From the sugar cane plantations in the Dominican Republic, a story of insecurity. And how changes are building more secure lives. Hello and welcome to 21st century. Im daljit dhaliwal. The legacy of slavery in the United States lives on today in South Carolina and georgia. The gullah geechee people, descendents of african slaves, are facing a struggle to hold onto their land and culture. Harmonica playing John Herman Blake up and down this coast there were literally thousands of african descendents. Im John Herman Blake. Im a seventh generation descendent of a woman who was enslaved on an island in the Savannah River on a rice plantation. Most of them came from west africa, sierra leone, and gambia. Music it really began about the 18th century as the atlantic slave trade began to prosper. As people began on acquire property here, who saw the potential for growing rice and cotton, and they began to import africans who were enslaved on plantations. You could buy a plantation, buy 10 to 2
And a virus besides ebola that is being watched in the United States. This virusent says has sickened at least 500 people in 42 states. Almost all have been children. We will look at all of this and more over the hour. Lets get headlines from shelby holliday. The. S. Stocks rallied on u. S. Jobs report. The dow gained more than 200 points. 1 ,s p 500 rose more than which was its best gain in a loss two months. , eddie luhanskay chance to speak with the former aboutd coceo at pimco the departure of bill gross from the firm. I was very surprised. They weresurprised able to draw on a very deep bench of talented people who have established track records, industry awards, and who have been part of the process managing 80 of the assets. Was a surprise, but what was not a surprise was the incredible bench and a very strong team led by dan iversen. I know these people. They are superb. Dan is superb as a leader. The funds saw investors remove 23. 5 billion in september. Those are some of the t
Stocks and stories making headlines today. helby holliday looks at cbs big play into football. We go to peter cook and the growing crisis in ukraine. The Un Security Council in new york holding an emergency meeting to discuss the latest developments in ukraine. Accusing president russia of sending troops and. Eavy weapons over the border the russians deny the claim but it Officials Say satellite pictures provide proof of the russian incursion. Russian forces moved across the border in what he called a sharp escalation. An emergency meeting was held of his national Security Council. Ukraine accuses russia of opening up a third front near the key city of maripol. The ukrainians also claim that they destroyed some Russian Military equipment. Nato officials releasing satellite pictures that show russian equipment on the ukraine side of the border including selfpropelled artillery. President appealing for international help. Russiann confirm military boots are on ukrainian ground. Ukrainian
The ruble plus fall. Almost 11 butd turned again, plunging to an alltime low of 79 to the dollar. Oil resumed its plunge as well. West texas intermediate brent trading above 60, both of those five years. In sydney, australia, the hostage siege ended in a deadly shootout. The gunman was a selfproclaimed islamic eric cleric from iran. Here is the us join prime australian the Prime Minister, tony abbott. Not only us in australia but tens of hundreds of millions of ple around the world sydney has been touched by terrorism for the first time in years. The mans former lawyer said it was unlikely he was involved in terrorism as part of a group. He was acting alone. In pakistan, and attack by the taliban on a school. 126 people killed, many of them students. A taliban spokesman said that the attack was in retaliation for the killing of taliban tribal members. And they take over in the oil business. Of a takeover in the oil business. All has agreed to buy repsol has agreed to buy talisman energ
An state has threatened to kill the hostages. Islamic state has threatened to kill the hostages. Electronic arts all revenues drop 9 in the third quarter. The 146 gain and profit. They continued to make progress selling mobile and digital titles. Zillow executives say the purchase is still on track for this quarter. Home prices slowed in their games. Games. Gaines. You had significant regional differences. In manhattan, home values are increasing 70 yearoveryear. 17 year over year. In the midwest, they are appreciating much more slowly. Sales rose in december, the highest level in more than six years. There is no question apple is at the top of its game selling 74 million iphones in the First Quarter. The largest quarterly profit ever for any company ever apple is making big growth in china. With such lofty numbers, is there room for more growth . Can china be the key to that . When the earnings cross and that, my mouth opened. Lorne the way optimistic analyst estimates of 65 million.