Well, its a really great honor to be here and to be back in new york. Were on a 100city tour for the 20th anniversary of democracy now . And i also want to shout out to my colleagues, norman and dena and aaron over there in the back and the volunteers and the interns who are helping out. Democracy now is a joint effort, a joint project, a brain trust, a Remarkable Group of reporters and producers and videographers for the last 20 years. We didnt think it would go past nine months. It was the only election broadcast in 1996. I was asked to do the show when i was in a safe house in haiti and the first coupe. People who announced for office could be gunned down. People who would go to the polls would be gunned down and still the overwhelming number of people voted. But in our country when i was asked to do a daily election show sitting there from that advantage point, many people didnt vote, facing nothing like the adversity that they faced in haiti. But most people didnt vote. And i thou
Going to have to find alternative ways of getting their items cheese, american chicken, nordic fish as Vladimir Putin poses imposes wide sanctions. How would that affect us here . Is it that significant . Scarlet fu has more. It is seen as not a major issue for the United States, partly because the headline sounds alarming, but the Economic Impact is perhaps less so. U. S. Agricultural exports to total are less than 1 of agricultural trade. Be exact. That is because russia has placed restrictions on food steps including pork, turkey, and beef, by imposing unjustified sanitary measures, from russian perspective, not u. S. Standards. A big plunge shortly after the financial crisis, but then a steady recovery since then. Of course, we have seen a big decline this year in 2014 as the russian sanctions took effect and the u. S. Responded to that. This is something to keep in mind. As for the europeans, it it might be more of a hit, particularly used in european farmers my see less of a mark
Chris good morning. You are watching the pulse. I am guy johnson. We will both be here tomorrow. Oil is plunging and gas prices are dropping. Angelae chancellor merkel is hedging. She was sure german Auto Industry is becoming a leader in electronic vehicles. Shes laying get out today. Right now in berlin is where she is talking. Hans nichols is in berlin to talk to us about what Angela Merkels goals are. Electric vehicles and she sees this as a big driver for germany. Excuse the pun. We can do plenty of puns. Ands toward green power bring it to the autobahn. Her challenge really is to start of this german drivers to go electric. How is she going to do that . A tax rebate according to local press. The cost will be rebated back to companies that buy fleet. Of some years you almost 1 3 german sales of buying for the customers which makes up the sales. Heres what you end up seeing. The goal is to explain electric vehicles by 2030. Quite an increase. She was a see 40 fewer of carbon cuts fo
Interviews as leaders tackle issues surrounding Climate Change. It is now or never. It is not too late, but almost too late. Mark and ecb gives emergency cash for greek banks. Tempers flare. Creditors ahead of the meeting mark welcome to countdown. Im mark barton. Im anna edwards. Im manus cranny. Cvs is said to be in advanced talks to buy on me omnicare. Anna lets bring you up to speed with what has been happening in the asian markets. We have a look at the chinese manufacturing numbers, which remain sluggish. Good morning. It slipped to a 13 month low. What is behind those numbers . I think it is worth noting is it is the initial gauge that comes out for the third week of the month. The final hsbc reading we got contraction. Lower than expectations. Another thing to note is it is a private survey. Smaller in scope. Less companies. It is where the pain is being felt the most. You look at what the shanghai composite has done so far. 4500. This is when the data came out. These levels ar