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welcome to your world this morning , i m stephanie sy. i m lori jane gliha. with a day to go before the first dehli poll, the politicians will be overnamp. many areas are up for gloves. donald trump has a commanding lead in the republican race, and there s a crowded field trailling him, with a surprising name. ohio governor kassig in second place. half of g.o.p. voters are decided on their choice. as for the democrats, bernie sanders holds an advantage over hillary clinton, but it s tighter than it has been in recent weeks. al jazeera s libby casey is live in manchester. tonight is the last full day for candidates to sway the undecided voters, at this point what do the candidates have to do. they are criss-crossing the state trying to cram in as many event as possible. snow is expected in the forecast. it may slow down the campaign. better today than tomorrow people say. you can turn on your tv and be stature aid. they want to make the last big press. second ....
fiji and why thousands of afghan refugees are trapped along greece s border with macedonia. i m farah with all the sports, manchester united look to salvage some pride in the fa cup quarter finals. on the one side russia, on the other side, the united states. they have reached an agreement on what they hoped would be a cessation of hostilities inside syria. they have set thi this saturdays the day that hostilities should stop. they have on the ground until noontime on friday. by that time they need to commit to a deal and then 12 hours later at midnight the cessation is supposed to begin. the guns are supposed to go quiet. because the united nations classes i.s.i.l. and el nusra front as terrorist, a political way to end what has been a five-year very, very bloody civil war. diplomatic editor james bays is at the united nations, james you were one of the first to get wind of this. the devil s in the detail. what do we need to see in place before this can happen? r ....
mouth by hundreds of points? i m not sure most of them know what they are talking about. say congress would purposely created a system with a large monetary policymaking committee where there would be a diversity of views so we did not groupthink type of mentality. moment 17 at the members who come to the table with a range of views. you are comfortable where we are today? ms. yellen: we have guidelines for communications because it is important to explain to the public what our policy is about. can i see a copy of that guideline? ms. yellen: the guideline says everyone shares a joint objective of explaining the committee s decisions. they can explain their own views but should be explaining that they are not speaking for the committee, that they are speaking for themselves. you raise rates on december 16 by a quarter of a point. the markets closed, the s&p 500 closed at 2073. yesterday, closed at 1851. feel responsible for this decline? the immediate market respo ....
bloomberg s european headquarters in london. i m going to take you to italy now. 0.1%talian economy growing in the fourth quarter versus an estimated 0.3%. that is a mess as i m sure you can work out for yourself. negative news in the first 60 minutes of the session. let s bring up the equity market board for you. equities across europe rallying. commerzbank, one to watch on the dax. session highs of over 10%. the stoxx 600 by 1.73%. the ftse up by 86 points. let s get to the other asset classes. dollar-yen, 112.57. biggest weekly gain since 1998. your pro-nova, 1.12 76 euro-dollar, 1.1276. brent crude at $31 a barrel. let s cross over to caroline hyde. caroline: jonathan, thank you. federal reserve chairman janet yellen says the central bank is not to blame for the tunnel that has engulfed financial markets this year and is unlikely to roll back its interest rate increase. yellen argued that the first rate rise in nine years had been widely anticipated. germany s eco ....
the first word. vonnie: welcome back. it will be a major fight in washington. to actns are valid not on any supreme court nomination by president barack obama. within weeks, obama is scheduled to name a replacement. , according to mitch mcconnell, shouldn t be filled until we have a new president. george w. bush is campaigning for his brother, jeb bush. he didn t mention donald trump by name but he said the loudest person in the room is not always the strongest. swift us angeles, taylor 13 grammy awards last night of the year.um she is the first solo female artist to win that award twice. awards, thear 15 most for any performer. he won top rap act. global news, 24 hours a day. i am vonnie quinn. let s take a look at futures. we are looking at solid gains across the board here after global markets rallied yesterday. the u.s. is playing catch-up. we ask a created $831 billion in market cap globally while our markets were closed. the dow jones futures are up. gaining almos ....