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i will be back with more in just a bit to tell you what is happening with the shanghai composite. back to you. beijing is struggling to breathe again today. choking smog over the weekend, pollution sword far beyond internationally accepted safety lessors safety levels. the government says clean air is a major priority and the leading source of popular distance than discontent. steve, tell me about your trip to work this morning. just how bad are things? discontent, that is a good word. my morning commute was discontentful. it was pretty bad this morning. i am looking at the smartphone reading now. times thehich is 16 world health organization recommended safe level. the real dangerous stuff, 350 right now which is 14 times the recommended level from the world health organization. it is pretty bad. the scale only goes up to 500. it is not as bad as last year well, bad is a relative term. last year we had beyond scale. now, believe me, this is the latest video f ....
they must first of all do their own homework and then country is can claim solidarity with others. rbs is looking for a turn around next week. it could take stock levels to their lowest in a decade. and we are joined by a man would says the eu must pass a trade deal with the u.s. the eu s trade commissioner joins us in an hour. announcer: you re watching worldwide exchange, bringing you business news from around the globe. welcome, everybody. yes, you are all watching worldwide exchange. glad you re with us today. our top story, the ukrainian president is saying that a political agreement is in place to solve the country s upheaval. this after two days of continued violence, which has resulted in the deaths of an estimated 75 people. after all night talks, an agreement is scheduled to be signed with pro european opposition leaders in around an hour s time. let s cross out to nbc s jim maceda in moscow for the latest. jim, what do you make of the potential of ....
captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning. i m alison kosik. and i m christi paul. it is 8:00 on the east coast. 5:00 for all you early birds out west, obviously. and it s early. yes. start with negotiations going on this weekend to try and keep going off the fiscal cliff. the deadline is now just three days away. president obama is modestly optimistic. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin has more on what needs to happen in order to make a deal. reporter: alison, christi, hi. the good news is things could have been worse. it doesn t seem to those of us watching from the sidelines as though time is running out, but congress does some of its best or at least its speediest work when the nation s back is against the wall. after a rare oval office meeting with top congressional leaders, the president said he s modestly optimistic a deal can come together. emphasis on modestly. the american people are watching what we do here. obviously, ....
what do know is a lot of tea party people are wealthy blue color people themselves and that is what i find in white color government. the most conservative and pro-business lawmakers are the wealthy white color professionals. thanks for taking the time. thanks so much. that was afterwards. authors of non-fiction books are interviewed. afterwards airs at 10 p.m. sat saturday and at 12 p.m. and 9 p.m. on sunday and 12 a.m. monday. span2. next next, eri hotta examines the attack on pearl harbor from a japanese perspective. this is about an hour. good evening, thank you very much for coming. it is somewhat artificial of two people that xoe each other well, husband and wife, to do an interview in public like this. why should i ask the questions i can ask her over the breakfast table. but we don t discuss japanese naval strategy in 1941 over the breakfast table. one of the thinks things i find the most revealing is that it tackles certain myths about pearl h ....
as far as temperatures go right now, benning at 33 degrees. areas right in d.c. there at 37. high atsville at 32 degrees. aspen hill in montgomery county, coming in currently at 34 degrees. windchill ratings are low throughout the area. reading between 26 and 30 degrees. so bundle up if you will be going out. as far as where that storm system is that we re expecting, two areas of low pressure coming together. one producing light snow around areas of southern minnesota, the other producing rain around arkansas. the two will bring snow into the area starting about 2:00, 3:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. not bad today. 36 to 41 degrees, seasonable. we ll talk more about the storm, give you a detailed timeline when the snow will move in. right now, first 4 traffic. not bad out there for your early friday morning commute. things are looking great on the beltway. we re dealing with a problem in maryland right now. water main break, 355 southbound at cedar avenue. luckily, not cau ....