it just read, at westgate terrorists. abdul haji bolted to the mall and was stunned by what he saw when he got there. carnage everywhere. he was terrified for his brother who works for the kenyan intelligence service and had received death threats from al shabah, the same terror group now attacking the mall. >> at this point in time the magnitude of the whole situation dawned on me. >> reporter: security forces were just arriving. and abdul who is licensed to carry a gun decided in an instant to join them. they entered the mall from the parking garage on the top floor. abdul's brother was in the mall not far from katherine walton and her girls on the main floor. he was hiding in a bathroom. abdul worked his way done to the main floor, and as he did, his brother managed to escape. >> i reached my phone, try to call, call him. i see this message on my screen saying i am out. i am safe. please come out. >> reporter: but abdul haji didn't come out, despite the scene, blood, bodies, the smell of smoke, constant gunfire, he dec

i'm ross westgate. the headlines today from around the globe, concerns grow in china with copper down 5% pushing equity prices lower in asia and europe. futures falling by their daily limits. >>> malaysian authorities hold the latest press conference in the disappearance of flight 370. >>> the world's biggest staffing company, adecco, reports a jump in revenue, helped by recovering, pushing shares atop the market. >>> and investors are cheering the potential, the firm hiking its dividend after quarterly figures and extending its business activity in asia and africa. >> announcer: you're watching "worldwide exchange," bringing you business news from around the globe. >>> all right, a warm welcome to today's "worldwide exchange." we're waiting for the latest press conference on the mysterious disappearance of the malaysian flight 370 to begin. this is the room in kuala lumpur where that will be held. as soon as it does, we will be going there. meanwhile, a very good morning to you. welcome to the start of

i'm ross westgate. >> and i'm susan lee. >> intensifies global investors and sink into the red as china default fears continue to rappel. >>> russian accents are heavily under pressure. ukraine's prime minister tells cnbc exclusively the outcome of the vote is a foregone conclusion. >> i can't believe the referendum is already preordered and we can easily predict the outcome. >> and the latest reports now suggest missing malaysian report flight 370 could have been deliberately flown west. the white house says the search may be moved to the indian ocean. we'll bring you the latest press conference in 30 minutes. >> announcer: you're watching "worldwide exchange" bringing you business news from around the globe. >> hello. warm welcome. terrific to have you on the program this day. >> come on to the bigger and the better program. >> and you have to warm up. >> and done on a day when we're not feeling great, investors. >> yeah, investors are not feeling great. in fact, take a look at the markets. they're all in the red this morn

you're watching "worldwide exchange" and i'm ross westgate. today, the search for a missing malaysian airliner is still ongoing. >> not likely to be a member of any terrorist group. >>> ukraine's acting president launches the national guard as the latest diplomatic efforts falter. >>> u.s. congress is set to launch a probe into general motors recall of nearly 1.6 million vehicles worldwide. >>> plus, puerto rico will test investors appetites today as they sell $3 billion worth of bonds, the largest ever high yield debt deal. >>> hello. warm welcome to today's "worldwide exchange." the mystery of a missing malaysia airline flight continues today with no signs of its disappearance. >> we are looking into four areas. one is hijacking, two sabotage, three psychological problem of the crew and, four, personal problem among the crew. >> malaysian authorities have heard one of the men traveling on a stolen passport is iranian. officials say they believe he has no link to terrorist groups. cnbc's sri is n joining us this morning. >> they lay out these

"i'm ross westgate. from around the globe, the search continues.nvestigators say all possibilities are being looked at as officials continue to look for debris. >> we are looking at every angle. we are looking at every aspect of what could happen on this ill-fated aircraft on this morning of saturday. >> disappointing trade data from china sends shares tumbling in shanghai as exports become in below expectations. >>> relentless. that's how germany describes putin's start in ukraine in a call between angela merkel and the president. this follows pro and anti-russian rallies in crimea and kiev. >>> and a deal has been inked for the biggest banana producer. chiquita is looking to become a billion dollar giant. >> you're watching "worldwide exchange" bringing you business news from around the globe. >>> and if you have just tuned in in north america, good morning. four hours is the distance between united states and europe, which is why we have started a little bit later, you might have thought, but it's because the u.s. clocks moved earlier than the e

justifying the crackdown because some of the gunmen involved in attacks like the one by al-shabaab on the westgate mall last september are refugees. they are warning that there will be more violence if kenya does not pull its soldiers out of somalia. >> we have seen many of times a lot of criminal activities have been permitted there. it is for their own good and good of the country. >> the government is asking citizens to inform on refugees. the government is trying to fix the streets, but the crackdown is damaging relations here. instead of bringing unity for a common cause, people tell us the government is encouraging terrorism. >> there are many urban youth who will be recruited by criminals and by terrorists and organizations like al-shabaab. >> the faithful overflow on the foot path. unless by force it seems that no one is going anywhere. al jazeera, nairobi. >> drug agents i agents in perua aage amount of cocaine. peru has now surpassed colombia as the number one maker of cocaine. >>> mental illness is often tied to homelessness and incarceration. in los angeles, running the single largest

al-shabab claimed responsibility for the westgate mall attack in september, leaving 67 people dead. >> joseph, kenya's interior refugee issued the order: >> he continues: >> it's an order causing concern. >> these people have kids. some of them, individuals, families, who go to school, and educational needs, a medical situation, and something worse than that. they make money and when they go back, between the people in the camp. the camp is the largest, and has more than capacity already. >> there are more than half a million living at the camps. mainly somalis who fled violence in their own country. hundreds of thousands more have found places to live in kenya's cities, taking advantage of corrupt police and government officials. nairobi's suburb known as little mogadishu - some are unregistered, others have valid papers to remain in the country. all refugee centres, including nairobi and others are to be closed. troops have been assigned to help with surveillance. authorities will rely on the cooperation of kenyans in informing on refugees for the directives to succeed. >> liberia's

i'm ross westgate. the headlines from around the globe.ikkei with a 9% loss and european equities wrapping up slim games with major indices in the red. >>> could francois hollande be gearing up to shuffle his cabinet? he lost out big time in local elections. >>> and shares are soaring. the firm's biggest firm is at 56.5% stay. >>> and are the u.s. financial markets rigged? they are using an unfair advantage to extract billions of dollars of investors one man says. >> you're watching "worldwide exchange." bringing you business news from around the globe. >> all right. we have the latest up nation data out of the eurozone. it's been estimated at .5% the annual rate at .5%. the con census was .6. .7% in february. the euro has fallen to 1.3721. you can see where it is at the moment. on friday, it was 137, but this print of .5% comes after we saw german hicb on friday coming up.9, better than expected at 1%. and it wraps up the pressure on the deflation in europe. and some of this is blamed on energy prices and the fact that easter is in april

crackdown because of some of the gunmen involved in attacks like the ones involved in the attack on westgate mall are refugees. >> we're only saying that in many times a lot of criminal activities have been committed there. so it is for their own good and the good of the country. >> the government is encouraging people to inform on refugees and foster patriotism towards kenya over any loyalty they may feel towards their own community. >> reporter: the government is trying to fix the streets but the crackdown is damaging relations here. instead of bringing unity for a common cause people told that's the government could be just encouraging extremism. >> this may be taken but recruited by criminals like al-shabaab. >> unless by force, it seems no one is going anywhere. al jazeera, nairobi. >> it was an historic day for gay couples in england and in wales, which became the latest countries to legalize gay marriage. we'll tell what you the happy couples are saying about their landmark day. >>> plus it could get a little tough for earn the label tennessee whiskey. we'll tell why some distributors

i'm ross westgate. no closer to a deal, putin says the kremlin and the white house are still divided over ukraine despite an hour-long call with oh bomb ma. >>> china suffers its first ever corporate bond default. a landmark move that could change china's debt landscape. >>> bitcoin is not a currency. japan rules the bank should not be allowed to provide bitcoins to customers and tables the idea of taxing transactions. >>> and investors braced for today's investment report and another low payroll numbers. u.s. stocks hit record highs as investors celebrate five years since the bottom of the market after the financial crisis. welcome to the show. the s&p is up another three points. here we are an hour into trade, weighted to the down side. the ftse by the close last night was up some 13 points. it's down 27 at the moment. 0.4% lower. xetra dax down 0.8%. cac 40 down 0.3% and the ftse mib off 0.5%. the nikkei was up when we closed up for trade in the week in gentlemanen pa. the hang seng down marginally,

attack last september when at least sixty seven people were killed up to militants stormed by brett's westgate mall. the four day siege at the heart of israeli irons complex of what was described as the worst act of terrorism in kenya since the us embassy bombing in nineteen ninety eight. one alleged member of al sheba is samantha lee quite the opposite of what we did. she is one of the world's most wanted terrorism suspects but remains at large the indian ocean coast tension. high among young muslims who claimed that security forces have been heavy handed in a crackdown on the recruitment of crime forces has been home since it's the mosque would be a puppet of indoctrination. last month armed police nor the massive rate target in what they called convention but the one hundred people well rested. i mean it doesn't seem old to non stick mean eta me is to not chase in the uk. it aims at cooks making hundred thousand jewish people and twenty sample based in the area. if israel is an abc at what impact if the donor community jen wanted to point out the allows people to the real case that knowledg

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in your lies heavily on tourism and many across the country are counting the cost of the westgate mall attack. mikey car hardly is the owner of the giraffe manor of bt could tell that caters to tourists willing to spend big bucks to catch a sight that king is famous wildlife are rightly said bookings at the man eric and twenty percent and up to fifty percent or better like to see all of us. well since we're scared. um we're not to renew cut down on non essentials to offer on any unnecessary costs. during the time scale back and streamline the business because the bookings of death when he carries up to twenty percent of the mother mother. i'm in some ways up to fifty percent of the opel become take a hit like this anymore. security and it went up across the country since the tragedy is receiving notice the increasing checks and it feels like a positive development. due to security checks at the airport and then typing into a ten hour commutes and the office but the second ranking and unless the security scanning sleep to feel secure to all done the entire thing. according to some estim

to christian church in the kenyan port city of mombasa and wilson claimed responsibility for the westgate mall attacking nine breaking dawn september in which sixty seven people most at my needs afghanistan's president karzai leaves off this country's infamous warlords are emerging from behind the scenes as political powerhouse and many of them are even running in next month's crucial presidential election. many candidates or their reading these violent histories and several of an increase in rates watch as human rights abusers responsible for the killings during the country's needs me to cincinnati six civil war so far larger cells during elections are to be cryptic it is big and strong politics particularly among ethnic lights are some candid say that such a system can sustain itself i don't want this to mumble jumble the people that are good enough for him to know if we could we live in the first anti afghanistan or or africa or the united states. we all are human beings. so linda bracken was no more of an african. because if there is a means to grow into it. i don't. the country in. t

i'm ross westgate. the headlines today from around the globe, eu leaders arrive for the emergency summit in brussels to decide how strongly they should respond to russia's actions in ukraine. but can sanctions be avoided? >>> they'll meet again. u.s. secretary of state john kerry set to meet with russia's foreign minister in rome after assuring something concrete had come out of on talks in paris yesterday. >>> in corporate news, telecom's mega merger on the cards. saying they'll float the combined company immediately. >>> facebook confirms severe winter weather has had a major impact on the economy. fed president charles plosser says the extreme weather has been clouding his readings. >> the data, aus point out, has been very noisy. we've had storm after storm after storm on the east coast and drought in the west. it's been difficult to get a decent reading on the economy. >>> warm welcome from today's program. coming up later, extended programming for that. pressure, of course, yesterday from the imf.

the crackdown because some of the again men involved in the attacks like the one by al-shabaab at westgate mall. many fear there will be more violence. >> so it is for their own group that they relinquish for the good of the country. >> they're encouraging people to inform on refugees, out of loyalty for kenya. >> reporter: the government is trying to fix the streets, but the crackdown of damaging relations. instead of unity for a common cause people told us that the government could should be encouraging extremism. >> it can be threatened by criminals. >> the faithful overthrow onto the foot path. unless by force it seems no one is going anywhere. al jazeera, nairobi. >> time for sports. how are you? >> reporter: i'm all right. how are you? >> good. >> reporter: we saw if formula one hamilton has taken pole position finishing just ahead of defending champion the rain causing delays. marcus harrison having a few problems. the champion leader was third. >> very, very tricky out there, particularly at the end it was almost impossible to see. i couldn't do my last lap. i just couldn't see a t

i'm ross westgate. president vladimir putin makes crimea officially part of russia. leader will address his parliament in two hours. >>> stocks struggle with warning signs from china following weaker house price data and concern of a property firm default. >>> new spanish slump, the board is urging shareholders to eject volkswagen in the shares saying the automaker is too

i'm ross westgate. headlines from around the world, china's finance minister says his country must make extreme efforts on economic restructuring to maintain growth. this is pmi data falling to an eighth-month low. >> how to make real reform to take away risk to burst some bubble and the cause this could impact. >> surprises to the upside. the highest level in nearly three years although german numbers are weaker than expected. >>> and wheels down. president obama arrives in the netherlands with emergency g-7 talks in ukraine set to shadow a nuclear summit. this as nato's top commander warns about military build-up on the ukrainian border. >>> plus, hours after shooting down a syrian war plane, the turkish prime minister vows to crush his political enemies rallying crowds cheer as he also steps up the bid to block twitter. >> you're watching "worldwide exchange" bringing you business news from around the globe. >> very good morning to you, particularly if you are just joining us in the united states. we

i'm ross westgate. imf announces an aid package for ukraine which brings the total international plan to $7 billion. the nasdaq is pushed to a two-week low. king's ipo, could it take the crown of -- for the year? >>> rbs, santander and

i'm ross westgate. facebook ramps up the shopping spree.l networking giant spending $2 billion buying up virtual reality headsetmaker ocular. >>> rupert murdoch's skegz succession plan moves forward. sons james and lachland are new promotions at news corp., but miss out on the top spot at fox. are investors nervous king won't be able to replicate the success of candy crush? >>> and russia is no super power. president obama criticizes the country as merely a regional power that intim dates neighboring countries. this as he touches down in brussels for more talks with the eu. display you're watching "worldwide exchange," bringing you business news from around the globe. >>> a very good morning to you. we've seen equities move higher and indicated higher again for the open in the states this morning, as well. the dow up 112 points yesterday, consumer confidence up to six-year highs. we saw house prices, fairley solid gains, although home sales down to five-month lows. this morning, the s&p 500 is around, what, four or five points above fair va

i'm ross westgate. president vladimir putin makes crimea officially part of russia. the russian leader will address his parliament in two hours. >>> stocks struggle with warning signs from china following weaker house price data and concern of a property firm default. >>> new spanish slump, the board is urging shareholders to eject volkswagen in the shares saying the automaker is too low. >>> and janet yellen kicks off her first ever fed policy meeting today as the chairman took the central bank squeeze as forward guidance. >> announcer: you're watching "worldwide exchange," bringing you business news from around the globe. >> all right. a warm welcome to today's show. vladimir putin has signed a dedegree which recognizes crimea as a sovereign state. russian president is now expected to sign the treaty, now expected to outline the next steps in the region's annexation as he addressed the -- in around two hours. meanwhile, vice president joe biden is headed to poland. he's set to meet with the president and prime minister as well as the prime ministers of lithuania, e

you're watching "worldwide exchange" and i'm ross westgate., the search for a missing malaysian airliner is still ongoing. >> not likely to be a member of any terrorist group. >>> ukraine's acting president launches the natiol

i'm ross westgate.around the world, china's finance minister says his country must make extreme efforts on economic restructuring to maintain growth. this is pmi data falling to an eighth-month low. >> how to make real reform to take away risk to burst some bubble and the cause this could ct

i'm ross westgate. the imf announces an aid package for ukraine which brings the total international plan to $7 billion. the nasdaq is pushed to a two-week low. king's ipo, could it take the crown of -- for the year? >>> rbs, santander and hsbc trade lower as they face the stress tests, too. >>> and europe touches multi year lows. the ecb could ease policy as early as next week. >> announcer: you're watching "worldwide exchange," bringing you business news from around the globe. >>> and a very good morning. welcome to the show here on "worldwide exchange." very good morning to you if you're just joining us, as well, in north america. european stocks yesterday were softer. the dow down. this morning, futures are indicating we are going to get a bounce higher on the dow by something around 17 points or so. we're pretty much half a point above fair value for the s&p and the nasdaq yesterday having its worst performance in two weeks, down 1.4%. as you can see, futures were just indicating -- i think we had

last year they had a responsibility for an attack on the westgate mall that killed 67 people. al jazeera, nairobi. >>> you're with the al jazeera news hour. there's much more to come, including on board the renegade libyan oil tanker that made it back in port after it was captured by u.s. navy skills. >>> the outbreak of ebola kills almost 60 people in guinea and there are fears it could spreads further. we have an english premier update a little later. >>> as the crisis continues in the crimean peninsula, nato's top commander in europe issued a warning on the russian troop buildup on the eastern border. the man in charge philip breedlove says the russian force to the ukrainian border now to the east is very, very sizable and ready. ukrainian troops have maintained defenses along the board for some weeks now. there is no plans to increase truth of numbers in the region. rosalynn, first of all, how significant do you think it is that general breed love himz has made thaz comments. >> breedlove, the supreme commander as well as the commander of u.s. forces in europe made thiz co

i'm ross westgate. the headlines today, european equities follow asia higher on hopes of more stimulus from china. can european stocks follow the trend? that was on pace for last week since october 2012. >>> investors do cheer the kitchen sink approach from italian bank san paolo. now targeting an ambitious return to growth. bankers behind alibaba's blockbuster ipo is in for a shock. the underwriting fees are just 1%. >>> and facebook looks to the sky. the social media firm says it's using lasers as part of a plan to give the whole world internet access. >> announcer: you're watching "worldwide exchange," bringing you business news from around the globe. hello and welcome to the last edition of "worldwide exchange" for the week as we come into this last session, you can see the dow jones stoxx 600 we are up. vapsers outpacing decliners by about 8/1 at the moment. the dow is really flat, just down five points. but it's been down four out of the last five sessions. right now, dow is called higher by 34 po

ross westgate is out today. julia chatterley of course is covering the story in brussels. and let's get back to the top story. nobody is afraid of rush i can't's reaction to sanctions. that is the message this morning as eu leaders gather for the second day of their in brussels. this after the white house in brussels extended sanctions on russia to target close allies of vladimir putin. although the russian foreign minister has slammed the measures as irrational. barack obama warns the threat of further military action by moscow could lead to its isolation from the international community. >> we've been working closely with our european partners to develop more severe actions that could be taken if russia continues to escalate the situation. as part of that process, i signed a new executive order today that gives us the authority to impose sanctions not just on individuals, but on key sectors of the russian economy. this is not our preferred outcome. and these sanctions would not only have a significant impact on the russian economy, but could also be disruptive to the glo

i'm ross westgate.dlines today, european equities follow asia higher on hopes of more stimulus from china. can european stocks follow the trend? that was on pace for last week since october 2012. >>> investors do cheer the kitchen sink approach from italian bank san paolo. now targeting an ambitious return to growth. bankers behind alibaba's blockbuster ipo is

and we can think of the westgate terrorist attack, for example in kenya, were there were for a number of days conflicting information coming from the government. a huge apartment of pressure has been placed on the malaysian authorities here. and it does seem internally, they don't appear to have a strong mechanism to get out the information in a way that they want to get it out. the information they provide lags the facts on the ground. the search was under way for several days in the straits of malacca before reporters and the rest of the world were provided information that the flight might have actually turned around and been over the straits of malacca when it disappeared. so it certainly seems that the government at the moment is struggling to get its message out and control what's going on here. and that only leads to this frustration from the families that they're not getting enough information. but when we hear from people like the vice transport minister in vietnam saying they're not getting enough information, they've only had one official contact with malaysian authorities.

i'm ross westgate. the headlines from around the globe. the search continues.lities are being looked at as officials continue to look for debris. >> we are looking at every angle. we are looking at every aspect of what could have happened on this ill-fated aircraft on this morning of saturday. >>> disappointed trade data from china sends markets tumbling in shanghai as markets come in below expectations. >>> relentless.

i'm ross westgate. >> and i'm susan lee. >> intensifies global investors and sink into the red as chinaault fears continue to rappel. >>> russian accents are heavily under pressure. ukraine's prime minister tells cnbc exclusively the outcome of the vote is a foregone conclusion. >> i can't believe the referendum is already preordered and we can easily predict the outcome.

i'm ross westgate.nd the globe, concerns grow in china with copper down 5% pushing equity prices lower in asia and europe. futures falling by their daily limits. >>> malaysian authorities hold the latest press conference in the disappearance of flight 370. >>> the world's biggest staffing company, adecco, reports a jump in nu

. >> maybe westgate, where has me been? let's go to ross westgate standing by in london. do you feel played, ross? it seems like we just -- >> whoa! >> we haven't seen you in six months and your late coming on. a pre-madonna. do you feel played by putin? he's skillful, isn't he? i kind of have to hand it to him. >> look, his political skills are international. what's interesting is we've had a number of german executives cite sizing their own politicians for not engaging with putin's mate. we should have incorporated joel sooner. and german has a lot of interest in dealing with russia, so there's a better solution in their eyes. but they have been critical of the west response. we sort of go to your point really that putin may have outmaneuvered everybody. we'll show you where we stand as far as european equities are concerned. the midway point, we are down at the session low. advances and declines is fairly easily matched 5-4 with outpacers and decliners. the ftse 100 was up .9 % last week. this morning we are just up .20% for the ftse 100. march approvals were falling f

at the geneva motor show, our very own ross westgate caught up with the coo of ford and offered his taken the weather impact. >> you sit back and look at our performance in february, we had a very strong in for our f series, a strong month for our lincoln brand. had pressure on our cars. a year ago february, we had a strong month. and we're impacted by the weather, particularly for some of our fleet deliveries. the industry itself was about flat. and we think a lot of that is weather related. all the fundamentals, consumer confidence continues to be very strong. the economics in the country continue to be very robust. so we think that march and april will be very big months and a real barometer on where the industry is going to go. >> now, ross is in geneva at the motor show. the automakers were some of the biggest fallers on the market yesterday. i know you spoke to the ford ceo about the situation in russia. what did he have to say? is there any concern there? >> well, they're watching it with interest. it's a growth market. it's also a growth market for the gentleman who is joining me

shooting in westgate. hiding. >> that's a message. >> just blew me away.tually wrote her back really and she said, yes, i don't know where the boys are. she said, find blaise. >> paul texted blaise but he didn't answer. >> i started looking on the internet. somebody put 0 a statement on facebook saying don't call anybody. the people are shot when the phones are ringing. >> oh god. paul stayed in connection with katherine through text messages, the lifeline to the outside world. >> i sent a text, get me out of here. like i thought he could. i was desperate. >> my heart just sunk. >> katherine didn't text her husband filip because he was too far away to do anything. back in north carolina, all phillip could do is wait. it was 6:00 a.m. and news of the attack hadn't hit the u.s. yet. >> i'm trying to imagine the feeling of getting that phone call. and being so far away. >> i think helplessness is a pretty accurate word. you know there's nothing that you can do. i was so worried the girls woul uncontrollably panicking and drawing attention. >> exactly what kat