Additional support is provided by and by contributions to your local pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Local tribesmen launched a major offensive today against al qaeda militants who recently captured parts of two major cities near baghdad. Al qae had recently captured the two almost ten year ace go. In baghdad this weekend, at least 14 people were killed and another 55 wounded in a series of car bomb explosions and during an attack on a juvenile prison. We will have more from iraq in the broadcast. 20 Government Troops were killed and 20 wounded. The bomb went off as the troops were boarding a transport vehicle. And today, the president said he has no intention of giving up power. Asad said if we wanted to give up, we would have done so in the beginning. In ukraine today, there were new clashes between thousands of antigovernment protesters and riot police who used Water Cannons and tear gas against the demonstrators. The protests erupt
International correspondent Jim Bittermann joining us from paris and cnn aviation analyst peter goels joining us from dallas. Jim, walk us through exactly what the copilot did on that earlier flight how investigators now came to the conclusioning that it was a rehearsal for what eventually wound up doing. Right. Exactly. Basically the earlier flight was the outbound flight from dusseldorf to barcelona and during that flight at one point, the pilot left the cockpit leaving the copilot lubitz in charge and he dialed into the setting on the autopilot, he dialed in the lowest setting, 100 feet. He had been ordered to descend according to air Traffic Controllers, descend from 37,000 to 35,000 and instead of setting it at 35,000 he set it to 100 feet and then just about a minute later, he again was ordered to descend by the air Traffic Controllers and they said to go down to 21,000 feet. Instead of setting in 21,000 he again set into motion the setting of 100 feet. So it was either a rehears
One way or another. As the Economic Data moves, it doesnt move it long term but short term. If the numbers dont come in where we want and the fed comes out with some statement tomorrow afternoon looking to maybe curtail that buying program. Theres a lot of things that come out, but i still think they will be shortterm moves. The market will ignore the bad news and embrace the good news. How cool is clive davis . Besides Warren Buffett the only other legend i would shake hands with on the trading floor. And we were all thrilled to do that. His book is called the soundtrack of my life out today, and hes ringing the closing bell. Thats the first hour of the closing bell. Stay tuned for the very important earnings reports coming out at the top of the hour during the second hour with Maria Bartiromo. Ill see you tomorrow. And it is 4 00 on wall street. Do you know where your money is . Hi, everybody. Welcome back to the closing bell. Im Maria Bartiromo on the floor of the New York Stock Exc
There are no other suspected cases in texas and there is minimal risk to the general public. It is concerning to those living in dallas. It is right here in dallas. What are you going to do, makes you wonder about traveling on a plane. Any disease that gets here is ultima ultimately safe. They are contacting friends and family who may have had close contact with him. Crew members are being isolated as well. So far none have shown any symptoms. Meantime the ambulance that was used has been decontaminated. Heather . Kelly wright, thank you very much. Who is at risk, what do you need to know to keep safe. The question everybody is watching we listened to the News Conference yesterday, why should we not be concerned that it is going to spread across america now that we have an ebola case here . Fortunately ebola is harder to catch than a lot of diseases we have like the flu for example. It is not transmitted through the air. It hadz to be transmitted through body fluids sal laif view saliv
Heavy fighting in the capital of an american ally against al qaeda. The president ial palace in the line of fire. The Prime Minister surrounded by gunmen. U. S. Troops ready to evacuate the American Embassy on a moments notice. Its all happening in yemen, where a power struggle between the government and rebels works to the advantage of al qaedas most dangerous affiliate tied to this months paris massacre. There is supposed to be a ceasefire now but its very very dangerous. The situation, extremely worrisome. Our correspondents analysts and newsmakers are all standing by. We also have the only western tv reporter on the ground in yemen for us nick patonwalsh. Lets begin with our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr, whos got the very latest. Reporter this evening, Government Forces in yemen are said to be in control of the president ial palace but the surrounding hillsides are in control of the rebels. Everyone is looking for a ceasefire agreement to be signed in the morning, but no o