More than economists forecast it. Plunging oil prices is the big reason. The ecb working on a plan to buy Government Bonds. The central bank tried to prevent a deflationary spiral of falling prices and decline in consumer spending. Oil halting its slide, at least, for now. We saw brent crude this morning dropping below 50 a barrel for the First Time Since may 2009. It was headed for a fifth straight day of losses, but both brent and of uti or racing games the last 30 minutes wti erasing gains in the last 30 minutes. Crude oil stock piles he was probably increased last week. The white house and congress about that words on the keystone pipeline. Republican Senate Leader which mcconnell has promised to make a gallant keystone the first measure to pass the new congress. Heres how josh earnest responded. This piece of legislation is not altogether different than legislation introduced in the last congress. You will recall we put out a statement of ministry to position indicating the presid
Star wars movie sends scifi fans into orbit. Captioning funded by cbs this is the cbs morning news for friday, april 17th, 20156789 good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. We begin this morning with another flareup of potentially Severe Weather thats expected to last throughout the day. The risk of damaging winds, hail, and possible tornadoes stretches from the Central Plains to the gulf coast. The system is made up of a string of storms. Texas, oklahoma, kansas alabama, florida, and mississippi are at particular risk. This tornado touched down in western oklahoma last night. It was on the ground for about nine minutes. The storm also produced quarter size hail but there were no reports of serious damage or injury. It was one of ten tornados reported yesterday, many in the oklahoma texas area. In north texas near amarillo there was flash flooding. Four inches of rain fell there yesterday. Partshe area were swamped. Some residents couldnt leave or get to their homes. Over
The tax commissioner, a quick reminder that we have about two weeks to file your federal return, it is due on april 15. More live coverage this afternoon. Deputy secretary of state and tonytony blinken will be speaking. President obama has vetoed a congressional measure today that would block the national reliever National Labor relations board. The rule is set to take effect on april 14. The white house saying that thereir talks with iran could extend past today. A short time ago the white house spokesperson josh earnest updated us on the negotiations. Josh overlong negotiations over the course of the day today they are going to continue these conversations tomorrow, as long as if necessary, and as long as the conversations continue to be productive. We president has been very clear that we have been having this conversation for over a year now and the International Community onset of United States is seeking very specific commitments from the iranians to shut down every path with a h
To sell new phones every 18 months. Out with the old, in with the new why electronic trash is creating an environmental nightmare. Hi, there. Welcome to al jazeera america. Im thomas drayton, good to have you was. A developing situation out of ukraine. An overwhelming majority of people in crimea voted to ses eed from ukraine and join russia. Victory parties broke out before the polls closed. Russian supporters danced in the street. It was one of the largest election turnouts ever in a european nation. Here are the results ukraines leaders, the united nations, europe and the white house condemn sundays election. Nick schifrin is in simferepol with more on the historic referendum. It is pouring around me, and that is the only thing that could get all of these celebrators off the streets tonight. If you talk to international and domestic monitors, they list a long list of irregularities. They say the voter poll was not accurate, the population was intimidated by proRussian Troops and mil
Spin. Thats our topic tonight on the week ahead. On this sunday night there are celebrations on the streets across crimea. Voters there overwhelmingly approved a referendum to rejoin russia. It was one of the largest election turn outs ever in a european nation. Supporters danced in the street for hours, across crimea. Here are the early results. More than 95 voting yes to becoming a subject of the Russian Federation. Less than 4 approved the idea of staying with ukraine but having more independence. United nation, europe and the white house condemned the election. We have a team of reporters on the story. David brenner has reaction from kiev. Jennifer glasse talks to people before and against the election. We start in the crimean capital. Thats where we find nick schifrin. Good evening, it is pouring around me, and that is the only thing that could get the celebrators off the street. If you talk to international and domestic monitors that are critical, they list a long list of irregul