they expect you to rebuild your state which is what i have done. >> chris, your state got hit by a massive snowstorm two weeks ago. they had to shame you to come back. >> we'll have more moments of heated exchange from the debate coming up in just a few minutes. >> it got hot last night. >>> a police officer in new jersey is recovering this morning after getting run over. the officer in

mainland like city. therefore, they are -- support for the more, you know, so-called extreme or radical forces in hong kong. >> with some of the newly formed political parties vowing to use violence in their campaigns to protect hong kong from china's reach, it could be a turbulent year ahead. al jazeera, hong kong. >> the president of nigeria has ended its two day visit to qatar after tell the emir that word oil price are totally unacceptable. the largest oil producer is being hit hard by the slump in global energy prices. al jazeera was told opec countries need to work together. >> what are your thoughts about opec policy over the past year or so of prioritizing market share over the price of the barrel of oil? >> well, opec has to act together to save the situation. it has always been the interest. if you can produce less and earn more, why produce more andern less? i have never been able to understand, but -- >> you can see more of that interview if you watch talk to al jazeera on marsh five. >>> peru declared an emergency three weeks after its main ole pipeline burst. 3,000-barrels of oil have polluted two rivers. it's affecting thousands of people from indigenous c

mainland when the warm weather returns. speaking for moms and grandmothers across the country this is deeply concerning to all of us. >> that concern is centered around pregnant women. health officials believe the zika virus could be connected to microcephaly, a rare neurological condition that causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads. >> the evidence that zika is causally related to microcephaly is getting stronger. it's not proven. but yesterday we published the zika virus genome in the brain tish -- diane: they won't know more until time goes on. >> we have already seen cases so severe they resulted in early death. we have seen case resulting in blindness or deafness. diane: for those actively infected the tests are active. but the c.d.c. is saying all pregnant women to get tested whether they show the symptoms or not. >> the bigger challenge is to diagnose prior infection. the virus is similar genetically to other viruses. therefore people who have had yellow fever vaccine or even west nile virus may have a falsely positive test. diane: diane cho, abc7 news. michelle: if you have any questions about zika log

crews also used cranes to search dark areas of the collapsed building for any survivors. people across the island of taiwan and as far away as mainland china saying they felt the quake. >>> back here, an urban terrorist. that's what upper darby's police chief is calling this man you see right here. he's accused of trying to rob a 7/eleven. the suspect is accused of shooting a clerk thursday night at a store on long lane in upper darby. the suspect did not get away with any money. >> the time is 6:06. atlantic city is still down on its luck and could for the resort town to bankruptcy. that's a possibility. still ahead the multimillion dollar ruling that could bust ac. plus pulled from the ledge. we show the daring rescue. he o . >>> good saturday morning. if you're heading out early this morning take eight easy. may have slick spots on secondary roads, sidewalks, some phrasing from the melting we had yesterday, the snow pack and had cold temperatures overnight waking up early this morning. you see cold temperatures are still with us in the teens in the poconos. 30 degrees in philadelphia. mainly in the 20s every where else. we're dry.

mainland. you plan to publish it elsewhere? >> i would like to so i am looking into that. >> well tran1, thank you so much for talking to us about this and congratulations on the book. >> inc. -- thank you evan. >> i'm trying to decide which candidate to support. i'm trying to decide between the governors who have executive experience or some of the other candidates like ted cruz and marco rubio. >> the most important issue to me is national service. there are many young americans who are ready to step forward and serve their country with programs like americorps. >> cspan's coverage continues this week : >> >> karl, let's introduce the man as 1896 begins to was william mckinley clacks. >> the governor of the state of ohio in throughout his entire career of congress 1876 through 1890 he is the voice of the republican party for a policy of protective tariffs. that is just a service -- the beginning. no president is elected between the civil war ended 1904 not born in ohio. so that is a leading prospect. >> host: how big is it cynical fourth largest as populous as new york followed by a pennsylvania and then illinois that ohio. to

should come as no surprise that when 13 of great britain's mainland colonies declared independence, and went to war to win it, both side usedtactics used to employ terror. and the continental army delivered we sought to undermine native independence on attacks .y -- by tax on food supplies i struggled for some time with the best method for incorporating the institution of slavery into this essay. on one level, it occurred to me that the practice of taking and exploiting slaves was that route and economic endeavor. but it drew support from deeply entrenched notions of racial and civilizational superiority. was not necessarily intended as a form of symbolic violence, and therefore would not have fit one of these ,efinition of terrorism, but within the context of plantations, the forms of violence that were deployed to maintain slavery were clearly performative on some level. you have is well recognized of violence against the few, designed to intimidate the many, and to reinforce racial hierarchies. one incident in particular stands out at the very outset of the seven years war to me. and the place in 1754, so-called half kin

using cranes to search some dark areas around the collapsed buildings. for other survivors people across the island of taiwan and as far away as mainland china they felt that. >>> back here in the u.s. a michigan man is under arrest this morning for allegedly pledging his allegiance to isis. >> reporter: no answer at the dearborn heights home of cha litt -- khalil. investigators have been watching him since may because of his pro isis twitter posts, gun purchase his own words. words that send a chill through dearborn attorney. >> he's intent on committing mass murder. i think that's terrifying. >> reporter: he is not represented the man but reacting to the online conversation that he had with someone he did not know was an undercover fbi agent telling that agent he had an ak-47, i tried to shoot up a church one day. one of the biggest ones in detroit. i had it planned out. i bought a bunch of bullets, i practiced reloading and unloading. the complaint doesn't specific which detroit church he was allegedly planning to attack. only that it was close to his work and could seat 6,000 members. the complaint quotes him saying it's easy and a lot of people go the

mainland-like city. so therefore that accounts for their support of the so-called extreme or radical forces in hong kong. >> with some vowing to useolence in their campaigns to protect hong kong from china's reach, it could b be be a turbulent year ahead. >> a drought has caused many farm necessary indonesia to delay planting their crops. we have reports from the villa village. >> he tried to plant corn three times this year but found instead of nutritious food only leaves grew. most plants died because of lack of water. and in the season was delayed because monsoon rains started two months late. >> this event only fell a couple of times. sometimes rains are heavy. but sometimes only drizzle. and sometimes onl there is no rain at all. >> the weather phenomenon el niÑo, which is predicted to reach its peak this month has badly affected monsoon rains in the pacific. in many parts of the indonesia crops are predicted to fail because farmers were unable to plant. people have been waiting for rain for more than two months now. but even this won't be enough to save their crops. their crops should be this high right now and food stocks a

meanwhile, mainland china markets have been bucking the trend a bit with the shanghai composite closing up by over 2%. sri joins us from singapore. good to see you again today. how are you? >> not too bad at all. so as you pointed out, we are seeing this divergence between the broad regional markets, under pressure because that correlation with with the oil price still remains very tight, very strong. but here's the divergence. shanghai composite, blue chip csi, up by more than 2%. however, look at the volumes. that tells you this is not a conviction rally. we've seen these false dawns before. yes, the small caps are amongst the big advances today, but these type of rallies typically very short lived given the fact they're happening in thin liquidity conditions. this is going to be the normal up to the chai these lunar new year. let's also not forget that the data typically is distorted around this time of year because of cny. so you've got to take it with a proverbial pinch of salt. it's really the correlation with oil that's the big story. elsewhere, we did have some central bank meetings with the rba and rbi in