Singapore, midnight in london, and 9am in melbourne, australia, where one of the popes most senior advisers has just entered court. Cardinal georgpell has returned from rome saying that he is innocent and will clear his name. And we are seeing these pictures of his arrival from just a little while ago. Cardinal george pell. Phil mercer is outside the court in melbourne. Updaters with what you have seen. We have just seen, updaters with what you have seen. We havejust seen, Cardinal George pell, having to battle his way through a huge Media Contingent, here at the melbourne magistrates court. I dont remember seeing Media Interest in a case quite like this. Cardinal george pell arrive in the last ten minutes or so for a procedural hearing. It is called a filing is hearing here in australia. This will set out the framework for the rest of the court case that he will be involved with. As you say, he has been accused of historical sexual abuse allegations, and we understand that there are m
Exactly where january left off. With big swings and tripledigit moves. For much of the day the focus was on energy. The third consecutive day of gains, tacking on 11 in that period its best threeday gain since july of 2012. Some of the late day gain attributed to hopes overseas. The s p rose 25. As for crude, prices near 50 a barrel settling at 49. 57. Brent was also higher. Energy companies rallied alongside those increase in oil prices makesing exxon mobile and chevron the best two stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial average. Exxon mobil was the latest Big Oil Company to report its earnings. The results were sur jackie dangelis has more. Reporter while earnings per share for the Fourth Quarter were above expectations revenues were light. Analysts expressed concern. These results were flattened by legal win that they had regarding venezuela and some additional u. S. Tax giveback neither of which are a true operational earning. Were not considering this to be a defeat for exxon. We thin
Hundreds of millions of dollars. What will it take for the nation to begin prioritizing investing in mass transit . Then we look at oil drilling from the the gulf of mexico to the arctic. Shell as it knowledged they will have to be the oil in place until the next summer gelling season, which is nine months away, and kill arctic sea. This is unacceptable. Amy despite protests from environmentalists, the Obama Administration has tentatively approved shells plans to begin oil drilling in the arctic as well as new drilling in the gulf of mexico near the site of the bp deepwater horizon disaster that killed 11 workers and sent millions of gallons of oil pouring into the ocean. We will go to seattle, the site of protest against the Arctic Drilling, and speak with Antonia Juhasz who recently dissipated in a dive in the gulf of mexico nearly a mile below the Ocean Surface to me getting closer to the side of the bp blowout than anyone has ever been. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to demo
Others which 12 still missing, republican lawmakers reject an amendment to help install technology that could have prevented the crash. In addition, a house com budget by hundreds of millions of dollars. What will it take for the nation to begin prioritizing investing in mass transit . Then we look at oil drilling from the the gulf of mexico to the arctic. Shell as it knowledged they will have to be the oil in place until the next summer gelling season, which is nine months away, and kill arctic sea. This is unacceptable. Amy despite protests from environmentalists, the Obama Administration has tentatively approved shells plans to begin oil drilling in the arctic as well as new drilling in the gulf of mexico near the site of the bp deepwater horizon disaster that killed 11 workers and sent millions of gallons of oil pouring into the ocean. We will go to seattle, the site of protest against the Arctic Drilling, and speak with Antonia Juhasz who recently dissipated in a dive in the gulf
World cup to the winter. Well have the latest from zurich. At least 94 people have drowned after a boat carrying migrants sank off the southern ital lan island of lampedusa. It was carrying hundreds of people trying to reach europe from africa. Many jumped into the water. Ita italys coast guard is looking for at least 250 people, 150 others have been rescued. Lampedusa is a major route for migrants trying to get into europe. The tiny island lies 113 kilometers from the coast of tunisia. We have more from the italian capital of rome. Reporter a devastating scene was described by the may r o of lampedusa who claimed the situation on land was so chaotic he was struggled to find a place to put the dead bodies pulled from the sea and where to find a place for the survivors to be care of. Theyre very traumatized following this horrific incident. It appears that the incident occurred in the early hours of thursday morning. A boat carries what is expected to be about 500 people on board suffer