Is renowned scholar appealaling a ruling by a french court today. He has been in jail since the beginning of the month linked to the rape of two women. Our correspondent is standing by with the details. Also coming up, the french jobless rate fell to its lowest level in nearly nine years. We will explain the significance of that milestone in our business update. And taking the winter olympic chill up to another level. More on the snowboarders from finland who have come an internet sensation, coming up. First our top story. Anchor it has been a turning point in politics in south africa as president jacob zuma has resigned, stepping down from afice instead of facing noconfidence vote from his own party. His presidency has been surrounded by corruption allegations, but his downfall came after a struggle with his Deputy President , Cyril Ramaphosa, who is now set to replace him. On the process we have our correspondent in cape town. What is the latest . Reporter members of parliament are l
Who are not here legally . Financial capital of the world in the heart of new york city, this is the intelligence report. I am trish regan. We have a live report on the budget showdown, first go down to Nicole Petallides on floor of New York Stock Exchange. What has become a pretty wild ride this week. Down 454. Off the lows of the session, thankfully. But listen, its a minute by minute kind of day, nicole, isnt it. It is. Youre so right, trish. Minute by minute every single trading day since last friday. Were in the fifth day in a row here with more than 500 point swings. We havent seen that since 2008, october of 2008. We had a rough week for thedown. Were down 4 , 3. 8 , it keeps changing. Right now this moment were down 466 points on thedown with about half of the names in the dow in correction territory. That would be 10 off of their highs. As we talk about these big swings that everybody is watching their money so closely. We never want to tell you how youre losing money, dont fo
This morning the speaker when asked about the plans asked about the details and i believe he said blah blah blah. [laughter] do you feel like you are begin their cut before you unveil your plan and giving the remarks where does this stand . I dont think we cannot afford to wait. I cant settle for an economy that grows at 2 , settle for high employmen unemployment andt able to live on their own. A declining wages for the middle class. We need to be the party of growth and opportunity, restoring the American Dream and this is something americans have hunger before. We have an obligation. I put up this draft so that we could engage the American People on this and i think this is some of that as i travel the country and through the hearings ive had this is something that is very much to move forward. The new cspan. Org website makes it easier than ever to keep tabs on washington, d. C. And share your findings via facebook, twitter and other networks. Easy search functions let you access da
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