Makers in their wallets. Why some residents say a cult is moving into their town, and family members say their loved ones were prey. Hi there. Good to have with you us on al jazeera america. Im Thomas Drayton. The u. S. Tonight is hoping for a diplomatic solution with russia over crimea. On thursday secretary of state john kerry warned of consequences if a resolution is not brokered before sundays ses session vote. If theres no sign of a capacity to move forward and solve the issue, therell be a series of steps op fond and year with respect to the options available to us. Kerry is expected to meet with russias foreign minister in london on friday. We are three days away from the crimean controversial vote. The leadup has produced anxious moments between prorussian forces. Journalists covering the stories face similar converdicts. A camera man runs at a fear for a life. Down the road, deeply worried crimeans run a bank out of fear for fair their futures. In 72 hours theyll decide whethe
States. This is the pulse. We are live from bloombergs european headquarters. Guy johnson is on assignment. We will continue our series and took part in it. Let us start with the missing airplane. Sources say that just cap flying. We are joined with the latest. New questionss about whether foul play was involved. Absolutely. Will we know is that the missing jet was going west with its it off flying after it dropped of the controllers aircrafts creams. They send radar and it balances. They know where it is. You can still track and play by sending a radar added. It is more difficult to track it that way. Foul play, another way of reading that would be hijacking, you is Officials Say that they think that this could have been a criminal act and no one is talking about that this may have been an explosion. Were are not hearing that anymore. Looking at the evidence, they now say the plane went west over malaysia and was supposed to go northeast in beijing. It went west over malaysia and it k
Lay out his turnaround plan for the business. And wpp weak margins. The ceo says he should have done more in emerging markets. They are our most profitable markets now. I think over the coming years well be more aggressive and if theres one thing i regret about the last ten years, its that we didnt go faster. And a split picture for two of the worlds biggest asset managers, pimco owner allianz suffers. Okay, welcome to the thursday edition of Worldwide Exchange, plenty to get through today. Im looking at the Russian Military exercises down at the ukrainian border, 100,000 troops. Posturing, 150,000. Exactly. Well talk about that. Also on todays show qantas lays out plans to cut jobs and grounds some of its fleet after a disappointing set of numbers. Well get the latest from sydney. As weve been saying the russian flag is raised over the crimea Regional Parliament building. Well be in moscow for the latest. And some positive news from retailers stateside, jcpenney swings to a profit in
We were watching the news as it was happening on the tv inside the entertainment center. International community on edge after a provocative rocket launch by north korea, claims to have put a satellite in orbit. Well tell you how the u. S. Might respond to it. Up in flames a West Virginia natural gas line explodes, the blast shutting down a major route through that state. It could be one of the holiest twitter accounts yet, the pope sending his first tweet. Wait until you see who is following. Good morning, im don lemon, carol is off today. Holiday horror, panicked shoppers rush to police after a gunman opens fire. Here is the latest for you from the deadly mall shooting just south of portland, oregon. This morning, three people are confirmed dead, and a fourth victim is described as fighting for her life. Police say the masked gunman killed himself as they closed in, making the motive for the killing spree all the more unclear right now. Witnesses say he popped off at least 20 rounds
Earlier, just up a hint now, just a touch. Meanwhile, the nasdaq, the s p500, and the russell, as you can see, down slightly on the day after christmas. Retail stocks are casting a follow on the market, the s p500, the high end end names, all in the red. We got coach, high end retailers such as tiffany moving lower, ralph lauren, urban jut fitters lower on poor data on sales this Holiday Season, and its all due to the latest Holiday Spending figures that the stocks move lower. Sales decreasing at a slow pace since the recession hit in 2008 according to the mastercard survey, the latest one. Well pick apart the numbers later on in the show. Hey, but check out crude oil, jumping today, up more than 2 , 3 on the day, near 91 bucks a barrel. First, theres optimism about a budget deal, perhaps in the next few days, optimism, isnt it, and supply concerns, iran is conducting naval test exercises and a strait of hormuz beginning tomorrow through the weekend. That could be a touchy situation an