. >> republicans are also using vice president joe biden's own words against the white house. >> that if a supreme court justice. >> in 1992, senator biden urged the republican president to hold off choosing a supreme court nominee. >> president bush should consider following the practice of a majority of his predecessors, and not name a nominee until after the november election is completed. >> biden now said that was out of context and about a hypothetical, since the vacancy didn't happen back then. >> understand joe has made a few statements over the years about a lot of things but in this one instance, it wouldn't mean a thing, because nothing was pending. >> did he make a mistake saying that? >> no, he has a right to speak. >> the white house has repeatedly said it will send a nominee to the senate. >> this would be an historic and unprecedented acceleration of politicizing a branch of government that's supposed to be insulated from politics. >> it's unprecedented ground. republicans refusing to even meet with a nominee and democrats refusing to back down. >> the american people

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instead, vice president biden will be there to represent the administration. the white house has said that the vice president had a relationship with justice scalia and his family. they've also said that the security footprint will be lighter, so it won't interfere as much with tomorrow's funeral. justice scalia was a devout catholic. his son, one of his sons is actually a catholic priest and will give the homily tomorrow. he is waiting at the top of the supreme court steps for his father's casket. the justice had nine children in all, 36 grandchildren. a lot of family on hand both today and tomorrow. >> his son, father paul scalia, as you said will deliver the funeral mass tomorrow. you talk about the controversy that is surrounding president obama's decision not to attend the funeral, is it customary libby, for penalties to attend the deaths of a supreme court justice? >> we've only seen four justices die while still sitting on the bench in 65 years. when justice rehnquist died, chief justice, of course, president bush did attend that fub rely, but it's not

. >>> the white house says vice president biden spoke by phone with ukraine's president, the second day the two have spoke. reforms are a condition of a 17.5 billion bailout from the international monetary fund. the tatar residents of crimea, say russian security forces on the black sea peninsula have raided homes and charged four of them with terrorist offenses. the four of them could face up to 20 years in jail. the tatars make up 20% of crimea's population. opposed crimea's taking by russia two years ago. >>> many caught in the cross fire including children. al jazeera's are charlings stratford. >> brought up in poverty and two with severe learning disabilities they now live with their adopted parents in the village of zavonka. despite repeated calls for a ceasefire the fighting continues and especially at night. >> nadia is always very afraid when there's shelling. she cries and screams at night. we try to keep the girls calm. we try show them that we are not afraid. >> reporter: an agreement signed in the belarusian capital of minsk. heavy weapons are supposed to be withdrawn as pa

but biden has been in this town before and knew him very well and called him a friend. he will look to the issue of the security detail. if he were to go to the funeral, it would change the whole tone of the funeral. with those three things in mind, he backed off. >> john terrett for us at the supreme court in washington. up next, a free man after four decades behind bars for a crime he claims he did not commit. the last of the angola three walks out of prison. and keeping on the pressure. hundreds take to the streets of flint, michigan, to bring awareness to the city's water crisis. >> so another development in apple's fight against the government today the justice department filed a motion to force the tech giant to unlock the encrypted iphone belonging to san bernardino shooter. apple is refusing saying that it threatens the security of its customers. and the government said that is a marketing ploy. >>> it is the 69th birthday that albert wood fox is not going to perfect. he spent four decades in sol stare confinement. he's the last of the so-called angola 3 being h

will appoint justices who will defend religious liberty, but he's given money to jimmy carter, joe biden, chuck schumer, harry reid. >> former presidential candidate senator lindsay graham joked that his own party will be responsible for electing a president. >> the most dishonest person in america is a woman who's about to be president. how could that be? my party is going bat (bleep) crazy. >> it is my honor and my privilege to introduce the next president of the united states, donald trump! >> reporter: at a rally friday in fort worth donald trump hugged his new supporter and spoke to the crowd. >> we love you, it's a movement, it's a movement. >> with trump well ahead in the polls, the republican party may have another kind of nominee to stand behind. heidi zhou-castro, al jazeera, fort worth texas. >> former mexican president vicente fox used strong language while discussing donald trump's plan to build a wall. >> i'm not going to build that (bleep) wall. i'm not going to apologize. >> during an interview on thursday trump called for an apology and promised to build the wall ten fee

joe biden would not be a progressive, gene shehe rvetionn woulheen wouldnot be a progress. i know write stand i know who stands with me i know what i've done. >> they stand by their policies which is different, one of them has to do with health care. let's take a throirch this. >> listen to this.>> deductible, we should not be paying the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs and our medicare for all program will guarantee comprehensive care to all people and save middle class families some thousands of dollars a year. >> i want to defend the affordable care act. it is one of the greatest accomplishments not only of this president but of the democratic party going back to harry truman. [applause] >> you know, the republicans are determined to repeal it and they've tried 62 times. just to turn it back to the insurance companies. senator sanders and i share the same goal. we want to get to universal health care coverage. >> now interestingly enough, there were a couple of other things that had come up here, including bernie sanders age. he is 74 years old. and one

. >> after four hours of meeting with the vice president biden you cannot report any progress on reaching a peace. >> there is this claim from journalism that claims to be contesting power speaking truth to power, but actually overwhelmingly what we do is to reproduce, replicate the power. we follow the discourse of power. >> reporter: the world economic forum is nearly 50 years old. what began as a white male, super rich club is now less european, less white, a little let male but even richer. the media at the gathering have become more diverse. some of the most stennive operations-- extensive. each year has seen more journalist from africa, latin america and asia coming over to cover the event. >> the media looks for two things, what is the positioning of india as an investment designation. >> 9% growth rate is the potential of india >> the second important point is about the trends that are going to be shaping change across the world. >> china only consumes 10% of the world's oil. >> the inter play of the business interests between indian companies and global companies is very strong.

vice president biden will be on hand tomorrow. and they say that his security footprint will be somewhat lighter so it will interfere less with tomorrow's ceremony with the catholic church proceedings, and so the white house says this is indeed not any kind of slight at all, and that president obama felt that today's respects would be the best way to show honor to the justice. among the critics, ted cruz, who is on the campaign trial in south carolina right now. he was slamming the president for not going. he has now made a late-game decision to attend the funeral himself. not a huge surprise, because ted cruz was a clerk or the supreme court, and texas attorney general, so he will be attending tomorrow's funeral, richelle. >> what about the search for scalia's replacement? >> reporter: today is really about honoring this justice, who did so much to craft the law of the land for the 30 years that he sat on the highest court. but there is still the political backdrop, the fight over who will name his replacement and who that might

she has lost women and youth voters and you have joe biden out there and certainly mayor bloomberg is nosing around. if you that of the troubles republicans have inter party, look at the democrats and you will feel better. the parties leader, is he a real publican, he doesn't want to cut social security and medicaid. >> i think he is redefined it. i think he has expanded the borders of our big tent. i think it has been helpful. the statements that he has made in the past, which would have been killers for any other candidate, he has weathered that storm. he brought new voters >>> could the republican party be a party that doesn't want to cut social security, that wants to keep it intact? >> i think that the rault is every time we get near the third rail, that third rail-- it is probably a good position. what he said was i'm going to be the greatest jobs president in the history of the country. that's what a lot of people right now want to hear is that kind of determination and bold announce. trump is not afraid to make those statements >>> that's an understatement, jashg. turning to t

. >> republicans are using vice president joe biden's words. in 1992. then senator biden urged the republican president to hold off on choosing the supreme court nominee. >> president push considered following the practice of the majority of predecessors, and not name a nominee until after the november election is completed. >> it was said it was out of context and about a hypothetical. a vacancy didn't happen back then. joe made a few statements. in this one instance, it didn't mean a thing. nothing was pending. hoe has a right to speak. >> the white house said it will send a nomination to the senate. and hopes to find fractures among republicans. two moderates said they'd break ranks to vote on a nominee. >> this would be an unprecedented need to criticize a branch of politics. >> it's unprecedented. republicans refusing to meet with a nominee and democrats refusing to background. the american people sent us here to do a job, plain and simple. it's time for senate republicans to do their job >>> apple fans coming out to support their company in its ba

. >>> vice president joe biden is on facebook, finally. this is what the vice president wrote. it is the first time a vice president has had one of these, i would like it to be a place where we can talk directly about the issues that matter both of us. today also happens to be facebook's 12th birthday. thank you for joining us. i'm richelle carey, the news continues next live from london. thanks for your time, and do keep it here. ♪ very good to have you along for this news hour, this is the news hour, live from london. several stories we will be looking at. still starving inside syria, promises billions to help refugees with solution for the country itself, looks a long way off it's not just the food for today, but hope for tomorrow. >> the death of a student, apparently killed after being

. >>> there are indications tonight that joe biden is bound for israel. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has told his cabinet the vice president's staff is visiting the country ahead of a possible trip by biden shipment the visit would likely be part of larger efforts to ease israel's concerns over the iran nuclear deal. so far the white house is not commenting. >>> one day after the death of supreme your justice antonin scalia. the debate over who should replace him is already brewing in the washington. and it started with last night's g.o.p. debate. >>> plus more on nato's plan to slow down the flow of refugees trying to gain access to europe. and in our sunday segment, the week ahead, th the u.s. summit begins on everything from chace to tryna's influence in regional security. that's coming up on 8:30 eastern, 5:30 spa civic. stay with us. ♪ ♪ >>> nato is stepping in to help europe's refugee cries for it's first time. the multi-national agency is working to stop smugglers from bringing people from turk any to greece. europe's plans to cope with th

escalated to meet with vice president joe biden and secretary of state john kerry. >>> the iraqi military said it is making gains against isil in anbar province. civil yearns were evacuated. they retook the area over the weekend. iraqi officials say victory allowed them to close in on fallujah and cut off crucial isil ply routes from syria. >>> it is a somber new years in taiwan. people are still trapped under rubble after a deadly earthquake. the rescuers pulled more survivors from the rubble today. it collapsed when a quake struck over the weekend. the death toll stands at 38. al jazeera's rob mcbride reports from the city that was worst hit. >> lunar new year's day and the whole of taiwan is virtually closed as people take off work and go to temples. this temple over 100 meters from the main rescue site is probably busier than most, a focal point for many of the charities and volunteer groups that have come to lend support to this rescue effort and also ordinary people coming here to make their offering. in some ways, this chinese lunar new year has had a shadow cast over it by this tr

he'll be sending joe biden. conservative media is aghast saying this is a slight against scalia. pointing out how many times president obama has attended what they consider lesser lights many america. the funeral happens on saturday, del. >> mike thank you very much. >>> the latest poll shows that ted cruz is now inched ahead of donald trump. the republican primaries in south carolina and the caucuses in nevada. the latest poll showing that it is the first time that this has happened, but a cbs news poll gives trump a commanding lead, nearly double that of cruz. and also good news for marco rubio, nikki haley endorsing him. endorse coming as trump and cruz squared off last night in a series of townhall meetings. >> reporter: the republican candidates each had the stage to himself during townhalls on cnn, and msnbc, but they still took shots and depends against attacks from the others as if they were in a debate. >> he makes statements about -- like i'm pro-life, and he said he is not pro-life. he can't say that. >> it is the most ridiculous theory i have heard that telling the vo

's slated to meet with vice president joe biden and secretary of state john kerry. >>> the iraqi military says it is making more gains in isil in anbar province. forces are evacuating civilians from a stronghold near are a ma'am di. they retook the area over the weekends. they say that victory has allowed them to close in on fallujah and close off crucial supply routes to syria. airstrikes over the weekend held the iraqi military make those gains. >>> it's a somber new year's in taiwan. people are still trapped under republic after a deadly earthquake. but rescuers told four--pulled for more survivors from a highrise building that collapsed when the earthquake struck over the weekend. the death toll now stands at 38. >> the lunar new year's day in the whole of taiwan is closed as people take off work and go to temples. this temple just over 100 meters from the main rescue site is probably busier than most. it's a vocal point for many of the charities and volunteer groups that have come along to lend their support to the rescue effort. and also ordinary people coming here to make their off

he's also slated to meet with vice president biden and secretary of state john kerry. the iraqi military announced it is deploying thousands of troops to retake mosul. evils de facto capital in iraq. the military is already making gains in anbar province. e. coli officials say that victory has allowed them to close in on fallujah and close off on the isil supply routes in syria. it's a somber new year's in taiwan. people are still trapped under rubble under that deadly earthquake. rescuers pulled out four more survivors today. it collapsed when a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck over the weekend. the death toll now stand at 38. >> lunar new year's day in the whole of taiwan is virtually closed as people take off work and go to temples. this temple just over 100 meters from the main rescue site is probably busier than most. it's a vocal point for many of the charities and volunteer groups that have come along to lend their support to this rescue effort, and also ordinary people coming here to make their offering. and in some ways this chinese lunar new year has had a sha

and remember, the president asked joe biden to look africanser research as a special issue. >> john, when you listed some of those things some of them just along party lines are clearly nonstarters, clearly. but why republicans against it? >> well, it is part of the game. if there was a republican many the white house, the democrats would pushing back, so it is true with the republicans, however, we do have paul ryan now as the speaker of the house, the he is trying to be a different kind of leader. he said he wants to be there. anden budgets are sort of his thing. he brokers the last financial crisis. now we have a full screen graphic to explain what he is saying despite his approach, he is not pulling any punches, he says president obama will propose office that has a budget that even balances. this isn't a budget as it is a progressive manual for growing the manual. he says the oil tax alone, that's going to add according to ryan 24 cents per fallon of fuel, at the expense of ordinary hardworking americans their jobs and major sectors of the economy. so the fighting has begun. the

tomorrow vice president joe biden will be there, representing the administration. the white house says the vice president had a relationship with justice scalia, and his family, and he has a lighter security footprint, so there won't be quite as much interference with the catholic servings. but there has been criticism of president obama for opting not to go tomorrow tomorrow. only four just advertises have died sitting on the bench in the last 65 years, and presidents have made a range of choices about whether or not to attend funerals or not. so this isn't a breach of protocol by any means, it's a personal decision. one of those critical of president obama is ted cruz, senator from texas and pattal candidate himsz. he will be leaving the trail in south carolina tomorrow to come to the funeral here in washington, d.c. but that's not entirely a surprise. he was a clerk for the supreme court, and also the attorney general of texas, so he has had a lot of dealing with the court in the past. and even though today and tomorrow is an opportunity to look back on the life

bringing reaction joe biden jib quality to the mainstream registers discontent. >> we didn't know the berlin wall was going to come down and it did. we didn't know a lot of things were going to happen that did happen in history. things do eventually change. >> for the greens, it was better than sand platform so similar to theirs. the democratic establishment will assure he is not the nominee, he said, but if he is, he would be just one mano posed to the machinery's goals. >> it's like helping a friend break up with an abusive relationship. how long will you keep making excuses for a political party that is pushing you over the cliff? >> the u.s. mainstream media has been discussing an alternative to the republicans and democrats but it's michael bloomberg, the billionaire tycoon. those really hoping to challenge the establishment say a real breakthrough is possible. >> that is perfecto. >> can it be perfect yore for the third party? >> they are always hoping for the breakthrough. in the era of social media, in the era of huge disconsent with the establishment, with the republicans and

vp biden will be on hand. the white house says the vice president had a relationship with justice scalia. it is certainly getting some attention, now criticism is in and of itself political. ted cruz calling out the president for not going tomorrow. he wasn't planning on going until late in the day yesterday. the cruz campaign announcing he will take a break from the trail tomorrow to go to the funeral. not a huge surprise because ted cruz was a clerk for supreme court many years ago and also the attorney general of texas. you can see how this was politicized, a moments many people would wish this could be a moment of unity to honor justice scalia. the fight over appointing a new supreme court justice, today in the washington post, majority leader mitch mcconnell of senate and the top republican on the judiciary committee, ted gragrassley, we don't think the american people should be robbed of this unique opportunity. democrats beg to differ, they would wish to push through another lifetime appointment by a pr

appoint justices who will uphold religious liberty, but this man has given money to hillary clinton, joe biden, harry reid -- >> an event known for its cutting humor lindsay graham joked that his own party will be responsible for electing hillary clinton. >> the most dishonest person in america is a woman. (laughing). who is about to be president. how can that be? my party is going bat (bleep) crazy. >> it is my honor and my privilege to introduce the next president of the united states, donald trump! >> reporter: at a rally friday in fort worth donald trump hugged his new supporter and thanked the cheering crowd. >> we love you. it's a movement. it's a movement. >> with super tuesday fast approaching and trump well ahead in the polls the republican party may have another kind of nominees to stand behind. heidi zhou-castro, al jazeera, fort worth, texas. >> the centers for disease control has confirmed that thing people have contracted the zika virus during overseas travel. one case of a baby born with severe microcephaly has been reported and the cdc urges pregnant women to skip the u upcomin

vice president joe biden plans to attend the funeral at the largest catholic church in north america. >> former supreme court justice weighs in on who should appoint the placement. she says it's unfortunate that the decision is politicized. >> when you hear one side saying they'd like to wait for the next president in office to appoint a justice, what do you agree? >> i don't grow. we need one there now to do the job. let's get on with it >>> o'connor was the first woman to serve on the supreme court, she was nominated by president regan, and retired in 2006. some republicans are breaking with party world offer whether the president should nominate the next justice. the president should nominate someone to fill scalia's seat and later he backtracked. he is open to hearings and judiciary committee chairman. he will wait until a nominee is named to decide whether to schedule them. >> president obama could be the first present to visit cuba, and the white house is expected to announce a trip to the ilted. they say -- to the island. they say it will happen within months. days ago cuba and

vice president, joe biden will go to saturday's service, meanwhile, heller broke with his party saying that the president should nominate someone to fill scalia's vote on the supreme court. i hear this is a terrific book, and i have to read it. sisters-in-law, how sandra day o'conner and ruth bader beginsberg went to being supreme court. if you were making this pick. or were in a position to advise the president on his pick p. what would you be saying to him? >> i would tell him to nominate one of the african-american women, i would say camelia harris, who is asian american, or african-american female, or loretta lynch, the attorney general of the united states. >> an african-american female? >> right. i have only two words to say to you, anita hill. i would say that the sight of the confirmation hearing, run by a handful of -- right, all white republican men, beating up on an extraordinary early articulate, qualified, and exemplary african-american woman would galvanize women and racial minorities in this country at the election. >> right. right. i think miss harris has indicated that

private ceremony will be held in court saturday morning followed by the funeral mass which vice president biden will attend. >>> the governor of illinois is once again demanding billions of dollars of cuts in an everyday to end the budget stalemate. the eight month standoff is already affecting state programs vital to its citizens. >> kristen ward is a nurse that treats drug addicts, ward was a drug addict herself, spent months in jail and finally hit rock bottom before coming here. >> the environment was what i thought a very safe comfortable place to heal and grow. i was at a bottom that no one wanted to help me. and this was the only -- this was my only choice. >> reporter: but most of the services here are going away because the state is locked in a budget stalemate before first term republican governor bruce relger and a democratic state legislature. this is longest the state has gone without a state budget and the state has not paid about $6.5 billion of its bills. each side is blaming each other. >> the majority party in the general assembly know thought that just raising taxes to fund t

thousands of people including vice president joe biden was there. president obama had been criticized by republicans for not attending but he did pay tribute at the supreme court on friday. >>> andy gallagher joins us live from washington, d.c. andy, like many funerals, this is a moment to commemorate antonin scalia's life but it also has a political dimension. >> it does, indeed. justice scalia was a polarizing figure on his 30 years on the supreme court. but he garnered a great deal of respect from those who had completely opposing opinions. today was a celebration of his life and of his faith. it was a private occasion mostly behind closed doors here at the basilica, but clearly the absence of justice can leah from the supreme court leaves eight supreme court judges who are split down the middle and the political firestorm will play out in the coming months, possibly beyond the presidential election in november. >> talk us through what the next steps would be, and you mentioned that it may actually be after the election in november. what does tha

. >> tomorrow the funeral at washington's impressive catholic basilica, presided over by john biden, who called scalia a friend. outspoken of a movement, that sought to link the u.s. constitution as sought by the frameers so-called originalism. it will be a farewell to a man charming and passionate, and opinions from bush to gore, hobby lobby, and citizens. setting the country back not moving it forward. as you come out to be live at the supreme court another chance to look at the live shot showing the people still filing past the casket of justice scalia or waiting to get into the building. when i was last there a few minutes ago the guards have told me they still have not decided whether to close the doors at 9:00 be or to cut the line at 9:00. that's a whole hour later than they originally were intending to, so many people are here. as for politics the white house says that the president will spend a significant amount of time this weekend pouring over a list of potential replacements for justice scalia. the white house has also said the president has spoken to key members of the

we should rally around joe biden. i like marco rubio, he does not have the experience to be president of the united states. >> the experience is not just what you did, but how it worked outnd chris christie's governorship. when i'm elected president this will be the single greatest nation in the history of the world. >> when you are president of the united states, when you are governor of a state. the memorised 30 seconds, when you talk about a great americas, doesn't solve one problem for one person. >> mike viqueira joining us live from manchester new jersey, where candidates will choose candidates. quite a spanking the governor of new jersey gave. did the debate change anything for the voters? >> you know, it remains to be seen, one thing you are certain of heading into the primary, the first in a nation primary is number one historically it's shown that new hampshire voters are fickle and will change their minds at the last minute. reports show that many voters have not made up their mind and could do so when ente

joe biden one of them. bernie: joe biden is a good friend of mine. we're dealing with the issue of income equality. real unemployment today as opposed to official unemployment, including those who have given up working for -- looking for work and are working part time is 10%. but if you include those who give up looking for work, it's 10%. african-american youth unemployment for high school graduates is 51%. unemployed and underemployed. charlie: and i would assume that's unacceptable to every american. bernie: and we have more people in jail than any other country so we have normal ideas and the idea is that maybe we should invest in ideas and education for our young people rather than jails and incarceration. keep an eye on kids to -- so they're not dropping out of school. we need to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure, roads, bridges, rail, air ports, levees and dams, water systems. charlie: that doesn't require you to be a socialist to recommend that or people like larry summers recommend that. bernie: i don't think larry summers recommends that

vice president joe biden says he between hillary clinton and bernie sanders. he speaks with both candidates and will ultimately support whoever wins the nomination. he does not regret opting out of the race for the white house. including an islamic state training camp. did week, president obama direct his national security team to bolster counterterrorism efforts in libya. harper lee, the author of "to kill a mockingbird" has died. she was 89. there were more than 10 million copies in 50 years. published, butas it was shrouded in controversy. some people doubted the author gave her consent. global news powered by 2400 journalists. carol: our next guest says, investor beware. the worst may not be over. a strategist joins us from newton, massachusetts. good to have you with us. a different tone to the market the last couple of days. investors beware? why. >> unconcerned of areas outside of the stock market. actually are quite ordinary. we see with going on in the bond market in the credit market. the credit spread has tightened a little bit, but not that much. a

joe biden who is introduce lady gaga. all the top acting nominees are white. and other stars are boycotting the show. this is blook berg news. it is budget day in india where investors of whether the government can lower the eficits from 3 1/2%. reporter: india is very closely watched. why is deficits so closely watched? they have had a problem with very large gross public debt. and reduce public debts. angie: are we going to get there? >> their deficit was next wear t 3.5% of g.d. pfment. angie: there are other challenges. exapization and rural indian and has hurt so many people here. reporter: fifth time where they had back-to-back drought. but rural india has been pretty weak. and looking for measures. and concrete measures. and looks like they are going to mix that. angie: you just came back from shanghai and of course being the criticism from g-20 has been monetary policy is over. is independence yeah doing enough of that and the world doing enough of that? reporter: they are. the erm budget is showing and it has been. and india is. and it is important be

joe biden will attend the funeral. senator dean heller is the first to break with his party's stance to replaceng someone scalia. global news 24 hours a day. from the bloomberg newsroom. emily: i'm emily chang. this is "bloomberg west." in theps the ante encryption debate, telling the fbi to back off. who wins in the standoff? beats estimates again, closing in on at&t and verizon. how do they do it? deeper intoigs grocery delivery. we will see how long startups can compete in this business. first, to the lead, a watershed moment in a debate to in silicon valley and washington. apple is rejecting a court order to investigate the iphone of one of the shooters in the san bernardino terrorist attacks. tim cook framed it as a chilling attack on civil liberties. he wrote we are challenging the demand with the deepest respect for american democracy and they love of our country. that this demand would undermine the very freedoms and liberty are government is meant to protect. echoed by thewas most famous defender of civilian p

the obama's will not attend the funeral but vice president joe biden and his wife will. in.january figures are on record hasnth reached nine in a row. officials blame it on man-made climate change with an assistance from el niÑo. dayal news 24 hours a powered by our journalists around the world. it's time to buy oil. that is according to our next guest, professor of king's college in london. oil prices down 40% in the last year. great to get your perspective. a contrary and call right now. what makes you want to buy oil? guest: we've seen the saudi's blinking. it looks as if finally they have given into the realities of the market and they are going to start reducing production. they have got to blink a few more times before we get a stable market but i think the fact that policy has changed and they are trying to drive the u.s. shall business out of life is very important. i think we passed the bottom and then it is time for individuals and companies to look at the underpriced assets on the market. joe: the counterpoint is that saudi, russia, they are not the producers

last year, vice president joe biden's sone beau died, serving as a catalyst. israel will serve as a safe race non-orthodox prayers at the western wall. one of the changes, men and women will be able to pray together without a petition. jewish to nominations have long been unhappy with orthodox control of the site. a truck driver accused of crashing into a limo carrying tracy morgan has pleaded not guilty to aggravated manslaughter. he was driving a walmart truck when the crash occurred in june, 2014. the crash killed one comedian and seriously injured others. he's also charged with vehicular homicide and aggravated assault. global leaders, 24 hours a day, inered by 2400 journalists 150 news bureaus around the world. alix and scarlet, back to you. scarlet: let's get a quick recap on how u.s. markets closed. at one point, and looked like the major indexes would be on a winning streak, but a late retreat means the s&p and dow finished with little change on the day. gains and facebook, tha netflix, and google. the turning point came at 1:00 p.m. when stanley fisch

last year's death of vice president biden's son ball served as a catalyst for the initiative. america's is -- in an international emergency. holding a crisis meeting to discuss the virus. emergency was last declared over the 2014 ebola outbreak. to 4mericas could see up million cases in the next year. a judge sentenced a british woman to six years in prison for going to syria to live under the rule of islamic state. the woman and her one-year-old son boarded a plane to turkey and in syria. was taken into social care. powerful wind earlier today. damaging wind gusts and heavy rain and mountain snow. interstate five leading in and out of los angeles county shut because of icy road conditions. wind advisories remain in place days after down trees and power poles ripped off rooftops and in one case, solar panels across the region. killed when a tree fell off his car in san diego county. powered by more than 150 news bureaus around the world. betty, back to you. stanley fischer spoke earlier given the recent turmoil overrkets and uncertainty china. he addressed why it is so difficu

ice president joe biden is talking about what it will look like to place -- to replace antonin scalia a. he's as president obama wants to nominate someone who has had past support from republicans. he says mr. obama will not be able to pick the missed liberal -- the most liberal jurists in the nation and put them on the court. local news to four hours a day powered by our 2400 journalists in more than 150 news bureaus around the world. up, the chairman of ever core and founder of the isi group will be speaking with matt miller at 2:30 eastern on bloomberg markets. ♪ brendan: live from new york city end -- and london, i'm brendan greeley with mark barton. negative rates have become the theme and -- in japan and europe. former treasury secretary larry summers talked about negative rates. he weighed in earlier this morning on bloomberg television. mr. summers: easier money, even if it means a move toward negative rates, tends to be stimulative. you can look at places where there are a lot of doctors and you can see there are a lot of people who are sick and can conclude hospitals hurt

a similarly ambitious proposal to fund the cancer moonshot vice president biden is in charge of. do you see any sign of those issues making traction? pretty sure that congress will give the president what he wants on these eco-virus, particularly if it gets worse. the question is, what will they demand in return? it could be more on defense. the moonshot is a little different. everybody is against cancer, but it's not clear how quickly we can spend the money or what we should spend the money on. it's going to require the cancer community, the researchers, the treatment folks -- and i am a cancer patient -- it will take everybody to come together and say, this is what we're going to do. people are going to want to hear about results this time. guest: thanks very much. stay with politics, let's look more at tomorrow's new hampshire primary. joining me, our politics reporter who has been in the granite state since last wednesday. he will be covering the polls. let me ask you about the debate this weekend. the part we have seen play over and over again was this exchange between marco

vice president joe biden talked about what his boss will look for in a new supreme court justice to replace antonin scalia up. president obama is looking to nominate someone who had report from republicans. the world bank said the spread of zika virus will have a modest .rag the lenders making $150 million available to assist in the fight against- the virus. rare birth defects in brazil. a broken well, that has been spewing natural gas for several months. as much as $300 million, and that does not include potential fines. thousands of residents have been forced to leave their homes. global news 24 hours a day powered by more the 150 news bureaus around the world. back to you. carol: thank you. more now on the markets and the challenges facing the u.s. economy. earlier, we discuss the outlook for inflation. >> we're in a new world where the challenge is not excessive inflation. the challenge is getting inflation up to 2%. markets are saying that will not happen in any major place over the next decade. >> joining us now from boston is the director of global macro -- good to have you here with

vice president biden is not because of the court he supported keystone. great senator paul wellstone would not fit this definition because he voted for doma. we have differences. honestly, i think we should be talking about what we want to do for the country. if we're going to get into labels, i don't think it was progressive to vote against the brady bill five times. i don't think it was progressive to give gun sellers immunity. it wasn't present to vote against ted kennedy's immigration reform. we can go back and forth like this. the fact is, most people watching tonight wants to know what we've done and what we will do. that is why i am laying out a specific agenda that will make progress, get more jobs with rising incomes, get us to universal health care coverage, get us to universal pre-k, paid family leave, and the other elements of what i think will build a strong economy that will ensure that americans making progress. that is what i'm offering. that is what i will do as president. >> senator sanders? how do you establish a list of what needs to b

vice president joe biden and his wife will attend the scalia funeral. mr. obama will not attend the funeral. it appears the force is no longer strong at the box office. theet sales for "star wars: force awakens" are fading fast. if past performance is any guide it will fall short of box office leaders including "titanic" and "avatar." it has made a little over $2 billion globally. just a little over $2 billion critical news 24 hours a day powered by 2400 journalists in more than 150 news bureaus around the world. i am ramy inocencio. funny, back to you. -- vonnie, back to you. vonnie: mining shares are adding to the rebound in 40 rallies. it is rising as much as 8.2% today. copper prices are heading for a stretch of gains in december, settling around two dollars a pound. said the proposal by saudi arabia and russia that would freeze production at near record levels. about $31 ae vti up barrel. there just one problem with the semi-russia -- saudi-russia effort to avoid this like in oil prices. texas, are successful, oklahoma, they're waiting to pounce on the

joe biden will attend the funeral. senator dean heller is the first to break with his party's stance to replaceng someone

child poverty, the heroin epidemic, the so-called cancer moonshot spending being led by vice president biden. those are things were the white house hopes they will be able to work with republicans intend -- congress this year to get done. >> congress will not hold any hearings on that. they won't follow the budget director to talk about this. is that unusual? >> it is. republicans in both chambers last week announced they would not be inviting the omb director, shaun donovan, to come to capitol hill and testify about the president's budget. that is very unusual. as you can imagine, democrats are upset about it. democraticudget leader today sent a letter to the committee's chairman asking that he reconsider and they pointed out that the omb director has headed to capitol hill to testify about the budget every year since 1975. betty: thank you so much, angela. newsng us on breaking president obama revealing his 2017 fiscal budget. london, mark,n to take us through the declines we have seen led by the banks in europe. autos, basic resources. for a seventh consecutive day, seven days of the clim