And we begin in boston, jury selection good afternoon today in the case of dzhokhartsarnaev. A man accused of setting off a bomb in 2013. Tsarnaevs lawyers tried to have the trial is moved saying their clients couldnt get a fair trial. John terret is here. John. Tony, good afternoon the Defense Council had asked to delay the start and move the trial away from boston, both denied by the judge. But that doesnt mean well get a verdict any time soon. Because just choosing the jury alone in this trial is expected to take several weeks. To his accuseers dzhokhartsarnaev confessed to the bombing in a note he left night the boat. The youngest victim to die on april the 15th, 2013 but to his defenders dzhokhartsarnaev is the victim of an overbearing older brother now dead who intimidated him into taking part in the attack. Almost two years on and boston is a city that wants the trial to start and be over. But can the youngest tsarnaev brother get a fair trial in a city where hes accused of inju
This is Al Jazeera America. Live from new york city, im tony harris, and we begin with a big drop in oil prices. Crude oil dropped to under 50 a barrel at one point today and closed just over that mark. Thats a drop of more than 50 since june. Now the big dip in price. Caused stock markets to double. Major indices dropped. Ali velshi joins us. Ali why do we see drops like what we saw today . 50. 04 always trades, unlike the stock market that closes and opens, its trading all the time. Put this aside for the second. The dow off more than 330 points, thats not the lowest part of the day the s p 500 which may look a little more like some of your investments down 1. 86 . The nasdaq which is technologyheavy, down 1. 6 . The one specific thing weighing on the stocks is the falling oil prices. The sense of traditionally a drop in oil prices signals lower demand around the world usually that signals people are burning less energy, an economic recession, that worries people, what if oil gets to
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Shirts at 22. 50, and they got the whole rack. When police moved in to make the arrest, they found enough merchandise to fill a room. All taken in less than an hour without anyone inside the store noticing a thing. [ticking] we have never seen a problem of this size and magnitude in world history. Now hang on. In world history. Theres more counterfeiting going on in china now than weve ever seen anywhere. Name an american brand. Any brand. Any kind of product. Just name it, and well tell you something about it. Its probably being counterfeited in china as we speak. This is the most profitable criminal venture, as far as i know, on earth. Counterfeiting. Counterfeiting and your partners dont kill you. Welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. Im steve kroft. In this edition, we look at the multibillion dollar business of international crime. First, we report on the theft of an eyepopping fortune stolen from the iraq treasury. Then we take a look at shoplifting gangs from south america. And finally
Store. Shirts at 22. 50, and they got the whole rack. When police moved in to make the arrest, they found enough merchandise to fill a room. All taken in less than an hour without anyone inside the store noticing a thing. [ticking] we have never seen a problem of this size and magnitude in world history. Now hang on. In world history. Theres more counterfeiting going on in china now than weve ever seen anywhere. Name an american brand. Any brand. Any kind of product. Just name it, and well tell you something about it. Its probably being counterfeited in china as we speak. This is the most profitable criminal venture, as far as i know, on earth. Counterfeiting. Counterfeiting and your partners dont kill you. Welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. Im steve kroft. In this edition, we look at the multibillion dollar business of international crime. First, we report on the theft of an eyepopping fortune stolen from the iraq treasury. Then we take a look at shoplifting gangs from south america. And