The Israeli Parliament has passed a law making it harder to give up any part of jerusalem to the palestinians. Pakistan stops charities which are banned by the u. N. Security council from collecting money. Also this hour lets meet next tuesday south korea agrees to talks with the north about the olympics but says Nuclear Missile concerns are a top priority and is for Roger Federer is looking good ahead of the defense. Of his Australian Open title even a record crowd watching federer is the latest win of the hopman cup in. Lets get going to iran where the Supreme Leader has spoken out for the first time about antigovernment protests that have spread across the country since thursday. He is blaming foreign intelligence agencies for a spike in violence state media says eight people were killed overnight taking the total number of dead so far to twenty two more than five hundred others have been arrested the protests began over a weak economy but the demands of since grown with chants cert
Suburbs. 57 downtown boston. Clear skies overhead. And the sun is going to be shining today. There will be no weather related issues but its a type of year we are getting where you need the long sleeves and the sweatshirt or a layer this morning and it can get rid of it later on. Cool crisp start sunrise 6 26. Pleasant 70 by midday and the wind coming in from the south southeast will mean the coastline tops out around 70 degrees. But we will be in the low to mid70s through the interior. Gorgeous ride home with sunshine beautiful sunset at 6 51 and temperatures 72 degrees. I am tracking wet weather for the weekend. We will talk about it coming up. Lets get you on the roads. Reporter good morning. 5 01 a live look at the zakim and all is clear on your friday. The roads all around the sit they getting in and out of the city are free and clear at this hour. A local man is expected in court today accused of threatening to blow up a gas station and setting off a five hour stand off with poli
Test. Test. Test. Test. We see that with direct dissent. We see that with air bases being built on atolls in the middle of the south chinese sea. The United States cant allow that balance of power to shift in that way. Were slow to realize that. I think part of it is because we dont look at a longterm view of how we, the United States, should be involved and lead in those regions of the world. For our students, id like to id like to connect this to actually what happens in policy making. About the generals comments. Gives us a chance to look at a particular problem in how strategy can make a difference. Ive been thinking about the president s decision to go to cuba and to build more normal relations. Theres a question about when you go and if that undermines your defense of human rights and democracy by giving credibility to this regime. But one of the things, you know, phillip talked about indirect means and the general talked about the importance of cooperation in this hemisphere is
Well explain. Saudi arabia says, it had talks about having a pause in airstrikes to let aid in, and it has hit several in the country airstrikes hits a cargo plane which was used to transport food exsupplies to remote areas airports have also been hit despite a call from the u. N. For the co coalition to hold fire. They are urging the co what leagues to stop targeting the airport and to preserve the lifeline so they can reach all who are affected. The Office Reports that its scurety and lack of fuel have limited access to the delivery of services, and difficulty in providing medical services, and continued airstrikes targeting the areas. Food partners have reported they have had to suspend assistance in the districts also, because of a lack of fuel. Senegal is the first country to join the coalition, it will be sending more than 2,000 troops, to help back the yemen. And more from senegals capital. This announcement made, to have them, comes as no surprise, just weeks ago the president
Dow up 228 points. Youre looking at a few red arrows with the dow down by 60 points. The nasdaq down by 13. A couple of other stories. Lets take you through some of them this morning. February Housing Starts and Building Permits released at 8 30 eastern time. Stocks expected to drop by more than 2 with the weather being a big factor. Two wellknown Tech Companies to post quarterly result afs the bell and then theres the buzz story of the day. Apple tv and the wall street journal reporting this morning that the company is working with programmers to offer a bundled service of about 25 channels. Now broadcasters as part of the bundle are said to include abc, cbs and fox but channels owned by cnbcs Parent Company comcast so far at least will not be part of the service. The price tag 30 to 40 for the bundle. They would include things like espn in that and the question that i have is whether the economics of whether were actually seeing the true unbundling of all of that. It seems like it is