1. 4 in the fourth quarter. Still looking at recession in japan. We will bring you all the latest developments out of the ecb president. Stock markets closed in the u. S. , of course, but futures are trading higher, take a look. 228 points the market closed all day in observance of president s day. A scare in sky from a flight traveling from london to new york, laser forcing pilot to turn with more than 200 passengers on board. Authorities are still working to find the source of the laser. Kobe bryant with final appearance in allstar game yesterday. Hes retiring after 19 years in the league. Two Video Tributes in his honor before the game began. Death of Supreme Court Justice Scalia sent shock waves over dc in the weekend, major issue to name replacement. Peter barnes is following the latest in washington. Peter, good morning to you. Peter politics of all this pretty simple, president obama should template the next president who might be republican, of course, appoint a replacement. Th
Good morning and welcome to your world this morning im del walters. And im in for stephanie si. Secretary of state is in moscow this hour to narrow the differences of syria, overnight meeting with russian counterparts Sergei Fedorov kerry saying they are committed to ending the civil war. Even when there have been differences between us, we have been able to work effectively on specific issues. Reporter and later this morning kerry will be meeting with russian president Vladimir Putin and their discussion could set the tone for fridays meeting on syria at the u. N. And washington and moscow have been at odds over the future of Bashar Alassad and what role he may play in a political transition in syria. This morning i. S. I. L. Is leading a counter offensive in the central iraqi city of ramadi. The group has launched at least a dozen suicide bombs there killing several iraqi troops and the government has been battling to retake the city and days ago officials said the army was making ga
To work with the phone companies. I thought your testimony was very interesting today when you talked about the fact that some of us suspect it may not really be a technological issue as much as it is a Business Model issue. So if that is all the case, what has been done to improve it since that time . Has there really been changes, except for discussions with the phone companies . You said in answer to one of the questions that a good chunk of it could be resolved. How would we resolve that . Is it just simply the International Norms you talked about, where you would have agreement between countries to where our court orders, their court orders could be followed . Im trying to get to a solution here. I keep waiting for the next ticking time bomb where our Law Enforcement isnt able to access this. As you know, its not just terrorism investigations. Cy vance is making this a crusade. I remember as a prosecutor, sitting in on wiretaps, the old days when people were using land lines or le
Convenient for our president. Isis is a determined enemy, executing a plan to gain and hold territory, enrich itself, inspire followers worldwide and launch deadly attacks against the west, and the American People are very worried. Not just about terrorism, but about our president s inability or unwillingness to rally the country, to lead our International Partners to develop a credible strategy to destroy isis, and to execute that strategy. We are now paying a price for that weakness. At almost every turn, events have proven the president wrong about isis. In august 2012, he drew a red line warning the assad regime not to use chemical weapons in syria. But the president backed down after assad gassed his own people and isis blossomed in the chaos that followed. January 2012, the president referred to isis as a jv or junior varsity. It promptly spent the next six months concurring territory across syria and iraq. In august that same day, our president conceded that he didnt have a stra
Threat regardless of whether thats politically correct or convenient for our president. Isis is a determined enemy, executing a plan to gain and hold territory, enrich itself, inspire followers worldwide and launch deadly attacks against the west. And the American People are very worried. Not just about terrorism, but about our president s inability or unwillingness to rally the country to lead our International Partners to develop a credible strategy to destroy isis and to execute that strategy. We are now paying a price for that weakness. At almost every turn, events have proven the president wrong about isis. In august 2012, he drew a red line warning the assad regime not to use chemical weapons in syria. But the president backed down after assad gassed his own people. January 2012, the president referred to isis as a jv or junior varsity. It promptly spent the next six months concurring territory across syria and iraq. In august that same day, our president conceded that he didnt h