We will look at laserbased technology that can fight terrorism. Haul, low cost long wilner we generic succeed where others have failed will Norwegian Air succeed where others have failed . I will speak to that siemens ceo in frankfurt. I asked him about the failed bid. Serious were you about wanting to buy alstom . Were you trying to throw ge off . From the very beginning, i was very serious. Does that mean you seriously wanted to acquire alstom . We were considering all of our options. We took one step at a time. Outcome as ae the victory or were you disappointed . Looked very hard at it and we came back with a proposal. Deal with the train business still in play . No, i do not think so. It takes a lot of time to make a meaningful outcome. It takes a great partnership. The party is not willing to partner. A train deal is off the table for now. He thinks the bid was well worth his time. Make moreced ge to concessions. Ge is doing with the french government as a 20 stakeholder. I also s
Hopes of a takeover. Plus, the firm rejects an 80 billion bid from fox saying its too low. Hopes are high on possibilities of a better offer. Well be asking, will it come . Announcer youre watching worldwide exchange, bringing you business new from around the globe. Welcome to worldwide exchange. Vladimir putin has denounced the latest round of sanctions saying the relations in moscow to a, quote, dead end. Washington has announced sanctions against a number of companies related to the kremlin. President obama says he gave his russian counterpart lots of warning. Along with our allies, with whom ive been coordinated closely for the last several days and weeks, ive repeatedly made et clear that russia must halt the flow across the border to ukraine, that they must support hostages and a ceasefire, that russia needs to pursue mediated talks. Ive made this clear directly to mr. Putin. The u. S. Added Russian Companies to its sanctions list but say its helping to destabilize the eukraine.
Basically gave to al qaeda and the taliban a detailed explanation of what u. S. Strategy was going to be. And i dont remember the secretary of defense or other people last summer getting all hot an bothered about the mcchrystal leak. I think that was a far more egregious assault on civilian control of the military. Thanks very much. I really enjoyed it. [applause]. Youre watching American History t. V. All weekend, every weekend. On cspan3. To join the conversation, like us on facebook. At cspan history. Coming up, author and Professor John mcmanus talks about what happened in the days and weeks following the june 6th, 1944 dday invasion of normandy, france. He explores some of the challenges the allied forces faced, including the difficult terrain, and the german fortifications in the towns surrounding the beaches. This hourlong event was part of the National World war ii museums commemoration of the 70th anniversary of dday, in june. The focus today is post june 6th when to some exte
Flying at 32,000 feet, so at cruising altitude in essence over a conflict zone. If you wish, over a war zone. The missile from the russian launcher hit the jet, Associated Press journalists reported a similar launcher near the eastern ukrainian town earlier today. Ukraine president now says armed forces in ukraine did not take any action against airborne target. Leisure airline says on the twitter feed it has lost contact with Malaysian Airlines flight 17 from amsterdam. That is the word from Malaysian Airliners. We are told airline is preparing a statement now. The white house says president obama has been briefed on the situation and spoke by phone today with russian president putin before any of this happened to discuss new sanctions announced yesterday. Moscow requested that phone call allegedly. They have tweeted im shocked by reports a plane crashed they cal, we are launching immediate investigation. Here is what we believe in the early going has happened. With every indication s
The bay bridge toll plaza show as good wait at 17 minutes now fromryville through the lazy and into San Francisco. We do have a couple of accidents and as mike said, it is dry today so it does not appear rain was a factor eastbound a 80, a solo spinout with a car hitting the guards rail. 30 Miles Per Hour westbound and 45 minutes to head from tracy to dublin. A brand new crash on the shoulder and southbound along the anyone its before highway 92 with delays away from 238. Ready . Lets go. Cruising down the west side highway beyonce and jayz take the stage at at t park a day after sparking noise complaints across San Francisco. The city was just the latest stop on the north american tour of the power company. Nick has how those in San Francisco responded the second time around. In San Francisco there is always someone complaining about something. That is who we are. There were valid complaints last night. Look the at video a local sound expert said it was fans inside the stadium would w