Response. You just said that there was unanimity on unconventional measures, but several exponents of the ecb have also said these will not be imminent. Whereas the ores said the the others said the sooner the better. So what is the message youre going to deliver to them later today when you meet them . Well, i can im, obviously, on the same page as my chief economist, right . So the sooner the betters good. But, you know, we have an ongoing dialogue with the european authorities, and we highly respect the judgment of the central bank. They have a fingers on the pulse of european economies, and we were very encouraged to see the latest Board Meeting and Subsequent Press conference that they are envisaging any tools to respond to the situation. And i think its going to be a question of timing now. But we are encouraged. Good, thank you. Yes, maam. Good morning, mrs. Lagarde. Good morning. [laughter] im from mexico. The question is about the imf. What will happen after [inaudible] increa
Extraordinary al qaeda gathering seen first here on cnn. Did the u. S. Completely miss it . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This cnn breaking news. We again with the breaking news in the search for Malaysian Airlines flight 370. A Second Mission by the unmanned sub, scouring the indian ocean floor cut short because it was running low on oil. The bluefin21 now back in the water but no sign of the boeing 777 or the 239 people on board missing for 41 days. We have our correspondents and analysts here in the situation and around the world. Bringing you the kind of coverage that only cnn can. Straight to perth, australia, Michael Holmes joining us live right now. Whats the latest, michael, that youre seeing and hearing there . Reporter yeah, wolf, the bluefin submersible, as you said, had another problem on its second descent to the ocean floor. As far as we know, all is well now of the third trip down. As the search continues, so too does the agony and in many cases the anger
An increasingly tense situation in Eastern Ukraine just hours before some of the key players in this conflict prepared to meet face to face for the first tim time. Hello, and good to have you with us, we begin in south korea where the coast guard says nine people are dead, almost 300 are missing after wednesdays ferry disaster. Yeah, divers are searching now off south korea, southwest coast but theyre fighting dangerously cold waters, swift currents and low visibility. More than 300 of the passengers were High School Students, on their way to jeju island for a field trip. Now, parents say they are angry that authorities are just not doing enough. And survivors are talking about their harrowing ordeal. People tilted, even came sliding down. At first, the water was really cold. I didnt feel the coldness that much. So i was staying put. But suddenly the water came up to my face. So i think it was a narrow escape from dying. Youre supposed to be still. And then jump onto the boat but since
Of an american journalist named Steven Sotloff. According to an Intelligence Group which tracks terrorists. The organization reports the Islamic State released another video, one very similar to the one that showed the beheading of american james foley. This new video shows a masked terrorist, knife in handstanding next to Steven Sotloff and ends with a gruesome shot of sotloffs body. The terrorist with a british accent claims to be the same militant from the james foley video. In that video they threatened to kill sotloff if the United States did not stop attacking Islamic State targets in iraq. U. S. Officials air strikes against militants in iraq have week. Last week Steven Sotloffs mother pleaded with the leader of the Islamic State to free her son. Steven has no control over the actions of the u. S. Government. He is an innocent journalist. A spokesman for his family is saying now that the family is aware of the video, to please give them peace while they grieve. Sotloff was a fre
Singling out germany. I think that these countries have to step tuit up, not over tenyear period but immediately. Germany is a rich country. They talk about increasing it a tiny bit by 2030. They can increase it immediately tomorrow and have no problem. I dont think its fair to the United States. Now if you look at it, germany is a captive of russia because they supply they got rid of their coal plants and nuclear. They are getting so much of the oil and gas from russia. I think its something that nato has to look at. Lets go to our senior White House Correspondent jeff zeleny from brussels. The president has been hammering allies for not meeting that socalled 2 threshold for defense spending. 2 of gdp, gross domestic product. But the president is now even asking them to spend more . Whats the latest . Wolf, he is indeed. President trump asking leaders of nato countries to spend 4 , doubling the goal of 2 of their spending on defense. Of course, thats an unrealistic goal of 4 because a